“Daybreakers” (2010)
Posted on Saturday, May 15th, 2010
Watched ‘Daybreakers’ with Ethan Hawke last night and it left me wondering ‘whoever came up with this storyline has one helluva imagination.’ The movie deals with the future (around 2019, I believe), where the population of vampires outnumbers the humans. In fact, the humans are nearing extinction since they provide the only means of sustenance for the vampires.
The ‘blood’ banks are running dry and chaos is sweeping across the world. Adding another kink into the plot is that vampires who become deprived of blood transform into hairless beasts with bat-like wings. There is a rush to discover a blood substitute to satisfy the demand for supply. On one end is a hematologist (played by Ethan Hawke) who wishes to save the remaining human population, while his greedy boss (played by Sam Neill) has other plans.
I warn you, there are a lot of gory, bloody, eye-wincing moments in the film – not for the light-hearted or weak-stomached. Nonetheless, it was a creative concept and I thought the ending was pretty clever.
I liked it, it was a unique story in the vampire genre. Plus, Ethan Hawke, is always great.
I just watched this, too. The reviews I read were overwhelmingly negative, but I kind of liked it. I thought it was a welcome departure from the standard vampire movie.