Horror is one of my least favorite film genres. Most of the films in the genre are just awful remakes or are simply disastarous film. Seeing the trailer for Daybreakers though intrigued me. It didn't really seem like a typical 2000's era horror film. Daybreakers looked ot me like it could be the light in a darkened genre. Let's just say its one of the more puzzling film experiences I have endured in recent memory.
The premise behind Daybreakers is that the world has been taken over by vampires. Vampire Corroprations are hunting humans everywhere and harvesting them for their blood. The human population is at a devistatingly low number Hematolgoist Edward Dalton(Ethan Hawke) is attemping to devlop a blood subsituite to attempt to overcome the shortage of humans. Despite Edward's dedication to devloping a substitute he really is not getting anywhere and time is running out. Edward is soon confronted by a human survivor group led by Audrey Bennett(Claudia Kravan). Audrey introduces Edward to Elvis(Wilem Dafoe) a former vampire who turned himself back to a human. While Edward seems to find his cure all hell breaks loose and Vampires keep becoming more and more desprate for blood.
Like I mentioned earlier this film is puzziling. At times it is brillantly executed B-movie fun. Parts of this film are among some of the best horror filmaking I have seen in quite some time. At other times though the film just becomes melodramatic and really unintresting. The script I think is to blame. The script isn't terrible but it's just not sure what kind of film it wants to be. Daybreakers is stuck between kind of cheesy sci-fi horror fun and bland melodrama.
Daybreakers is still worth seeing. The parts that work are brillant and you can get over its flaws. Sure the acting isn't the greatest(except for Wilem Dafoe who has a ton of fun with his character) and at times it is pretty weak but the story is unique and for the most part it is fun to watch. Daybreakers somewhat breaks the mold and is better than 95% of the recent crap this genre has served up.
3/5 Stars
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