Daybreakers
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Directed By: Michael & Peter Spierig
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, & Sam Neill
Vampires are definitely in style right now, what with True Blood mesmerizing television audiences and The Twilight Saga burning up the box-office. It is no surprise then that some filmmakers would swoop in to take advantage of such success, each hoping to snatch a little piece of the prize. And thus we arrive at Daybreakers, a movie written and directed by the Spierig brothers. Let me start off by saying that these two definitely know how to direct a stylish movie. Daybreakers simply looks phenomenal, with sleek production styles and halfway-decent special effects. Unfortunately, my compliments will, for the most part, end there. Other than that, Daybreakers is fairly awful. You can tell right from the get-go that this movie is only about vampires because, right now, vampires are profitable. Its basic plot, which features a world so overrun by vampires that human blood has become scarce, seems creative at first, until you realize that it is really a one-trick pony, developed as a flimsy facade to make audiences think they will actually be seeing a full-fledged story. Instead, they will actually be sitting through a concept that never fully takes off...though, I must admit, it's a pretty neat concept for the opening act.
