Day breakers
The film stars Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe and Sam Neill, revolves in
the world 10 years into the future, vampires make up the vast majority
of the population with only 5% of the human race remaining. This
presents particular challenges as the vampires' food supply - human
blood - is dwindling and rationing is now the norm. There is growing
evidence that vampires deprived of an adequate blood supply are
themselves evolving into wild, vile creatures that attack anyone and
anything in order to survive. Dr. Edward Dalton, a vampire and
hematologist who works for a pharmaceutical firm, has been working on
finding an artificial blood supply that will meet the vampire society's
needs. He is sympathetic to humans and sees his work as a way of
alleviating their suffering but his views on finding a solution change
considerably when he meets someone who found a way to transform himself
from being a vampire to again take human form.
The film currently holds a 67% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes
based on 118 reviews, as well as a weighted average score of 57 out of
100 on Metacritic based on 31 reviews. Variety gave the film a mixed
review stating the film had a "cold, steely blue, black and gray 'Matrix'
look" going on to say Daybreakers "emerges as a competent but routine
chase thriller that lacks attention-getting dialogue, unique characters
or memorable setpieces that might make it a genre keeper rather than a
polished time-filler.
In its opening weekend in the United States, Daybreakers opened at #4
behind Avatar, Sherlock Holmes and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel with $15,146,692 in 2,523 theaters,
averaging $6,003 per theater. As of March 2010, the gross totaled
$30,101,577 in the United States and $47,839,461 worldwide.
