Review of Day Watch (2006) by John M — 24 Sep 2009
Day Watch isn't that much better than its predecessor, Night Watch. Matter of fact, it probably isn't better. But somehow, this ultra-nutty, incoherent story is executed with the kind of visual panache that comes around as though in a vision of a glue huffing with a pail of Russian vodka on the side.
As with the first movie, the production values (including plentiful and intricate special effects) are impressive for a non-Hollywood release ? the prologue, denoting the history of the all-important Chalk Of Fate, is quite splendid ? though the director's technical 'prowess' soon grows tiresome.
There's an interesting parallel with how the some of the action scenes are edited and some of the dialog scenes don't have much of a tempo differential. Day Watch provides some of the silliest and just downright hysterical and harrowingly delirious surreal visions in recent epic movies.
This review of Day Watch (2006) was written by John M on 24 Sep 2009.
Day Watch has generally received positive reviews.
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