Daybreakers

2010 98 min ★ 6.3 Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction

In the year 2019, a plague has transformed almost every human into a vampire. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vampires on a way to save humankind.

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Cast

Ethan Hawke

Edward Dalton

Sam Neill

Charles Bromley

Willem Dafoe

Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac

Claudia Karvan

Audrey Bennett

Isabel Lucas

Alison Bromley

Vince Colosimo

Christopher Caruso

Jay Laga'aia

Senator Turner

Michael Dorman

Frankie Dalton

Harriet Minto-Day

Lisa Barrett

Tiffany Lamb

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Director

Michael Spierig

Screenplay

Peter Spierig

Tagline

"In 2019, the most precious natural resource... is us."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$20,000,000

Revenue

$51,417,188

Production

Lionsgate, Pictures in Paradise, Pacific Film and Television Commission, Furst Films, Australian Film Finance Corporation

Reviews

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JPV852

August 29, 2019

★ 7/10

Not great but still entertaining vampire movie with a fun twist at the end. I'm not usually the biggest fan of vampire films, or zombie ones for that matter (I'm more a fan of classic slashers like Halloween and Friday the 13th) but this one wasn't too bad, aside from the occasional terrible CGI blood. Also helped that the film has Willem Dafoe in it, who I wish was the central character (though H...

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Dr_Nostromo

April 7, 2026

★ 6/10

62/100 Ten years after an outbreak that turned most of the human race into vampires, a blood doctor is trying to develop substitute blood to prevent the extinction of humans, and, in turn, the vampires food supply. This was acted well and quite entertaining but it had its problems. It didn't have the final emotional oomph that it needed to get me fully engaged. The so-called 'cure' logically wo...