A first-rate vampire flick with solid action and a story that's never been seen before. Go in with high expectations and you won't be disappointed. Paul Chambers, CNN.
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Daybreakers (2010)
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Reviews Counted:115
Fresh:76
Rotten:39
Average Rating:6.1/10
Consensus: Though it arrives during an unfortunate glut of vampire movies, Daybreakers offers enough dark sci-fi thrills -- and enough of a unique twist on the genre -- to satisfy filmgoers.
Rated: R [See Full Rating]
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Theatrical Release:Jan 8, 2010 Wide
Box Office: $29,975,979
Synopsis: It's 2017, and the undead far outnumber the living in this horror film starring Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke (TRAINING DAY). A virus has spread across the earth, turning its inhabitants into vampires.... [More]
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Michael Dorman, Claudia Karvan
Director: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
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Reviews for Daybreakers
A bad ending doesn’t detract too much from the great cast, plentiful blood and guts effects and rollicking pace.
02/01/10
The special effects look cheap; and while the premise, with its "we're drinking the blood of the earth!" subtext is interesting, the characters just aren't.
01/31/10
More Australian filmmakers should be inspired to take on Hollywood after seeing the Spierigs' vampire venture, even if it falls short of greatness.
01/31/10
Stylish, engaging and yes, intelligent
01/28/10
An imaginative and arresting genre film
01/28/10
A dreary-looking and sluggish narrative that doesn't go anywhere special.
01/21/10
'Daybreakers' has plenty of clever social relevance and biting political commentary mixed into the pot of gore and violence. It's got both style and smarts.
01/15/10
With Willem Dafoe is a crossbow-wielding ex-vampire named Elvis. (Coincidentally, the film opened on what would have been Presley's 75th birthday.)
01/15/10
A fun if forgettable romp, with some great ideas and a few gruesome shock shots. Which is enough. Just.
01/15/10
So over the top you can't help but like at least some of it, 'Daybreakers' is pulsing with gore, mayhem and dark humor
01/14/10
Now this is a vampire movie.
01/14/10
Daybreakers injects just enough fresh blood into the vampire genre to make it worth your while.
01/13/10
A pretty ambitious movie that's occasionally capable of fulfilling those ambitions. When it doesn't, the attempt is still noteworthy and the results are at least entertaining.
01/13/10
An okay film about vampires and the search for blood that isn't romanticized - a la 'Twilight' -but is full of gore.
01/13/10
Daybreakers was unceremoniously dumped into theaters by unadventurous studio heads in the first week of January, [but] one shouldn’t take their cluelessness seriously: Daybreakers is so much better than they would have you believe.
01/13/10
les deux frangins font preuve d'une rigueur créatrice que nous n'aurions jamais pu soupçonner après un exercice aussi bâclé qu'Undead
01/12/10
Makes little sense, but earns points for the operatic, slow-motion vampire equivalent of the Barf-a-Rama scene from Stand By Me.
01/12/10
Give it an A for effort, C for execution. As cool/creepy as it seems, Daybreakers just doesn't quite measure up to its potential.
01/11/10
Passable entertainment because it is more imaginative than most vampire films and because of Willem Dafoe's performance, but it should have been better.
01/11/10
Latest News for Daybreakers
February 08, 2010:
The Spierig Brothers Chat Daybreakers
Australian twin filmmakers Michael and Peter Spierig drop by the SciFi TV command centre to discuss their recent future-vampire hit, 'Daybreakers'. More...
January 14, 2010:
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Win double passes to the new vampire action film from the Spierig brothers. More...
January 09, 2010:
Humans and parched vampires engage in endless skirmishes of hide and seek, while corporate meanies go about concocting efficient farming and drainage systems of homo sapiens in profiteering captivity.
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January 07, 2010:
Ethan Hawke Talks Daybreakers
Ethan Hawke returns to theaters this weekend with "Daybreakers" -- and now you can read his thoughts on the vampire sci-fi/action flick, which is bowing to some surprisingly... More...
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