Day Watch (Dnevnoi Dozor)

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Day Watch (Dnevnoi Dozor)

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Day Watch (Dnevnoi Dozor)

Aleksei Chadov, Dmitry Martynov, Galina Tyunina, Konstantin Khabensky, Mariya Poroshina, Viktor Verzbitsky, Vladimir Menshov, Yegor Dronov, Zhanna Friske

A man (Khabensky) who serves in the war between the forces of Light and Dark comes into possession of a device that can restore life to Moscow, which was nearly destroyed by an apocalyptic event.

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  • stopitgoaway
    November 9, 2009
    stopitgoaway
    First rule - you have to have seen Nochnoi Dozor a.k.a Night Watch. Its well worth seeing Night Watch for a number of reasons, but understanding the second film in this trilogy is probably the best of them. It makes the whole first film worthwhile. While Nochnoi Dozor was very ov...( read more)er the top and quite silly (but brilliant in its own way), Dnevnoi Dozor carries off its excesses off much more confidently and brings real meaning to the first film.

    Second rule - you've really got to let yourself go of any preconceptions. This film is as mad as they come and completely unlikely, but wonderfully enjoyable in a very eccentric way. If you start comparing it to Hollywood equivalents you'll miss the point, and if you think you're going to see some "serious" Matrixesque fantasy, you'll be sorely disappointed. This film is pure myth, with the inexplicably unreal events and very much larger than life characterisations that any myth comes with.

    The fact that it is a Russian myth and full of many Russian references is both frustrating and at the same time great for a Russian viewer like me. You know there are hidden depths that you'll never quite get, but its fascinating to watch. And these bits are fairly infrequent, so don't be put off by it. :-) Third rule - don't see it yet, because you'll really want to know what on earth (or maybe not) they are going to do in the third part!
  • garyX
    November 1, 2009
    garyX
    The sequel to Russian vampire movie Nightwatch, Daywatch continues the battle between the forces of light and darkness for supremacy on Earth. At least I think that's what it's about because it's so confusing it's quite difficult to tell. Not that it's complicated, it's such a mi...( read more)sh-mash of unrelated and random ideas that it just makes little sense; in fact it's quite obvious that the script writer was just making it up as he went along, throwing everything he thought sounded "cool" into the mix with absolutely no thought to narrative, structure or even plain logic. This can be sometimes be successfully papered over by impressive action sequences, and there are some nice visual moments here, but that's all they are. Moments. Probably barely enough to scrape together into a flashy trailer. We never see any "battles", the action merely concerned with fast cars and property destruction and are just thrown in at random intervals with little affect on or relevance to the story. Add to this attempts at humour that are embarrassingly unfunny and you have a tediously overlong, self-indulgent mess of a film that fails to deliver on every level.
  • mjgildea
    September 20, 2009
    mjgildea
    There was a point around the beginning of Day Watch where I thought it might actually be better than its predecessor, Night Watch. The impressive but over-the-top scene with the car barrel-assing along the front of that hotel, the interestingly upgraded special effects and the fo...( read more)xy, raven-coiffed Alicia all had me open-minded and ready to enjoy it. Then that droning, monotonous and boring story kicked it. I honestly feel that this movie as an hour too long and if the effects weren't so good I'd say it should be used as torture. Believe it or not, a second viewing makes Day Watch even more nonsensical and painful to watch.
  • davodd
    August 30, 2009
    davodd
    This film was just disappointing. The special effects were very nice - but the story was too contrived to keep my mind from wandering ... and wondering when the movie would end.
  • mrpopcorn
    January 21, 2009
    mrpopcorn
    "The second chapter in the epic fantasy trilogy"

