Feature2010·98m·6.3

Daybreakers

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

ActionFantasyScience 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

News Reader

Mungo McKay

Colin Briggs

Emma Randall

Ellie Landon

Charlotte Wilson

Joy Watkins

Christopher Kirby

Jarvis Bayom

Troy MacKinder

Officer Hobbs

Robyn Moore

Forensic Investigator Simms

Damien Garvey

Senator Westlake

Paul Sonkkila

General Williams

Ben Siemer

Police Officer

Renai Caruso

Coffee Shop Attendant

Details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Languages
English
Budget
$20.0M
Revenue
$51.4M
Age rating
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
LionsgatePictures in ParadisePacific Film and Television CommissionFurst FilmsAustralian Film Finance Corporation

Crew

Director

Michael Spierig

Writers

Peter Spierig, Michael Spierig

Christopher Gordon

Original Music Composer

Matt Villa

Editor

Ben Nott

Director of Photography

George Liddle

Production Design

George Liddle

Costume Design

Gallery

Reviews

JPV852

8/29/2019

7.0

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 Hawke was by no means bad).

Dr Nostromo

4/7/2026

6.0

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 would have been figured out by now, considering 10 years had elapsed, and can you really call it a cure? The implications are staggering. Great blood bath ending, though. -- DrNostromo.com