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May 14, 2010
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Movie Review: Daybreakers By Kate Irwin Pioneer Staff It is refreshing to find a vampire movie with bite. After a resurgence of films of the fanged kind, you could be excused for thinking Daybreakers is jumping on the bloodsucking bandwagon. But writers/directors Michael and Peter Spierig seem to be breaking the rules by providing a mostly fresh take on the genre. Set in a futuristic society run by vampires, the few surviving humans are either on the run or being farmed like cattle for blood - with supplies running low. A corporation run by vampire businessman Charles Bromley (the deliciously evil Sam Neill), is
pushing scientist Edward Dalton (Ethan Hawke) to find a blood substitute and prevent the starvation of their race. The vampire world is mostly familiar; undead politicians bicker on TV, businessmen going to work queue for coffee (still serving 20 percent real blood) and tramps beg for...well, blood. In fact, if you get past the glowing, yellow eyes and pointy teeth, this could be us. But the Spierig brothers’ message on the dangers of depleting natural resources, although present, doesn’t dominate. The enjoyability of Daybreakers comes from the thoughtfulness of the storytelling. The bleak vampire world is carefully constructed and the mythology dealt with respectfully, but with an extra twist. The story centres around Dalton the vampire who
sympathizes with the humans’ plight, and won’t drink their blood. When circumstances fling him together with humans Audrey (Claudia Karvan) and Lionel (Willem Dafoe), they set out to save the human race. Daybreakers is refreshingly cliche free, minus the inevitable romantic angle, which serves to advance the plot more than entertain the viewer. The film caters to horror fans, with thick, deepred blood spurting more and more as the plot advances, but don’t dismiss this as just another horror film.
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