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Daybreakers (2009) 6.5
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6.5/10 from 73,804 users
Metascore: 57/100
Reviews: 257 user | 271 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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The battle between immortality and humanity is on. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for strong bloody violence, language and brief nudity | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
8 January 2010 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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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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The corporation named Bromley Marks is named after Patricia Bromley Marks, the wife of Dick Marks, Australian advertising legend and mentor to Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig. See more »Goofs
In the part where Edward goes to meet "Elvis" under the tree. Audrey is being walked up at gun point. When Edward turns around, between Edward and Elvis you can see the drivers side fender full of holes from gun shots and again during the scuttle between Elvis and the soldier. But seconds later you'll see the army Hummer driving up and shooting up a flawless fender. 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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I wish they would have kept it fittingly dark, serious and character driven. It rather plays out more and more into an uneven, directionless splat-prat. In the end I laughed. Not in a good way.
The SFX props/Makeup are made by WETA and look very good, BUT the CGIs look awfully terrible. Again and unfortunate mixture. The directors made CGI themselves, which is either their big mistake or was caused by a budget safety brake. I don't know. But needless to say, it doesn't help.
Still it is worth watching for genre fans because it definitely is a forerunner for better... or worse movies made out of this truly fascinating premise.
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