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Day Watch is frequently cheesy but it offers enough twists, surprises, and inventive action sequences to maintain viewer interest.
All Critics (96) | Top Critics (33) | Fresh (60) | Rotten (36) | DVD (5)
Narrative incoherence continues to reign supreme. Oct 20, 2009 | Full Review…
Narrative incoherence continues to reign supreme.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Although more flashily assembled, pic's relentless onslaught charms less over a running time almost 25 minutes longer. Jun 17, 2008
Although more flashily assembled, pic's relentless onslaught charms less over a running time almost 25 minutes longer.
Leslie Felperin
There's a lot more to make your eyes goggle, too, as the Watches chase each other up, down and under the streets of Moskva. Oct 19, 2007 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
There's a lot more to make your eyes goggle, too, as the Watches chase each other up, down and under the streets of Moskva.
Paul Byrnes
Big, stupid and nonsensical Oct 5, 2007 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Big, stupid and nonsensical
Xan Brooks
A slog through endless death metal-powered action sequences. Oct 5, 2007 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
A slog through endless death metal-powered action sequences.
Wendy Ide
The film undeniably has buckets of style, aided and abetted by some extremely funky animated subtitles. Oct 5, 2007 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The film undeniably has buckets of style, aided and abetted by some extremely funky animated subtitles.
Paul Arendt
Visually, it mixes a gritty reality with eye-popping horror-fantasy, but the story short-circuits the film by adding a level of incomprehensibility, particularly in its second half. Oct 9, 2009 | Rating: 2.5/4
Visually, it mixes a gritty reality with eye-popping horror-fantasy, but the story short-circuits the film by adding a level of incomprehensibility, particularly in its second half.
Mike Scott
Let's hope the humor is intentional; it's frankly hard to tell. Aug 7, 2008 | Rating: 2/5
Let's hope the humor is intentional; it's frankly hard to tell.
Jim Lane
Watch's supernatural police and Bekmambetov's rich visual palette give the film enough strength at least to throw a couple elbows to set itself apart from other nameless films with plenty of effects, but little vision. Jul 7, 2008 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Watch's supernatural police and Bekmambetov's rich visual palette give the film enough strength at least to throw a couple elbows to set itself apart from other nameless films with plenty of effects, but little vision.
Jason Morgan
... a mindless muddle - loud, slowly paced, and overdone; in other words, it is exactly like a bad Hollywood blockbuster, except for the subtitles. Jul 4, 2008 | Full Review…
... a mindless muddle - loud, slowly paced, and overdone; in other words, it is exactly like a bad Hollywood blockbuster, except for the subtitles.
Steve Biodrowski
Day watch is nonsense. But it's glorious nonsense. Mar 12, 2008 | Full Review…
Day watch is nonsense. But it's glorious nonsense.
James O'Ehley
While it's not as good as the first film, Day Watch is a nice alternative to the American horror flicks that have been polluting the cinemas this year. Mar 12, 2008 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
While it's not as good as the first film, Day Watch is a nice alternative to the American horror flicks that have been polluting the cinemas this year.
Kevin Carr
Fans of the original will surely love this follow up, but it is never anything great. Day Watch is good, but leaves a lot be desired. I thought that the film was well constructed with a prominent sense of style, which is a trademark of Bekmambetov's films. Day Watch in many ways is a better film than Night Watch because it expands on the story established in the first entry. Night Watch was a film that was all over the place with its plot and relied on its visual style to create its entertainment value. Although similar, this film tones down on heavy special effects and focusing more on storytelling. But that's not saying that effects are not prominent in the film. There are plenty of scenes that have effects and are quite exciting, but the plot is better thought out here and the film is a more focused, more detailed movie. The performances are good and there are aspects of the film should appeal genre fans. However as a whole, the sequel doesn't break any new ground in terms of vampire lore. I enjoyed the film, but I felt it could have been better and it was on par with the original. Visually striking, with toned down effects and a good story, Day Watch is a worthwhile follow up to Night Watch. Fans of the first film will most likely enjoy this entry and it boasts some effective action and tense, horrifying scenes that will certainly delight genre fans. Either way you slice it, these films are only mildly entertaining, and won't be seen as classics of the genre. With that said, this is worth seeing for mindless entertainment value, but if you're looking for a standout feature, you'll sadly be disappointed.
Super Reviewer
A slight improvement on its predecessor mainly because this one knows how over the top and ridiculous this premise is and just runs with it at a breakneck pace without looking back. This one has more action, thrills, and humor than the first. It's also not as dreary. The story still makes little sense as it is happening, and the movie still has problems with figuring out what parts of the plot are important and which ones aren't, but this one is more entertaining than the first, mainly because the visuals are better and the eye candy quotient was raised. This series is off the wall craziness mixed with a little horror and humor. If that sounds like your thing, then give them a try.
At some point, I felt really stupid watching this. I mean it made no sense. But this movie isn't that terrible. Though I don't recommend it to watch.
First rule - you have to have seen Nochnoi Dozor a.k.a Night Watch. Its well worth seeing Night Watch for a number of reasons, but understanding the second film in this trilogy is probably the best of them. It makes the whole first film worthwhile. While Nochnoi Dozor was very over the top and quite silly (but brilliant in its own way), Dnevnoi Dozor carries off its excesses off much more confidently and brings real meaning to the first film. Second rule - you've really got to let yourself go of any preconceptions. This film is as mad as they come and completely unlikely, but wonderfully enjoyable in a very eccentric way. If you start comparing it to Hollywood equivalents you'll miss the point, and if you think you're going to see some "serious" Matrixesque fantasy, you'll be sorely disappointed. This film is pure myth, with the inexplicably unreal events and very much larger than life characterisations that any myth comes with. The fact that it is a Russian myth and full of many Russian references is both frustrating and at the same time great for a Russian viewer like me. You know there are hidden depths that you'll never quite get, but its fascinating to watch. And these bits are fairly infrequent, so don't be put off by it. :-) Third rule - don't see it yet, because you'll really want to know what on earth (or maybe not) they are going to do in the third part!
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