Daybreakers

    Daybreakers
    2010

    Synopsis

    In the year 2019, a plague has transformed almost every human into a vampire. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vampires on a way to save humankind.

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    Cast

    • Ethan HawkeEdward Dalton
    • Sam NeillCharles Bromley
    • Willem DafoeLionel 'Elvis' Cormac
    • Claudia KarvanAudrey Bennett
    • Isabel LucasAlison Bromley
    • Vince ColosimoChristopher Caruso
    • Jay Laga'aiaSenator Turner
    • Michael DormanFrankie Dalton
    • Harriet Minto-DayLisa Barrett
    • Tiffany LambNews Reader

    Recommendations

    • 80

      Time Out

      A darkly stylish horror film.
    • 75

      Charlotte Observer

      Daybreakers is more serious, from its A-list cast to its political commentary, with blood as a metaphor for oil. Like the best genre films, it has something on its mind.
    • 70

      Arizona Republic

      Daybreakers isn't a great film, but it's a good one, and in a market oddly lousy with vampire tales, it's an original.
    • 70

      Chicago Reader

      Just when it seemed as if the vampire narrative had degenerated into terminal suckitude, along comes this gleefully gory little gem.
    • 67

      Austin Chronicle

      It’s a little bit silly – as is Dafoe’s Kentucky-fried cowboy mechanic named Elvis – but silly is fun. In fact, one wishes it were sillier still.
    • 63

      Chicago Sun-Times

      This intriguing premise, alas, ends as so many movies do these days, with fierce fights and bloodshed.
    • 60

      Empire

      Lots of interesting concepts competing for limited running time make for more of a TV pilot than a feature film.
    • 60

      Variety

      The script doesn't wring many surprises or much character involvement from the premise, and the brothers' helming, while slick, is short on scares, action setpieces and humor.

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