Ever since I seen the trailer on youtube about a year before it came out, I knew it was going to be underrated. I knew that with the Twilight Vamp movies, that the daybreakers style would get shot down by many. I believe it brought back many of the old ways of vamp movies. blood thirsty creatures that would do anything for blood. The originality is what put this over the top for me. Switching it u... read more
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While Daybreakers presents vampiric traits that distinguish its vampires from others in the many films that have ridden 2009's vampire movie wave, there is a lack of humor here that makes this film sour compared to sweeter ones like Cirque du Freak: A Vampire's Assistant. Maybe that's because the plot in this horror featureD
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While Daybreakers presents vampiric traits that distinguish its vampires from others in the many films that have ridden 2009's vampire movie wave, there is a lack of humor here that makes this film sour compared to sweeter ones like Cirque du Freak: A Vampire's Assistant. Maybe that's because the plot in this horror feature from Peter and Michael Spierig (Undead) is more akin to zombie films like 28 Days Later. The year is 2019, and nearly all humans are converted vampires searching in vain for blood during a blood shortage, as they drain remaining humans into extinction. Nightly, CNN airs segments about the Blood Crisis, while vampire citizens around the globe attack each other like cannibals. Humans are farmed like cattle while tied to blood-draining machinery in the top-secret pharmaceutical corporation run by evil CEO Charles Bromley (Sam Neill). Sound like a heavy-handed metaphor for our oil wars? Daybreakers can definitely be viewed in that light, as a story about greed and consumption. Stylistically, it looks like a cross between Alien and Batman, with its Giger-esque set design and blue-tinted hue to represent night fallen on society. The lead actors help to salvage this movie. Edward Dalton (Ethan Hawke), chief hematologist at Bromley, straddles the vampire and human worlds, with the aid of humans Lionel "Elvis" Cormac (Willem Dafoe) and Lisa Barrett (Harriet Minto-Day), to search for a blood replacement to placate the starving masses. These three protagonists carry the film, though not well enough to call Daybreakers any sort of genre breakthrough. --Trinie Dalton
“Ever since I seen the trailer on youtube about a year before it came out, I knew it was going to be underrated. I knew that with the Twilight Vamp movies, that the daybreakers style would get shot down by many. I believe it brought back many of the old ways of vamp movies. blood thirsty creatures that would do anything for blood. The originality is what put this over the top for me. Switching it up from the normal humans control, very few vamps to the vamps total control and hunt the few remaining humans was epic. Overall the story line was great. Some flaws in it as well as the location but hey, the originality, acting, getting away from that fruity twilight bs and back into old time vamps was what this genre needed. A lot may disagree but hey, it's only my opinion.” read more
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