In the year 2017, a plague has transformed almost every human on earth into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the dominant plots for their survival to continue their existence. Meanwhile, a researcher (Hawke) works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save the human race.
What I loved most: Out of the world storyline, good combination of gfx and audio.
What I really hated: A bit disappointing on the ending
I wasn't expecting much from this movie but the story line and the imagination gives me a chill. The storyline especially, I can say that, this is what we call bringing something new to the big screen. But I believe, if there are more budget and tech involvement in this movie, it could match up with other box office movies. It might stand a chance for the Cinematography award maybe. Anyhow, this show does shows new concept and ideas to our limited minds. Lets hope more of this will shows on the big screen.
Vampire movies seem to share the immortality of their subject matter - they simply don't die or go away. The novel thing about "Daybreakers" from the Australian Spierig twins ("Undead", 2003) is a 2019 premise where the undead grossly outnumber the living and we can see vampires in business suits, jeans and sports attire going about their daily lives, while human beings are farmed for blood in a futuristic "Matrix"-like environment to help sustain the macabre majority.
This post-apocalyptic scenario is cinematically delicious, if only to see a consumer lifestyle based on such a social arrangement. The story is centred on a blood doctor (a resurgent Ethan Hawke) who is trying to find a more satisfactory answer to a diminishing blood bank by formulating a usable replacement in his labs, financed by an evil corporation led by a supplier CEO (Sam Neill) who ironically sells blood through government endorsements. Thrown into the mix are a group of non-compliant human refugees led by a beautiful girl (Claudia Karvan) and also the rumoured revelation of a vampire (Willem Dafoe) who has turned human again via an unlikely mystery procedure. The key to the saving the world lies in this peculiar convert.
"Daybreakers" isn't "Twilight" but it does veer towards drama instead of action. However, the instances where action does come into play, they come in strong! It's an uneven story at best, punctuated by "Sin City" noir moments and yet culminating in a rather sci-fi climax that might not be completely satisfying to most audiences.
A solid cast keeps the story suspenseful and the movie as a whole does have its moments. It's a useful addition to the tired genre, although there's nothing groundbreaking here like the Russian "Nightwatch" movies. It's not really a scary movie but a half-decent attempt at sociological sci-fi.
