Daybreakers (2010) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	January 8, 2010
On DVD:	May 11, 2010
Genre:	Suspense, Sci-Fi, Horror
Director:	Peter Spierig, Michael Spierig
Writer:	Peter Spierig, Michael Spierig
Cast:	Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Claudia Karvan, Michael Dorman, Vince Colosimo, Isabel Lucas, Sam Neill
Studio:	Lionsgate
Official site:	daybreakersmovie.com
Running Time:	98 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated R for strong bloody violence, language and brief nudity

Two-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke plays Edward Dalton, a researcher in the year 2019, in which an unknown plague has transformed the world's population into vampires. As the human population nears extinction, vampires must capture and farm every remaining human, or find a blood substitute before time runs out. However, a covert group of vampires makes a remarkable discovery, one which has the power to save the human race....

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Movie Review

The New Year begins with the fad that defined 2009 - vampires - as Daybreakers bites its way into theaters. The good news is that unlike Twilight: New Moon, Daybreakers features a clever concept and real, not-so-sparkly vampires; the bad news is that it's a poorly executed, hammy mess.

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