My son and I are just back from seeing "Daywatch," the sequel to the Russian director Timur Bekmambetov's 2004 "Night Watch." Both films are supernatural hell-rides, set in modern Moscow. The movies (two-thirds of a trilogy) are in the "Matrix," "Underworld," "Blade" vein. They're wildly imaginative, surpisingly funny and full of freaky visuals. Even the (animated) subtitles get in on the act.
It's the ancient tale of Good vs. Evil, with the two sides operating under a shaky treaty that requires reps from each side to police the other. There is much to police. The hero, Anton (Konstantin Khabensky), is a sad-sack "Other" who pulls his Night Watch shift riding around Moscow in a utility truck, probably packing a lunch pail, while looking for wayward vampires. The new film features a terrific bit of physical acting by Galina Tyunina, an attractive woman who plays Anton for about a third of the movie.
If it sounds good, you'll get a lot more out of the experience by checking out the first movie, "Night Watch,"
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