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Jamie Foxx rises again as dad, the vampire hunter, in Netflix's dreary 'Day Shift'

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CNNReview by Brian Lowry, CNN“Day Shift” is about vampires, but it’s one of those Frankenstein-like movies stitched together from used parts, with Jamie Foxx as a family man version of Marvel’s Blade, mashed up with horror and buddy comedy. It’s the kind of star-driven vehicle that yields obvious benefits to Netflix even if, qualitatively speaking, it doesn’t deserve to see the light of day.Indeed, Foxx is clearly a favorite of the Netflix algor…

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The Guardian

Day Shift review – Jamie Foxx staggers through fangs-for-nothing vampire flick

A down-at-heel hero fires wooden bullets at boring bloodthirsty villains in this unexciting and unfunny action comedy

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Review: Jamie Foxx hunts vampires in comedy 'Day Shift'

This year marks the centennial anniversary of F. W. Murnau's “Nosferatu,” a long time for us humans but only a blip for vampires. If you were looking to celebrate the birthday of that silent classic, which still casts a long and ominous shadow over all vampires films that have followed, you could do it with what's perhaps its exact opposite: the new Netflix action-comedy “Day Shift,” with Jamie Foxx as a San Fernando Valley vampire hunter.

2 years ago·United States

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CNN

Jamie Foxx hunts vampires in 'Day Shift'

Foxx, Dave Franco and Snoop Dogg star in Netflix's vampire action-comedy. Rick Damigella reports.

2 years ago·Atlanta, United States

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KVIA

Jamie Foxx rises again as dad, the vampire hunter, in Netflix's dreary 'Day Shift'

2 years ago·Panama City, United States

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ScreenRant

Jamie Foxx Talks Franchise Plans For New Netflix Vampire Movie Day Shift

Warning: SPOILERS lie ahead for Day Shift.

2 years ago·Montreal, Canada

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Variety

‘Day Shift’ Review: Jamie Foxx Is the Vampire Hunter as L.A. Working Stiff in an Ultraviolent Horror Comedy

“Day Shift” is a vampire thriller stuffed with lock-and-load ultraviolence, starring Jamie Foxx in imperious badass mode. At heart, though, it’s a knowingly eccentric goof of a movie, to the point that it’s hard, for a while, not to find it agreeable, even as you register what a preposterous piece of fluff it is. Unfortunately, it’s also an arduous piece of fluff. , especially when the rules are applied as inconsistently as they are here. Direct…

2 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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