Although I really struggle to enjoy Day Watch fully, the film is packed with spiritual content that begs to be addressed...

| Apr 10, 2020

Narrative incoherence continues to reign supreme.

| Oct 20, 2009

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 9, 2009

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 18, 2008

Let's hope the humor is intentional; it's frankly hard to tell.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 7, 2008

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.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 7, 2008

... 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

Although more flashily assembled, pic's relentless onslaught charms less over a running time almost 25 minutes longer.

Full Review | Jun 17, 2008

Day watch is nonsense. But it's glorious nonsense.

| Mar 12, 2008

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.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Mar 12, 2008

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.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 19, 2007

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| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 14, 2007

As ornate as a high class Russian samovar, Day Watch continues the battle between Light and Dark in Timur Bekmambetov's unmistakable high octane fashion.

| Oct 13, 2007

Impressively directed with superb special effects, this is an action-packed fantasy flick that's actually more fun than the first film.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 6, 2007

Day Watch combines the action sequences of a John Woo blockbuster with wonderfully self-conscious humour and hardcore human interest.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 5, 2007

Even during its action sequences it is slow, confusing and apparently interminable.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Oct 5, 2007

Big, stupid and nonsensical

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 5, 2007

A slog through endless death metal-powered action sequences.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 5, 2007

A must-see for fans of the original, but a shorter running time and less energetic CGI excess might have done this flawed horror fantasy a serious favour.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 5, 2007

A disappointing follow-up to Timur Bekmambetov's ground-cracking debut that still holds just enough explosiveness to blow a few fuses in your brain. Watch for the set-pieces (killer balls, car chases, power lines used as whips) and ignore the rest.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 5, 2007