bappamtv

Daybreakers

Daybreakers

2009Movie⏱️ 1h 38mR🏆 #4455 Top Rated
ActionHorrorSci-FiThriller
6.4
IMDB Rating
140,165 votes

In the year 2019, a plague has transformed almost every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way...

Director
N/A
Writers
Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Stars
Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill
Release Date
January 8, 2010
Language
English
Country
Australia, United States
🏆 3
Wins
🎯 6
Nominations
💬 365
Reviews
📋 90.1K
Watchlists
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Ethan Hawke
Ethan Hawke
as Edward Dalton
Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe
as Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac
Sam Neill
Sam Neill
as Charles Bromley
👤
Harriet Minto-Day
as Lisa Barrett
Jay Laga'aia
Jay Laga'aia
as Senator Turner
Damien Garvey
Damien Garvey
as Senator Westlake
👤
Sahaj Dumpleton
as Homeless Vampire
👤
Allan Todd
as Businessman
Gabriella Di Labio
Gabriella Di Labio
as Businesswoman
👤
Ben Siemer
as Police Officer

💰 Box Office

$51,417,188
Worldwide Gross
$30,101,577
Domestic Gross
$15,146,692
Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Sound
DTS
Sound
SDDS
Sound
Dolby Digital
Sound
Dolby Atmos
Color
Color
Filming Location
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Production
Lionsgate, Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC), Pictures in Paradise

🏷️ Keywords

vampirebloodfood shortagebitten by a vampiremilitary

🎯 Categories

Dystopian Sci-FiVampire HorrorActionHorrorSci-FiThriller

⭐ Featured Review

High concept, high reward
by Simon_Says_Movies2010-03-12
7/10

"Riding the most recent wave of monster-dom, Daybreakers is yet another entry in the endless parade of vampire films to hit the market since the arrival of a little film called Twilight which I hear is somewhat popular. Breaking with recent trends however, Daybreakers is by far the best of the bunch; high concept and high reward. The year is 2019. After a plague sweeps across the globe turning men, women and children into blood-thirsty, pale version of their former selves another, larger threat looms. The remaining humans, who now mostly exist only in vast blood farms that recall the fields of..."

💡 Did You Know?

According to interviews, Sam Neill explained what made him decide to make the film was the scene in the screenplay in which the businessmen vampires buy morning coffee spiked with human blood.

📖 Synopsis

In the year 2019, a plague has transformed almost every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way...