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Last modified: Mar. 16, 2010

Daybreakers

Release Date: Friday, January 8, 2010 Theaters

Director: Michael Spierig Peter Spierig

Starring: Ethan Hawke Willem Dafoe Sam Neill Isabel Lucas

R Fantasy 1 hr, 38 m

  • 3.8 / 5

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Plot

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Plot
The year is 2019. A mysterious plague has swept over the earth, transforming the majority of the world's population into vampires. Humans are now an endangered, second-class species – forced into hiding as they are hunted and farmed for vampire consumption to the brink of extinction.

It’s all up to Edward Dalton, a vampire researcher who refuses to feed on human blood, to perfect a blood substitute that might sustain vampires and spare the few remaining humans. But time and hope are running out – until Ed meets Audrey, a human survivor who leads him to a startling medical breakthrough. Armed with knowledge that both humans and vampires will kill for, Ed must battle his own kind in a deadly struggle that will decide the fate of the human race.
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The film's director Michael Spierig last directed Winchester and Jigsaw. The film's writer Michael Spierig last wrote Winchester and Predestination.

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Sean Furst
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Parent Rating
R Restricted for strong bloody violence, language and brief nudity
Runtime
1 hr, 38 m
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Language
English

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Daybreakers was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, January 8, 2010. in around 2,523 theaters There were 6 other movies released on the same date, including Leap Year, Youth in Revolt and Crazy on the Outside.

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