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  • Daybreakers
  • Opened January 8, 2010 | Runtime:1 hr. 38 min.
  • R
    strong bloody violence, language and brief nudity
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 15+. Read More
  • Ten years after a plague turns most of the world's population into vampires, a critical blood shortage causes panic and gruesome mutations among the reanimated. Edward (Ethan Hawke), a vampire hematologist, tries to develop a blood substitute when he Read More
  • Cast: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Claudia Karvan, Michael Dorman, Vince Colosimo, Sam Neill
  • Director: Michael Spierig
  • Genres: Creature Film, Horror, Tech Noir

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  • Ethan Hawke as Edward Dalton and Willem Dafoe as Lionel ``Elvis'' Cormac in "Daybreakers."
  • Ethan Hawke as Edward in "Daybreakers."
  • Ethan Hawke as Edward Dalton in "Daybreakers."
  • Willem Dafoe as Elvis and Ethan Hawke as Edward in "Daybreakers."
  • Ethan Hawke as Edward in "Daybreakers."
  • Claudia Karvan as Audrey Bennett and Ethan Hawke as Edward Dalton in "Daybreakers."
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Daybreakers Recent Fan Reviews

  • Must Go!

    for certain viewers only

    by hyperlasers

    The vampires in this film:
    1) Degenerate into mutant bat monsters without adequate blood supply
    2) Die horrific fiery deaths in the sun
    3) Occasionally explode.

    The film itself has some pretty heavy messages against:
    1) The military
    2) The pharmaceutical industry.

    The plot is primarily about:
    1) Greed
    2) Self-interest
    3) Desperation.

    The amount of on-screen gore is:
    1) AWESOME.

    You will like this film if you enjoy:
    1) Real vampires
    2) An edgy plot that is engaging yet easy to follow
    3) Unspeakable amounts of blood and gore
    4) Comic relief in the form of slow-motion, people-devouring-people carnage.

    You will likely be offended if you are:
    1) Affiliated with the military
    2) Affiliated with the pharmaceutical industry
    3) Affiliated with the GOP
    4) Not inclined to watch people explode or be eaten alive.

    You will be disappointed if you are hoping for:
    1) A stupid romance subplot
    2) An opportunity to take out the wife.

  • Must Go!

    Good old-fashioned vampire flick

    by tomko44

    Sick of all these damn lovey-dovey vampire?. Miss the good old days when the only good blood-suckers was a staked blood-sucker? Then this is the movie for you! But this movie wasn't just a vamp-flick. It was a statement on how quickly a society can collapse and how survival at all costs may be a price not worth paying. Only issue I have was the end... I would have changed the last 5 minutes. I think once you see it, it is obvious what SHOULD have happened.

  • So-so

    At least it didn't sparkle!

    by StarWarsLuvr

    Sorry, no offense toward the Twilight fans but it was refreshing to see evil looking vampires with fangs!! I liked "Daybreakers" for the story of vampires ruling the Earth and left few humans alive as food. That was cool!! But I felt the main characters' back stories weren't fully developed. Nonetheless, it was entertaining to the end!

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So-so Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

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  • 70
    The New York Times | Jeannette Catsoulis

    The narrative may flag, but the doomsday atmosphere and George Liddle's...

  • 63
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    Daybreakers, despite the star presence of Ethan Hawke and Willem Dafoe, is a B...

  • 63
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    Daybreakers is entertaining, though not quite up to the standards of "28 Days...

  • 63
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    This intriguing premise, alas, ends as so many movies do these days, with...

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