Aside from one stunning image of a sports car skidding along the face of a curved high-rise hotel, Night Watch fails to even equal its forebear's handful of flashy CG moments.
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Day Watch (2007)
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Reviews Counted:93
Fresh:58
Rotten:35
Average Rating:5.9/10
Consensus: Day Watch is frequently cheesy but it offers enough twists, surprises, and inventive action sequences to maintain viewer interest.
Theatrical Release:Jun 1, 2007 Limited
Box Office: $428,837
Synopsis: This sequel to the Russian film NIGHT WATCH centers on an epic battle between forces of good and evil. An uneasy truce has kept the armies at bay for centuries, but that peace is about to end, and... [More]
Starring: Konstantin Khabensky, Vladimir Menshov, Valery Zolotukhin, Maria Poroshina
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
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Reviews for Day Watch
Its imagination is limited. The backstory is shallow and pat. Its characters are mostly one-note. And everything goes on much too long at 133 minutes.
06/05/07
Top CriticChalk of Fate? I'll refrain from the nails-on-a-chalkboard references when it comes to Day Watch - not because I can resist whacky wordplay, but because the movie was so monotones to me, I couldn't muster an actual cringe.
05/31/07
To the credit of [director] Timur Bekmambetov, it is possible to dive into the second chapter of the ambitious, visually dazzling Russian fantasy trilogy that began with 2004's Night Watch without feeling completely adrift.
06/08/07
Top CriticPart zombie, part vampire and all a pain in the neck.
10/05/07
Chockablock with neat ideas - so many, in fact, that they ultimately end up crowding each other out ... goofy, monumental fun, until it sort of isn't.
06/20/07
The first film ... had style and a specifically Russian streak of dark angst. Day Watch continues in that tradition but adds one unexpected element -- a weird sense of humor.
05/31/07
Day Watch may not suit everyone, but it opens a big can of Russian whoop-de-whoop on anyone willing to take it.
06/07/07
However innovative and arresting the filmmaking, interest in this chapter begins to wane at the 105-minute mark.
05/25/07
Even during its action sequences it is slow, confusing and apparently interminable.
10/05/07
all at once a complex morality tale, a dark mirror of post-Soviet Russia, and a masterpiece of dynamic surrealism, displaying some of the most imaginative visual effects yet seen in a feature-length movie.
10/04/07
The filmmakers destroy Moscow with the same glee that Godzilla has in stomping Tokyo. Even though Day Watch is probably a good 20 minutes too long, it's easy to forgive its excesses because Bekmambetov just seems to be having so much fun.
06/11/07
Every bit as puzzling as its predecessor, but it's shot in such a bold, crazy way that you have to admire its pure audacity.
06/14/07
Top CriticAt 2 hours and 20 minutes, this zippy follow-up to Night Watch delivers a killer pace, blasts of heavy-metal, vexed characters, and gory allegory wherein occult terrorists suck blood, cast spells and escape to a spooky zone known as the Gloom.
06/15/07
Just another high concept/low content entry into the blockbuster market.
06/21/07
The pretentious plot aside, this is a highly stylized film that effortlessly blends brilliant imagery with heart-pounding action sequences.
06/14/07
The picture is still a Russian-centric blob of overcooked genre pie filling, aiming high but barely able to keep up with itself; yet, Day Watch is a step in the right direction
05/31/07
A perfect example of a filmmaking rule that seems to be true no matter what the country of origin - sequels are always bigger, louder, and crazier than the first one.
06/16/07
A noisy, incoherent, droning spectacle.
06/15/07
Top CriticDay Watch is a bit like Vegas: a bunch of crazy, gaudy stuff that all fits together surprisingly well.
06/14/07
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