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Daybreakers (2009) 6.5
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6.5/10 from 92,067 users
Metascore: 57/100
Reviews: 272 user | 278 critic | 31 from Metacritic.com In the year 2019, a plague has transformed almost every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind. |
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In a world 10 years into the future, vampires make up the vast majority of the population with only 5% of the human race remaining. This presents particular challenges as the vampires' food supply - human blood - is dwindling and rationing is now the norm. There is growing evidence that vampires deprived of an adequate blood supply are themselves evolving into wild, vile creatures that attack anyone and anything in order to survive. Dr. Edward Dalton, a vampire and hematologist who works for a pharmaceutical firm, has been working on finding an artificial blood supply that will meet the vampire society's needs. He is sympathetic to humans and sees his work as a way of alleviating their suffering but his views on finding a solution change considerably when he meets someone who found a way to transform himself from being a vampire to again take human form. Written by garykmcd
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
8 January 2010 (Canada) See more »Also Known As:
La hermandad See more »Box Office
Budget:
$20,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£1,344,588 (UK) (8 January 2010)Gross:
£4,185,646 (UK) (5 February 2010)Company Credits
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Lionsgate, Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC), Pictures in Paradise See more »
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[on television]
Senator Westlake: Let's be clear about this. Humans were offered a chance to assimilate, but they refused. Therefore, they are enemies of the state and will be captured and farmed for blood supply.
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Shot in 2007, according to an article in Entertainment Weekly (Issue #1085) See more »Goofs
During the car chase, holes made in the read window of the car let sun rays come in. These rays are almost horizontal, but around noon (the time of the meeting), sun rays would be almost vertical. See more »Quotes
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Senator Westlake: Let's be clear about this. Humans were offered a chance to assimilate, but they refused. Therefore, they are enemies of the state and will be captured and farmed for blood supply.
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Daybreakers is about a plague that has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind....but you already knew that. Like putting a plastic bag over some one's head, things quickly get violent and out of control.
Special effects: Moderate, not much was needed for the movie. The death of the vampires were a little more violent than usual, however the entertainment behind it balanced it out.
Plot: "Find a cure or we all die" has been used frequently before, and there wasn't much of a twist.
Setting: The setting was a dark futuristic setting, Imagine Las Vegas at night...with all white neon. Perfect setting for this movie. Worth seeing? Yes. Not worth sprinting to the theaters, however it is worth seeing. I'd give it a 7/10.
This movie is such a relief from the romantic necrophilia of the Twilight series. It's good to see scary vampires again.