Daybreakers ( 2010 )

Starring: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Sam Neil, & Mungo McKay

Directed by The Spierig Brothers

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433362/


     The Wife said it best.  "The movie was original and kept me interested."  I would also like to point out that there were almost NO TEENAGERS in the movie either.  I'm just as tired as everybody else with Tween Movies, and was totally excited to see a "Real" vampire movie again.


     It seems that in the last 3 years Vamp flicks have become something of a Joke.  Either it's too mushy and EMO, or the gore hounds scream like Banshee's for more blood.  30 days of night was an excellent movie that gave everybody something and didn't let up on the gore.


     The same can be said about Daybreakers.  Just about everything in this movie was solid.  Some are calling it Ethan Hawke's return, and others are calling it a solid original vampire story.  I feel the same way....  Sort of.

      Daybreakers is a great film.  I did like alot of the content, but at the same time feel like its a waiting game until somebody compares it to something else.  Maybe there is some other Vampire film out there similar to Daybreakers, but I cannot find one.

     so enough with the babble....

     2009 brings us a massive vampire plague.  Over the next 10 years the human race is almost extinct.  Nearly everybody is a vampire now and the shortage of blood is causing the world to freak out.  Time after time the Vamps try to find a blood substitute  but have violent results.

     Head Corporate Scum bag Charles Bromley (Neil ) plays off the crisis as nothing more than a bump in the road, but behind closed doors he is noticing his stock of Human Blood dwindling fast..

      With the extinction of Vampires possible, and some very nasty side effects from the blood substitutes, Bromley turns to the top Hemotologist around Dr. Edward Dalton.
Dalton ( Hawke ) is a Vampire trying to stay Human Blood free and find a solution to the blood shortage. 

     Dalton tries in Vain to find any solution possible.  Nothing seems to work.  After a car accident Dalton discovers human beings and decides to shelter them from the Vampires.

     This is where the story gets interesting.  Tons of twists and turns, and gallons of blood later we have a great movie.  Dalton go's on the run with Bromley puts Dalton on the Hit list and it's all downhill from there.

    I really like the futuristic look of the movie.  It's not cheesy and Sci Fi Channel'ish.  Everything is darker but with some color like the Vampire Toothpaste...Classic.
Also it was awesome to see decent special FX without counting on Digital Blood.

     Overall Daybreakers is a great film and was released at the right time.  From Sherlock Holmes to Avatar, the last month in movies seemed really slow and meant for Teens.  Good thing somebody broke up the Dull Family fest and broke out something for the latenight crowd.

Overall Review ( * * * * )

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