Beneath the vampire fangs and pool-cleaning van, Day Shift is really a story about a single father trying to give his daughter a normal life while working the strangest job imaginable.
What is Day Shift about?
Bud Jablonski poses as a San Fernando Valley pool cleaner, but his real trade is hunting vampires for a union of monster hunters that has just kicked him out for cutting corners. Desperate for the payout he needs to keep his daughter in a good school, he takes on a rookie partner and a punishing deadline, all while a particularly dangerous vampire matriarch closes in on his neighborhood. Jamie Foxx plays Bud with weary, wisecracking exhaustion rather than swagger, and Dave Franco's anxious union pencil-pusher gives the film its odd-couple engine. Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Meagan Good, and Karla Souza round out a cast that treats the vampire-hunting bureaucracy as seriously as the fangs and stakes. Director J.J. Perry, a longtime stunt coordinator, leans hard into practical action, letting the fight choreography carry scenes that the plot moves through briskly.
About the cast
Jamie Foxx carries the film as Bud, playing the fatigue of a working-class single father as much as the danger of the job itself. Dave Franco's nervous bureaucrat plays well off him, while Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Meagan Good, and Karla Souza fill out the union and family scenes that give the action room to breathe. Snoop Dogg and Scott Adkins appear in supporting roles within the hunter community Bud is trying to win back.
Context & significance
Released in 2022, Day Shift folds vampire-hunter mythology into a very ordinary Los Angeles suburb, treating monster removal as a blue-collar trade complete with union dues, seniority disputes, and performance reviews. That bureaucratic angle, paired with stunt-heavy direction from a career stunt coordinator, gives the film a different texture than most horror-comedies in its genre.
Watching Day Shift on Ktime
Day Shift is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, letting Farsi-speaking viewers follow Bud's double life in their own language. A free K-Time account and login is all that's needed to start watching, and the platform's Farsi-first interface makes it easy for Persian-speaking audiences to find and resume the film wherever they are.