A little long, but an interesting modern fantasy epic with a Lynch-turned-Russian aesthetic.

This movie is pretty ridiculous a lot of the time. Some of the visuals really are impressive but I feel like it spends way too much time going for the "OH SWEET, MAN, YA SEE THAT!" reaction without the real chops to do so. It doesn't have an engaging plot or characters, really. Where Shoot 'Em Up got silly action right, this falls flat on its face too much. Still worth a watch but never a second.

a little confusing...

Must see for scifi/fantasy fans. If you're a cretin this movie might confuse you.

After seeing the first and waiting in suspense for the next installment, I have never been so let down. It was still visually awesome, but I thought this was going to be a horror trilogy. The ending of this did not leave much room for a third, not to mention it was a total cop-out ending.

I guess it's a little bit better than Night Watch cause the visuals are more impressive, but it's still the same mind numbing and boggling experience the first one was. It doesn't really have a story that you can relate to, and though the visuals are impressive, the actual direction of them is a little awkward and confusing. It's clear that the director has talent and cares a lot about this epic he's creating, but it's far from perfect and could use some serious revamping.

Extremely weird, but has it's good moments. I was a bit dissapointed with this one as I would have liked some more transformations, but it keeps moving even though its a bit jumpy

Relentless fun, though there seem to be a bunch fewer vampires in this sequel.

Great concept, follows on from Night Watch which was also great - see it first if you haven't already

I enjoyed it a little more than the first movie I think, maybe because I had a head start on understanding what was going on this time. It's a cool, great looking action fantasy movie, but hard to get into as it doesn't make as much sense as it could.

production values: poor. Plot: incomprehensible. Wardrobe: cultural collision. Verdict: didn't even finish watching... yes, it's that bad.

A loud, dumb, nonsensical movie which was even less coherent than its predecessor. Most of the creative ideas seem really random and thrown together without any thought or logic. The constantly juddery, choppy editing and over-the-top direction irked me too.

Sometimes striking visuals but I still couldn't get into it.

A movie that is a bit of a mess to watch and kind of hard to follow, is still kind of enjoyable. The action sequences were awesome and ther CGI was more than adequate.

Very disappointing follow-up to Night Watch. I know I go for the silly over-the-top Russian themes, but the magic chalk is just a little too much. Kind of annoying that this continuation of the cool story in Night Watch ends like this...bummer.

Interesting camera work and effects.

I really don't get how anyone could like this movie. The editing lazy and indulgent. The acting is reletively stale and, when the melodrama escalates, hilariously corny. At no time does the rambling plot ever become coherent or understandable. Everything is incredibly vaguely explained and it's impossible to understand the full reasoning of everything that is explained. The ending is also shit given its predictable and laughable deus ex machina.

There are plenty of powerful images that will linger in the mind: the warrior riding straight through the walls of a fortress, the man stopping a bus with outstretched hands, the brief visits in the Twilight - though most of them are given away in the trailer already. It's a bit like The Matrix Reloaded, with the difference that Day Watch makes sense when you read the books or do some internet research. [Full Review]

in order to understand this you need to some serious research, aside from an unforgivingly confusing plot it's a interesting and action packed movie, with surprisingly good and unique special effects even though it's reletively unheard of.

22 Eylul 07

Better than the first. Has some great special effects and action, and has better visuals than Night Watch.

eng; [Wächter des Tages - Dnevnoi Dozor];

So incomprehensible that it angered me. You don't even have to look hard for all of the plot holes of this mess of a film; even watching the previous film will not help you decipher wtf is going on. Bekmambetov clearly doesn't care for plot when he spends so much effort on action scenes where a car rides on the side of a building for absolutely no reason.