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

Does absolutely no justice to the great book that inspired it, turns a lot of excellent characters into silly comic relief, and to add insult to injury, the subtitles on the DVD are completely wrong half the time. ("That's fate!" turned into "Who's your daddy!") That being said, it is an entertaining, bizarre, and often funny film.

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.

Not as good as a first movie (Night Watch).

1/5

Interesting camera work and effects.

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.

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

Wow. What a letdown. It was like watching one of those Taxi flicks, but with Mr. Bean level humor. It must take some kind of genius to make such a simple story so convoluted.

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

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.

the first third is really promising, but cant say the same for the rest

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.

Really, it would be more accurate to call this Night Watch 2 since it's comprised of the second and third stories of Night Watch. While I thought both threads were interesting, it felt a little unbalanced as the story progressed.

"Aside from one stunning image of a sports car skidding along the face of a curved high-rise hotel, Day Watch fails to even equal its forebear's handful of flashy CG moments." - Nick Schager

Consider first watching Night Watch. Both are excellent scifi flicks heavy on fantasy with switchfoot action.

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