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Daybreakers (2009)

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Reviews Counted:130

Fresh:86

Rotten:44

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.

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Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong bloody violence, language and brief nudity

Runtime: 1 hr. 38 min.

Genre: Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Drama, Horror

Theatrical Release: Jan 8, 2010 Wide

Box Office: $30.0M

Synopsis: Two-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke plays Edward Dalton, a researcher in the year 2019, in which an unknown plague has transformed the world's... Two-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke plays Edward Dalton, a researcher in the year 2019, in which an unknown plague has transformed the world's population into vampires. As the human population nears extinction, vampires must capture and farm every remaining human, or find a blood substitute before time runs out. However, a covert group of vampires makes a remarkable discovery, one which has the power to save the human race. [More]

Starring: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Claudia Karvan, Michael Dorman

Starring: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Claudia Karvan, Michael Dorman, Vince Colosimo, Isabel Lucas, Sam Neill, Paul Sonkkila, Jay Laga'aia, Damien Garvey, Wayne Smith, Emma Randall, Carl Rush, Harriet Minto-Day, Charlotte Wilson, Mungo McKay, Todd Levi, Jane Wallace, Robyn Moore, Troy MacKinder, John Gibson, Christopher Kirby, Michelle Atkinson, Sahaj Dumpleton, Mark Finden, Victoria Williams, Zoe White, Aolani Roy, Jarrad Pon, Callum Mclean, Joel Spreadborough, Konrad Whitten, Glen Martin, Peter Welman, Ben Siemer, Rohan Smith, Tiffany Lamb, Kellie Vella, Kevin Zwierzchaczewski, Berni Chin, Amanda Buchanan, Lisa Cunningham, Jason Chin, Todd Allan Brissette, Des Coroy, Gabriella di Labio, Jack Bradford, Scot McQade, Bryan Probets, Chris Brown, Kirsten Cameron, Renai Caruso, David Vallon, Candice Storey, Anne Bennetts, Simon Burvill-Holmes

Director: Michael Spierig , Peter Spierig

Director: Michael Spierig , Peter Spierig
Screenwriter: Michael Spierig , Peter Spierig
Producer: Chris Brown (II)
Studio: Lionsgate

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The is no denying that the production values of Daybreakers are superb; the sophomore directing duo fill every inch of their frame with some startling effects work and detailed production design.

Full Review Source: sbs.com.au | comment Comment
Aug 9, 2010
Simon Foster
Simon Foster
sbs.com.au

Pointed social commentary using the vampire as a metaphor for an increasingly predatory bourgeois society.

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
Jun 15, 2010
Louis Proyect
Louis Proyect
rec.arts.movies.reviews

"Smartly constructed and lively all around, the gloom and doom submitted by filmmaking duo The Spierig Brothers is wildly entertaining and appropriately gushy with gore. Against all odds, Daybreakers is a blast."

Full Review Source: BrianOrndorf.com | comment 1 Comment
Jun 2, 2010
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
BrianOrndorf.com

Squandered potential at its most obvious.

Full Review Source: Oscar Guy | comment 1 Comment
May 22, 2010
Wesley Lovell
Wesley Lovell
Oscar Guy

Once the world is set up, the follow-through comes up short.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
May 17, 2010
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

Somewhat enlivened by perfunctory professional performances by Ethan Hawke (as a guilt-ridden vampire looking for a cure for blood dependency) and Willem Dafoe (as Elvis, a crossbow-toting member of the human remnant).

Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | comment 1 Comment
May 15, 2010
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

... film of glistening surfaces...all lit in the subdued hues that "heaven to gaudy day denies."

Full Review Source: Cinefantastique | comment Comment
May 11, 2010
Steve Biodrowski
Steve Biodrowski
Cinefantastique

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.

Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment 1 Comment
May 2, 2010
Prairie Miller
Prairie Miller
NewsBlaze

Malo je %u017Eanrovskih ostvarenja koja su kao Daybreakers %u0161a%u0161avo zabavna, a istovremeno znaju stimulirati i neka ozbiljna razmi%u0161ljanja

Full Review Source: Draxblog Movie Reviews | comment Comment
Apr 24, 2010
Dragan Antulov
Dragan Antulov
Draxblog Movie Reviews

There is a lot of non-sparkly going on, if you know what I mean.

Full Review Source: Needcoffee.com | comment Comment
Apr 17, 2010
Widgett Walls
Widgett Walls
Needcoffee.com

Daybreakers could have been a pulpy delight instead of just another, albeit entertaining, action movie.

Full Review Source: Flicks.co.nz | comment 1 Comment
Apr 15, 2010
Andreas Heinemann
Andreas Heinemann
Flicks.co.nz

Despite this fascinating premise and the careful construction of ingeniously retrofitted world, Daybreakers fails to dazzle.

Full Review Source: Concrete Playground | comment 1 Comment
Apr 14, 2010
Alice Tynan
Alice Tynan
Concrete Playground

Takes an idea that also happens to be a MESSAGE, in a genre that has been sucked dry, and still make something watchable. It's not the most brilliant vampire movie ever made, but it's the best one of 2010.

Full Review Source: Cinerina | comment 1 Comment
Mar 20, 2010
Karina Montgomery
Karina Montgomery
Cinerina

Set in a near future where the entire planet has been taken over by vampires, the film is actually quite pertinent in these post-credit crisis times.

Full Review Source: ESplatter | comment 1 Comment
Feb 20, 2010
Lucius Gore
Lucius Gore
ESplatter

Daybreakers is a perfect panacea to audiences averse to the tweeny romanticisation of the undead by Twilight and its ilk.

Full Review Source: smh.com.au | comment Comment
Feb 14, 2010
Giles Hardie
Giles Hardie
smh.com.au

Daybreakers is highly inventive, containing plenty of interesting and original ideas about vampire technology, vampire physiology and the sociological implications of a vampire world.

Full Review Source: Cinema Autopsy | comment 2 Comments
Feb 14, 2010
Thomas Caldwell
Thomas Caldwell
Cinema Autopsy

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.

Full Review Source: CNNRadio | comment Comment
Feb 3, 2010
Paul Chambers
Paul Chambers
CNNRadio

A bad ending doesn’t detract too much from the great cast, plentiful blood and guts effects and rollicking pace.

Full Review Source: FILMINK (Australia) | comment 1 Comment
Feb 1, 2010
Julian Wood
Julian Wood
FILMINK (Australia)

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.

Full Review Source: Time Out Sydney | comment Comment
Jan 31, 2010
Nick Dent
Nick Dent
Time Out Sydney

More Australian filmmakers should be inspired to take on Hollywood after seeing the Spierigs' vampire venture, even if it falls short of greatness.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine Australasia | comment Comment
Jan 31, 2010
Zach Gibson
Zach Gibson
Empire Magazine Australasia
 
 
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January 7, 2010: Ethan Hawke Talks Daybreakers
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