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movie review - Day Shift

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

This is a movie about a vampire hunter in Los Angeles. It does some good character development, some okay plot development that's really let down once or twice, and some really out-of-control world-building in which a number of things are set up but then ignored or subverted. So it's a bit of a mixed bag. I particularly didn't like the way our substantial investment in a secondary character was thrown out by the off-screen killing/turning of that character.

Not recommended. I used to have a 'cautiously' recommended category of movie review. I eventually realized that was a bit of a cop-out. I can either recommend it or not. And despite a great concept and some good elements, this one's the latter. I mean, one character's sacrifice is undone as the credits roll. WTF.