| In the film Ethan Hawke plays Edward Dalton, a researcher in the year 2019, in which an unknown plague has transformed the world's population into vampires. As the human population nears extinction, vampires must capture and farm every remaining human, or find a blood substitute before time runs out. However, a covert group of vampires makes a remarkable discovery, one that has the power to save the human race. While the plot has been done numerous times before on a smaller scale (like in Blade), what makes Daybreakers special is their new spin on the mythology. While these bloodsuckers can’t see their reflection and can’t go in the sun, they also turn into creatures when they don’t have blood. In addition to some various new rules, the “twist” that moves the plot is pretty great, but I won’t ruin it for you. The acting is top notch superb in this movie. along with Ethan hawk who does a fantastic job in his role William Dafoe steals every scene. Some of the one liners his character has are right up there with some of the best. Sam Neil does a great job in Playing Charles Bromley who is head of the company that Ethan hawks character Dr Edward Dalton works for.
The special effects Range from awesome to terrible but the way the Spierig brothers shot the film hides the majority of the problems. Just Watch the final slow motion scene at the end proves how well this movie was shot. Add the fact that the last 20 min are really violent and there were some moments of practical/CGI mixed bliss involving exploding heads and other random bloody goodness. The screenplay by the Spierig brothers, was overly ambitious, especially for such a low budget horror film. The scope and magnitude of Daybreakers is beyond telling in one movie as it easily showed in the film. One such flaw is the development of the relationship between Charles Bromley and his daughter, who he wants more than anything to “convert” to vampirism. (like the idea that other vampires would look at him with a scorned eye if they knew his daughter was human), they just pass right over it in such a way it becomes a pace killer and wasted moment. Over all it's not perfect but its incredibly fun to watch and highly recommended. With good special effects, great acting. The Spierig Brothers have made a Vampire film that wont be forgotten. This is not your sisters vampire movie people. Its violent and these ones wont sparkle | 
