Directed by:
Тимур БекмамбетовScreenplay:
Aleksandr TalalCinematography:
Sergey TrofimovComposer:
Yuriy PoteenkoCast:
Konstantin Khabenskiy, Mariya Poroshina, Vladimir Menshov, Zhanna Friske, Dmitriy Martynov, Galina Tyunina, Valeriy Zolotukhin, Aleksey Chadov (more)VOD (1)
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Only one thing stands between peace and Armageddon: the supernatural agents of Day Watch, who fight to control the armies of light and darkness. When the son of a senior Day Watch officer turns to the darkness, forces beyond the imagination are unleashed and the fate of the world hangs in the balance! (official distributor synopsis)
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Bekmambetov simply revels in action scenes and wants to present them in such a way that it is as perfect as possible, as interesting as possible for the viewer. He does quite a good job of it here. In his execution, it sometimes really has the right adrenaline rush, but Day Watch just didn't captivate me with its story. If I had seen it the year it was made, it might have been different. As it is, it's still spectacularly above average, which is what matters.
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I've avoided commenting on this film for a long time. Why? I told myself it was too subjective, too effusive, because everywhere I went I was singing its praises. It's just that even after a few weeks, I can't shake it. And come to think of it, I don't think I'll ever get rid of it... I thought that movie was absolutely amazing! I was entertained, I was absorbed by the effects, the actors, the story, which was not as chaotic – for me – as some here write. I fell even more in love with Anton and Kostya (too bad about what happens in the third book...).
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The plot is an even greater mess than in the first part. As a result, it’s practically unbearable in terms of content, and the only thing you can focus on is the incredible formalistic orgies of Russian super talent Bekmambetov. This guy has the potential to become the king of action in the coming years, but he needs to break free from messy plots and work on a simple and straightforward storyline, which, under his energetic direction, will most likely be a first-class experience, which, unfortunately, despite some undeniable qualities, this mess is not by any means.
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Unlike Night Watch, Day Watch has the advantage that from the very beginning the viewer accepts the rules of the game set by the filmmaker and gets swept away by an even more convoluted story, wrapped in an even more furious visual garb. The editing, cinematography, and music have all been sped up by director Bekmambetov to achieve the maximum effect i.e., a thoroughly confused viewer. This is especially true if you remember the bare minimum from the previous film. Fortunately, we get a few flashbacks that clarify a lot. The illogicality of some of the unfinished themes from the first film also eventually came together, but Day Watch still has the same level of quality as its predecessor.
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Day Watch is a mess, but in the nicest sense of the word. The vampire universe here has no rules, no set abilities or limits, so the viewer is not at all prepared for what might happen the next minute. Here the hero teleports through posters, there he flies through a closed subway door. For example, one of the characters is told by another character that she's not invited to the party, but she'll definitely send her some pictures of it. Then, at the party scene, we see that uninvited character there as a photographer. She subsequently stops the exposure time of the camera. The whole of Moscow is here destroyed by a rubber ball (not seriously). Logically, the script runs on half-gas, but its functionality surprises with about seven times catharsis at the end. On the other hand, for the music, as in the first episode, they should crack someone around. Day Watch makes as much of an argument for Timur being a brilliant director as it does for him being a total dud. Yet his follow-up, Wanted, proved the former.
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