Day Watch

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Day Watch

R

2007

2h 19m

Fantasy

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Anton (Konstantin Khabensky), a member of a group of supernatural guardians who monitor the forces of the Dark, discovers that his own son is responsible for a series of murders. The Dark Side tries to get Anton out of the way, but his comrades in the Night Watch devise a way to protect him. However, a piece of enchanted chalk with the power to rewrite destiny is the key to a looming battle between Dark and Light.

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Critics Consensus

Day Watch is frequently cheesy but it offers enough twists, surprises, and inventive action sequences to maintain viewer interest.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

Narrative incoherence continues to reign supreme.

Oct 20, 2009

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Leslie Felperin

Variety

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

Jun 17, 2008

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

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.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 19, 2007

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Ed Travis

Hollywood Jesus

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

Apr 10, 2020

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Mike Scott

Times-Picayune

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.

Rated: 2.5/4

Oct 9, 2009

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

Rated: 4/5

Oct 18, 2008

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Audience Member

The look and tone and feel of the original are all back in full force, as are many of the same characters, and those are all positives. While I do like the end and the lead up to it better than its predecessor, Night Watch, I'm not sure this would make a lot of sense to people who haven't seen the first installment. Other than that, I think it's biggest flaw may be that it has too much story and that it moves too quickly for its own good.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Christopher B

I preferred the original as it blended horror in more with the science fiction and action for a somewhat darker experience. Day Watch is a strange beast to dissect as there is some amazing cinematography, wonderful visual effects, and some very original concepts in the film but the story is all over the place and takes itself to serious. The tone is a bit too serious for some of the goofy interactions that take place and we are introduced to so many characters and the pace is so frantic you really are just all over the place and it stretches the narrative a bit too much. Overall decent and original but could have been so much better had the script been more polished and the tone of the film more loose.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

11/20/22

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Audience Member

This is one of my all time favorite movies. I wish they would have done another one.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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A great sequel to the first. Better in some aspects compared to the first and continues the story well. Who would have thought that Russian supernatural thrillers would be so fun? 4/5. Still waiting for the final release, Twilight Watch, after all these years.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Audience Member

Like the first one, but with a better, though absolutely bizarre finale.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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RUSSIAN SCI FI ... I watched this and really tried. REALLY TRIED to understand this movie. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it, it was interesting, exciting, visually and creatively intriguing. But I think I may have to spend a year in Russia before I can follow along with any sense of real understanding. I have not seen Night Watch though, I will go get it and then see if it all fits more... grin.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Timur Bekmambetov

Director

Konstantin Khabenskiy

Anton

Mariya Poroshina

Svetlana

Vladimir Menshov

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Zavulon

Galina Tyunina

Olga

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Synopsis

Anton (Konstantin Khabensky), a member of a group of supernatural guardians who monitor the forces of the Dark, discovers that his own son is responsible for a series of murders. The Dark Side tries to get Anton out of the way, but his comrades in the Night Watch devise a way to protect him. However, a piece of enchanted chalk with the power to rewrite destiny is the key to a looming battle between Dark and Light.

Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Producer: Konstantin Ernst, Anatoly Maximov
Screenwriter: Sergei Lukyanenko, Aleksandr Talal, Timur Bekmambetov
Distributor: Fox
Production Co: TABBAK, Bazelevs Production, Channel One Russia
Rating: R (Violence)
Genre: Fantasy
Original Language: Russian
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 1, 2007, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $450.7K
Runtime: 2h 19m

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