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A 2010 vampire film written and directed by Peter and Michael Spierig.
< read all 17 reviewsA good movie, but not as good as I was expecting.
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Jan 5, 2012
- by KingreX32
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Ok so if you read my Quick tip you know that from the get go I’ve wanted to see this movie it looked very cool and I love the premise it’s looked very interesting and different. Unfortunately I never got to see this in theaters but I eventually found it on DVD. (HMV FTW)
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Daybreakers concerns a world where 90% of the population are vampires, the remaining humans are either given a choice to be turned or be hunted for their blood. Eventually the human supply begins to run out and the vampire world is in jeopardy a viable blood substitute is needed. Enter Edward Dalton a researcher at Bromley Marks, after helping out some fleeing humans he is introduced to Elvis who has a miraculous cure for the vampirism.
Daybreakers is one of the most creative Vampire movies I have seen, the premise alone is enough to get a bunch of points from me, but it’s the little things that I really like the small attention to details that made the movie feel like a Classic Vampire flick but with modern elements. Examples: Vampires cant see their reflections in the mirror so instead Mirrors are replaced with view Screens, Other things like driving stake through the heart or beheading being the only ways to kill a vampire and a UV warning in cars when it’s a little too sunny out. These little things that made like this movie so much they made the story a little more believable. As for the story it was ok, like most movies these days it’s a bit predictable, the pacing seems a little off in some areas and the movie itself seemed overly long. The Acting was nothing special although I really liked Sam Niell’s performance as the bad guy.
Overall this is a really pretty ok vampire flick, and if you are into Vampire flicks defiantly check this one out.
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woopak_the_thrill
January 06, 2012
I liked this one quite a bit, but I guess I've always thought of it as if how Romero would write a vampire flick. Nice write up.
KingreX32
January 08, 2012
thanks. Daybreakers was a good flick. Just a little bit long
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Daybreakers is a movie with Ethan Hawke, Sam Neill and Willem Defoe It's the near future. A rapidly dwindling resource is causing increasing disruptions to society, with the have-nots suffering from increasing disruptions of a supply that once seemed infinite, but now is proving all too fragile. The creation of substitutes is big business but there are those who want the original, and the substitutes are not working as well as one might hope. Society is unraveling on … more
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DAYBREAKERS You know vampires have become a huge thing again which I guess makes me happy since I love them. The thing is, for the most part it is not the vampires I like, today's vampires seem to be all in love and twinkle in the sunlight. What ever happened to the guys that were evil and would um let's say burn in the sunlight. Well let me stop being so one dimensional since I tend to think I am all for something new. With that said there … more
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As soon as the trailer was released for Daybreakers I eagerly anticipated it's release. I was not sure what to expect, however the trailer caught my attention in a way that left me always wanting to search for more footage and featurettes online. Two hours after entering the theater I exited both happy with the final film and disgusted by the simple fact that anyone could come up with such a film. It was a pornography of blood, guts and gore with such graphic cinematography that not only could … more
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Edward Dalton (Ethan Hawke) is a reluctant vampire in a world where humans have become rare. It's a clever idea: if there really were vampires and they could spread like a virus, why wouldn't they soon run the world rather than slink around in shadows? It turns out this film shows exactly why, if they're smart, vampires would stay out of sight and wouldn't want to spread. Vampires do rule the world in this film, and human beings are the ones who have to creep about during the day, hidden as best … more
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review by Jokull.
April 30, 2010
Set in the future, Vampires rule and have toppled man. They have made the world fit their needs but they have turned so many that the problem is they have exhausted the human blood supply and now the poorer Vampires are turning into monsters while our reluctant hero works on a blood substitute. Such a promising beginning in a visual setting. Enter the human resistance and things are still o.k. but start sliding downhill and all of a sudden it happens and the movie looses … more
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A fairly fresh idea on the vampire genre, Daybreakers is set in 2019 where vampires are the main race on earth. It is an earth not too different from today. They go to work, drive cars (equipped with special UV windowing), have homeless (will work for blood). Oh, and what few pockets of humans that remain are hunted by the armies for blood harvesting. Well, the vampires are slowly running out of human's to harvest for blood. So it's up to Edward Dalton (Ethan Hawke) as lead hematologist at pharmaceutical … more
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review by Steveo.
April 06, 2010
This was a film I went to see not really expecting that much. If anything I expected it to fit in with the typically bland trend of Vampire movies that seem to be growing in quantity in recent years. Daybreakers, however, adds something new to the agenda while taking advantage of the growing trend that has swept the Western world. Ethan Hawke is an actor with a very familiar name, but is someone you don't see very frequently on the big screen. Possibly his biggest role in the movie Training … more
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July 18, 2010
Another vampire flick amongst many others. The story is different and thats all it offers.
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Daybreakers is a 2010 science fiction horror film written and directed by Michael and Peter Spierig. The film takes place in 2019, where a plague has turned most of the planet's human population into vampires. A vampiric corporation sets out to capture and farm the remaining humans while researching a blood substitute. Lead vampire hematologist Edward Dalton's (Ethan Hawke) work is interrupted by human survivors led by former vampire "Elvis" (Willem Dafoe), who has a cure that can save the human race.
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Daybreakers premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was released in the United Kingdom on 6 January 2010 and in North America on 8 January 2010. The film grossed over $40,000,000 and received a mixed critical reception.
The Plot
By 2019, a pandemic disease has turned most of the world's human population into vampires. As human numbers dwindle, the need for blood becomes desperate. When deprived of blood for extended periods, vampires degenerate into subsiders, aggressive bat-like creatures. Humans are captured and harvested in laboratory farms while scientists research a synthetic blood substitute to satisfy vampires' blood hunger. The main supplier of blood in the United States is the pharmaceutical company Bromley Marks, run by Charles Bromley (Sam Neill). Edward Dalton (Ethan Hawke) and Chris Caruso (Vince Colosimo) are hematologists working on the blood ...
Director:
Peter and Michael Spierig
Genre:
Horror
Release Date:
8 January 2010
MPAA Rating:
R
Runtime:
98 min.
Studio:
Lionsgate Films
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