Day Watch

Crap in a bun! What is it with this series of films? The Snooze Demon got me again. Was having a lovely time, swigging beer and cooking a curry (ok, heating up a ready meal) whilst watching this when suddenly - slump - the eyelids turn into shutters and I find myself nodding on and off for the whole last act of the film.

This was doubly annoying because most of the film was a bit, well, odd. And odd for odd's sake it seemed. I really wasn't getting into it at all. But the last 20 minutes were mental! Every time I emerged from my sleepy haze, my tired little eyes were subjected to increasingly frantic and impressive scenes of carnage and destruction as buildings were obliterated, trucks jumped through each other and a penthouse of guests jumped around oblivious to what was going on. I knew just how they felt as I didn't have a scooby doo what was happening.

A few chapter selects and rewinds later and I'd managed to piece it all together. Just about. It was a really strong finish to a movie that didn't seem to know what to do with itself for the most part. Definitely not a patch on Night Watch but still a very strong visual showcase for the director. He's got some crazy sounding projects in the pipeline too. Abraham Lincoln - Vampire Hunter and Moby Dick sound awesome. Bring it on Mr flashy, whizzy Russian dude.