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Movie Overview
Cast
• Konstantin Khabensky
• Vladimir Menshov
• Valery Zolotukhin
Director
• Timur Bekmambetov
MPAA Rating
Unrated - for violence.
Day Watch (2007)

REVIEWS
NEWS
INTERVIEWS
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OFCS Rating: 50% Rotten
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"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."  musicOMH.com  Anton Bitel

C+
"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"  OhmyNews.com  Brian Orndorf

B-
""Day Watch" is like a drone of cinematic House music for the eyes."  ColeSmithey.com  Cole Smithey

B-
"Wearying and hard to follow at times, sure, but fun."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

1/5
"A mish-mash of the worst traits of Boll, Luc Besson and all the fears promised of the Cold War."  eFilmCritic.com  Erik Childress

B
"It has fewer hallmarks of an epic, but it feels bigger, fuller -- a more complete work of fantasy."  Film Blather  Eugene Novikov

F
"The cinematic equivalent of a bludgeon that wallops you into a sort of mindless stupor with its brazenly stupid plot and chintzy visual pyrotechnics."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

"Day watch is nonsense. But it's glorious nonsense."  Sci-Fi Movie Page  James O'Ehley

3/5
"mporei to epiko toy pragmatos na einai telika perissotero sto kefali ton synteleston opos kai i idea oti kanoyn kati megalytero apo holigoyntiano mplokmpaster, alla pantoy diakrineis ayti tin periergi slabiki ithiki kai se arketes periptoseis tin ieri tre"  Movies for the Masses  Joseph Proimakis

2/5
"Where Night Watch felt visceral and immediate, Day Watch feels cerebral and dismissive. Retains the first film's gorgeous and arresting visual style and ejects all the good story stuff."  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Karina Montgomery

2.5/5
"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."  7M Pictures  Kevin Carr

B
"There's something to be said when the big reveal of a hiding place for a piece of chalk is more emotionally satisfying than the dramatization of a young boy turning towards evil."  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Laura Clifford

3.5/4
"The story could easily bog down in its mix of cumulative incident and complicated interpersonal drama. But with Bekmambetov at the helm, it's a high-energy blast."  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

1/3
"Comparar Guardianes del día con productos similares como Underworld es igual a comparar el Sputnik con la International Space Station."  Off-Off-Critica  MalaBesta

3/4
"Answers the eternal question: The world will not end in fire or ice but by a yo-yo."  Mark Reviews Movies  Mark Dujsik

"At an hour and 10 minutes... I was itching with boredom... Unfortunately, with the film's excruciating running time of two hours and 20 minutes, my ordeal had reached only the halfway point."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

1.5/4
"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."  Slant Magazine  Nick Schager

B
"Surprisingly, Day Watch ups the ante with preposterously entertaining plot lines and fewer mind blowing effects [than the first]."  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford

1.5/4
"stylish but outrageously foolish"  Charlotte Weekly  Sean O'Connell

2.5/4
Read review  Big Picture Big Sound  Joe Lozito
OFCS Rating: 50% Rotten
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