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Daybreakers

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

2010 · 1h 38m · R Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Directed by Michael Spierig , Peter Spierig

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Overview

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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All reviews
69%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Daybreakers is the pinnacle of fun, modern sci-fi horror actioners.

C. Robert Cargill, Film.com
Rotten

Hawke gives his all here -- or maybe just half his all -- and it isn't quite enough: He's trying to be soulful, but he really just looks a little tired. The real delight is Willem Dafoe.

Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Fresh

For the lowbrow, the thrill is a level of fleshy explosiveness reminiscent of David Cronenberg's Scanners. No one dies quietly; he must either detonate like Hiroshima or burst into juicy red chunks of viscera.

Kyle Smith, New York Post
Fresh

Daybreakers is more fun than foreboding; it's fright-lite, yet that's par for the bloody course in these busy apocalyptic days.

Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Fresh

The narrative may flag, but the doomsday atmosphere and George Liddlea(TM)s production design remain vivid until the final, blood-splattered reel.

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times

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