DAY SHIFT

Jamie Foxx plays Bud Jablonski, a faux pool cleaner who in actuality is a vampire hunter in the San Fernando Valley. Divorced and with the threat of having his 11-year-old daughter (Zion Broadnax as Paige) and ex-wife (Meagan Good as Jocelyn) transported across the country to Florida, Bud has exactly 7 days to come up with $10,000 to pay for his daughters private school tuition and braces in order for Jocelyn to stay. Hunting vampires, pulling, and selling their fangs for profit isn't as lucrative as it seems without a union membership, one in which Bud previously owned but has subsequently been removed from due to multiple union violations. In order to gain it back, he enlists the help of his friend cowboy gunslinger Big John Elliott, who is marvelously played by Snoop Dogg. A condition of his reinstatement is that he's followed at all times on the job by a fellow union member and pencil pusher, Seth (Dave Franco). This is a fun B-action film that brings nothing new to the vampire or action genre other than the main stars are black. A few whoas are spent during the action sequences as they are nicely choreographed. Outside of that, it's a fun ride that'll soon be forgotten. 5.5/10