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Daybreakers

Daybreakers

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

20106.31h 38m

Overview

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.

Directed by Michael Spierig
Written by Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Produced by Bryan Furst, Sean Furst, Todd Fellman
Box OfficeBudget: $20.0MRevenue: $51.4M

Top Cast

Ethan Hawke

Ethan Hawke

Edward Dalton

Sam Neill

Sam Neill

Charles Bromley

Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe

Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac

Claudia Karvan

Claudia Karvan

Audrey Bennett

Isabel Lucas

Isabel Lucas

Alison Bromley

Vince Colosimo

Vince Colosimo

Christopher Caruso

Jay Laga'aia

Jay Laga'aia

Senator Turner

Michael Dorman

Michael Dorman

Frankie Dalton

Harriet Minto-Day

Harriet Minto-Day

Lisa Barrett

Tiffany Lamb

Tiffany Lamb

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Themes & Keywords

experimentsunrisewaitressvampiredystopiarainsunlightundeadscientistepidemicdeathdeadurban gothicbrutal deathshopeful

About Daybreakers

Daybreakers is a action, fantasy, science fiction film released in 2010 exploring themes of experiment, sunrise, waitress, vampire, dystopia, rain. Directed by Michael Spierig, it stars Ethan Hawke, Sam Neill, Willem Dafoe. 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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