    The apocalyptic sci-fi thriller Day Watch (AKA vevnoy Dozor: Mel Sudbi, 2006) constitutes the second installment in a planned supernatural trilogy by Russian fantasist director Timur Bekmambetov. As preceded by 2004's block...( read more)buster Night Watch and followed by Dusk Watch, this sophomore film picks up on the byzantine tale of a world where, centuries ago, the powers of light (representing goodness) and the powers of darkness (representing evil) called a truce. Each side set up a law enforcement team to guard and monitor the other's activities - the powers of darkness established and controlled the Day Watch, while the powers of light established and controlled the Night Watch. Day Watch opens in the 14th Century, where Tamerlan, a Mongol warrior, acquires an implement called "The Chalk of Destiny," that can be used to guide the course of history. Eons later (in the present day), the Day Watch and the Night Watch are ongoing. Two Warriors of Light, Anton Gorodensky (Konstantin Khabensky) and his protégé/partner-in-training, Svetlana (Maria Poroshina) quietly develop feelings for one another as they patrol the Night Watch together. As the story progresses, the pair must respond to a distress call from an octogenarian victim of a vampiric attack - an attack committed (as it turns out) by Anton's 12-year-old son Egor (Dima Martinov) - now a Warrior of Darkness.Anton must suddenly wrestle with two conflicting desires - the need to protect his offspring by destroying incriminating evidence, and his own desire to remain loyal to the Night Watch. Several additional subplots then unfold concurrently, including that of Egor learning to practice evil from his mentor, Zavulon (Viktor Verzhbitsky), that of Anton "body swapping" with associate Olga (Galina Tyunina), and that of the relationship between a vampiric child, Kostya (Aleksei Chadov) and his dad (Valery Zolotukhin), who works as a butcher.

    Review
    This movie has some of the most impressive visuals of any movie I have ever seen. It has a supernatural storyline that has great potential. It has some very funny moments in it, and some decent action. Unfortunately, this movie is gratuitously surreal. A good example is the Parrot. At a late point in the movie, the master of the Dark ones sends a henchmen after the hero. The henchmen is a parrot that morphs into a human. OK. Why the hell is this guy a parrot? And why did he have a plastic toy car that became real? At the birthday party near the end of the movie, why does the crowd clap and cheer after every muttered half sentence from our injured hero? There is a lot of stuff that happens in this movie where you never quite know why the things that happen are happening. This may be due to many factors. Maybe because its subtitled. Maybe because its the 2nd part of a trilogy where I never saw the first part. But I think it is because there is a lot of stuff that happens on screen that is not really relevant to the plot. Despite these flaws, this movie is absolutely worth watching, simply for the stunning visuals. I enjoyed this movie, but it really feels like a 3 hour movie compressed into 2 hours.
  • LisaMJ
    October 25, 2009
    LisaMJ
    Not as good as NIght Watch. It was a little weird when the subtitles would move. I've never seen that before.
  • koolestshuffle
    October 23, 2009
    koolestshuffle
    It started out good. I had the feeling it might be even better than Night Watch, but it wasn't the case. Both films are mediocre in my opinion. Nice effects.
  • sleepykiss
    October 16, 2009
    sleepykiss
    Thoroughly enjoyable. Cant wait to see NIGHT WATCH.
  • bastet05
    October 4, 2009
    bastet05
    I can't say I hated this, but I do wonder where it went wrong...

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    From the beginning, Anton is completely unlikable to me. In the previous movie, he was identifiable now he's just a broody jerk. Granted, his son has just sided with the dark side but still, he on...( read more)ly knew the kid for a few hours so while I'm sure it would be frustrating to know, suddenly he's super dad.

    Svetlana is now a Light side trainee. We discover she is the powerful Other that will balance out Yegor joining the Dark side. Plot hole: The prophecy said there would be ONE powerful other that would determine the battle between the sides, and whichever side that Other chose to join, that side would win. But let's forget about that.

    Instead, there's male/female body switching which only seems to be a plot device for 1. laughs 2. Svetlana to unwittingly confess her love for Anton to Anton as a woman 3. a faux lesbian shower scene that really is more comedic than anything and 4. to have Zevulon know all along which body Anton was in, rendering the gender switch pointless.

    There was also other pointless plot points but you'll know them when you see them. The story was very blah compared to the first one. It was almost as if they covered 4/5ths of the story in Night Watch and felt the need to put a cushion in between Night Watch and the last 5th of the story.

    In the end, Yegor and Svetlana manage to cause the destruction of the world because they are annoying/frustrating characters like that but the above aside, it's the other characters that make the film still watchable. The ending felt like a cop out to me, but since Anton had become unlikable to me, I felt it was a good way to wrap it up.
  • yasibutt1
    October 3, 2009
    yasibutt1
    GREAT MOVIE??????><>><><><><
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