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  • Daybreakers
  • Opened January 8, 2010 | Runtime:1 hr. 38 min.
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  • R
    strong bloody violence, language and brief nudity
  • 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 Read More
  • Cast: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Claudia Karvan, Michael Dorman, Vince Colosimo, Sam Neill
  • Director: Michael Spierig
  • Genres: Creature Film, Horror, Tech Noir

Daybreakers Recent Fan Reviews

  • Daybreakers
    by samuel_elisabeth

    It was an ok movie, It took some strange turns, but overall not a bad storyline. The acting was good, and the effects were ok....

  • LameBreakers
    by Jlegassick

    As with many movies, this one could have had an interesting story line, and probably could have been worth $11, but it wasn't. This reminded me how bad Ethan Hawke can be in a movie, without...

  • A GREAT MOVIE ABOUT VAMPIRES
    by BarnesFamily

    This movie is awesome because it is the reverse of your normal vampire story and keeps you jumy throughout the whole movie. Definitely not one to take your kids to though...

Five Word Reviews

  • Good plot with sweet surprises by orduna77

  • great smart intense wonderful scary by bigmovie67

  • different interesting glad I went by Syndee

Daybreakers Critic Reviews

Metascore®57 out of 100 | Mixed or average reviews

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 75
    ReelViews | James Berardinelli

    On balance, however, there are more things to like about Daybreakers than to...

  • 70
    The New York Times | Jeannette Catsoulis

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

  • 63
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

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

  • 63
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

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

Avg. Fan Rating:
Average Rating = 3.3 out of 5
Metascore®:
57 out of 100 Mixed or average reviews

Daybreakers Featured Trailers + Video Clips

Daybreakers Movie Photos

  • 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."