Day Shift

Day Shift

An LA vampire hunter has a week to come up with the cash to pay for his kid's tuition and braces. Trying to make a living these days just might kill him.

  • Released:
  • Runtime: 120 minutes
  • Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
  • Stars: Jamie Foxx, Dave Franco, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Meagan Good, Karla Souza, Steve Howey, Scott Adkins, Snoop Dogg, Eric Lange, Zion Broadnax, Oliver Masucci, C.S. Lee, Tetiana Gaidar, Peter Stormare, Danielle Kennedy, Shai Debroux, Massi Furlan
  • Director: J.J. Perry
 Comments
  • SnoopyStyle - 9 February 2024
    world needs work
    Bud Jablonski (Jamie Foxx) is a pool cleaner by day and a vampire hunter by day. He had been kicked out of the vampire hunter union and his friend Big John Elliott (Snoop Dogg) gets him back in. He is assigned union rep Seth (Dave Franco) as his required partner. Heather (Natasha Liu Bordizzo) is his new neighbor. Meanwhile, Audrey San Fernando (Karla Souza) is building a vampire army and aims to take revenge on Bud by kidnapping his family.

    I like some of the action. I have the most fun with the Nazarian brothers. The world is a bit half-baked. For something very simple, Bud has all those locks on the door, but the large window next to it is so breakable. Bud is completely broke and yet he doesn't look around to steal the old lady's valuables. The biggest issue is that it's not clear how wide spread are the vampires. The general public doesn't seem to be that much different despite the presence of vampires. One would expect more security everywhere. It's like the filmmaker failed to think through this world's logic. It's really bothersome. Otherwise, I like this.
  • becky-92346 - 31 July 2023
    Surprisingly boring.
    Day Shift (2022) follows a hard-working, blue-collar dad who just wants to provide a good life for his quick-witted 10-year-old daughter. His mundane San Fernando Valley pool cleaning job is a front for his real source of income, hunting and killing vampires. Unfortunately I strongly dislike this film, it is incredibly dull and lacks a compelling plot. Also, the characters are rather unlikeable.

    The cinematography is really dull and unfortunately there isn't much to talk about in terms of it. The colour palettes are mainly very warm which I feel doesn't fit the mood of the film and the camerawork itself is very low-effort. In terms of other visuals, the CGI starts off fairly impressive but just goes downhill as the film progresses.

    The sound design is nothing special and the score is somewhat fitting but forgettable. Also, the soundtrack is ok but, once again, nothing to write home about. The sound design is really cheap sounding too, and the film uses a lot of goofy stock sound effects.

    The acting is underwhelming and the characters are poorly written. The characters are neither likeable nor unlikeable and lack a lot of much needed substance. Additionally, the dialogue isn't written well and unfortunately a lot of the comedy doesn't hit well.

    The film's structure and pacing are both extremely messy and I was surprised by how dull this movie is. It's hard to follow along and not compelling, resulting in a watch that drags on and fails to entertain. I got bored way too quickly and was happy to see it end.