Little White Lies magazine

The sequel to remarkably successful vampire flick Night Watch is Timur Bekmambetov’s fourth feature, but our Russian protagonist’s (hopefully) inimitable manner is still pointedly based upon his origins as a pop video and music director, and shows few signs of reaching maturity. Scenes whirr past like a tornado, tossing plotlines, characters and all sense of logic asunder. His schooling in the sub-four-minute art forms has ultimately constrained his directorial pace to the staccato rhythm of marketing media and lends this effort the feeling of a patchwork quilt of elements; part zombie, part vampire and all a pain in the neck.