Review: Daybreakers

Vampires, the blood sucking figures of horror that until now have been used as figures of pure terror in the media and in literature. Now, we have the Vampires of "Twilight" that have gone from terrifying monsters to twinkling, emotional losers who are just so repulsed by there powers that they cry themselves to sleep every night. Daybreakers is more or less a union of both styles of vampire. You have the main character Edward played by Ethan Hawke (Training Day) who is an emotional vampire, but the directors (The Spiereg brothers) want to make sure that he isn't seen as weak. Edward is not as compassionate towards humans as say Edward

Cullen (Twilight vampire), Ed acknowledges that they are not just cattle, but is more concerned over creating a world where both species can survive together. Ed has sworn off of Human blood, and drinks only pig blood, which just gives him enough strength to survive.

Contrast to Ed is his younger brother Frank, a military man, who can't understand why Ed works in the field of blood supply but wont indulge in the pleasures of human blood. Another character of note is the vampire turned human "Elvis" played by Willam Dafoe, a loud mouthed country boy with an obsession for cars and revolution. Lastly is the evil blood company's CEO played by Sam Neil. As the leader of the evil corporation, Neil plays a character with a hidden mixed agenda. All of the actors do a pretty good job of portraying their characters, but the movie is lightly sprinkled with some poor acting, mostly from Dafoe when his accent falls into almost a whine and he muddles through some of his lines. None of the bad acting truly hinders the film in any way.

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In conclusion, Daybreakers is not going to be a takeoff series, but it is most likely going to be a cult classic that alot of true vampire fans will enjoy as the alternative to this onslaught of wimp pussy vampire movies reigns supreme. This is on the same level as a 30 Days of Night (all though not as good of a movie). What kills Daybreakers is its lack of tense action moments, because the few moments of action seem a little to light to really effect an older viewer, but for a young teen this is the kind of action they can handle in spades. It also suffers from a hated error, plot holes. Daybreakers is a fun, cool, and stylized flick with a lot of misused potential. It is a watch but not a buy, and most people will at least consider it passable.

Pros:
-Fresh Story
-Welcome back real Vampires
-Some awesome settings
Cons:
-Some Bad acting
-PLOT-HOLES!!!!
-Foolish Action Direction
Verdict:
6 Shots