Daybreakers is a super stylish, well crafted film, a film I thought stood out from the vampire films produced over the last few years. I loved how they managed to create a plausible society, with vampires, humans, and vampire monsters. The notion of falling human numbers was very clever, makes you wonder what would happen to Dracula if he had no more necks to bite.

Fantastic production values, it is incredibly slick, sounds great, and has wonderful cinematography. The acting was impressive also, with some super performances, Ethan Hawke in particular.

The vampire genre seems to have taken a nosedive in recent times, with the constant churning out of zombie movies. I felt Daybreakers was the start of something big, with sequels to follow, but clearly this lacked something for the mass audiences, I know the ending gets some flack, maybe that had something to do with it.

Some good scares too, I feel films are now intent on just giving us gore, moments to turn the stomach. I appreciated the efforts that went into providing scares.

Loved it. 9/10

The message from Daybreakers is. If vampires destroy humans they then destroy themselves as they have no blood to survive. Daybreakers has a subtext which could be about environmental destruction.

Set in the year 2019, vampires have taken over the earth after a virus. Humans are now fewer in numbers and vampire society is being damaged. Some turning into bat like subsiders attacking other vampires.

Edward Dalton (Ethan Hawke) is a vampire with human sympathies. He is searching for a blood substitute that can be successfully used on vampires which could also save the last remnants of humanity.

A strange woman one day tells Edward that there can be a cure for vampires and he meets Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac (Willem Dafoe) a former vampire.

Daybreakers tries to break out of its B movie roots with a better acting cast. Sam Neill lends class along with Hawke and Dafoe. It starts out as a moody piece which has a gory final act. At least it tries to do something different in the crowded vampire genre by having a thoughtful approach.

It's the year 2019 and the world has been taken over by vampires. Humans are being farmed for their blood, but there are fewer and fewer of them. Vampires turn feral when they don't get human blood. So the dwindling human race have real devastating consequences. Edward Dalton (Ethan Hawke) is a vampire, but he's searching for a blood substitute. He wants to save the human race. That's why the humans want his help for the ultimate cure.

The concept is terrific. The execution lacks the required intensity. While it has great ideas, the movie just doesn't have the pace or the action to sustain it. Ideas are not enough. This movie needs better hands to squeeze more excitement out of the script.

The big acting names in this are Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, and Sam Neill. They give the movie instant credibility that's more than its B-movie roots. However to justify that credibility, they need to increase the drama.