DVD : 4/5 Rating : Day Watch / Dnevnoy Dozor

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IMHO REVIEW :
just watched this over at harolds place - bloodie great movie. the timing on the subtitles were slightly off, but other then that the movie was great.

day watch is the second installment of a trilogy. the first was night watch, the second is called day watch.

here's my review - without giving too much away. the second movie seemed like they had a bigger budget (the first was a huge hit in russia) and they dive in deeper into the story and explore more about the world - exploring it. the overall setup is great. there are two forces - the dark and the light. these forces have a truce... and there are peeps to enforce that truce, should the truce be broken - there will be all out war. simple yes, but the way the story works within the setup is great.

the creativity of the writer or production person or whoever came up with all the cool stuff is fantastic. the bit i love most is how they take common objects and give it a back story, making these objects interesting. example - flashlight, in the first movie the flashlight was a weapon, which can expose and harm the 'dark.' in this movie they introduce more stuff - such as the camera, a piece of chalk, a childs toy. it's great.

the second movie has a complete story - if you haven't seen the first movie you can still enjoy this story, but you'll enjoy them slightly more if you have seen it as all the characters from the first movie is in the second. the completeness of this story was great - all i can say is i have no idea how they are gonna top this one and what story they will do for the third... it was that complete.

if you're interested in watching this movie now and not wait... go to scarecrow videos on roosevelt (seattle).