Daybreakers

Name: Daybreakers
Director: Michael Spierig
Released: 2009-09-11

2009 film directed by Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig

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Released: September 11, 2009
, April 1, 2010
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Director: Michael Spierig
, Peter Spierig
Screenwriter: Michael Spierig
, Peter Spierig
Cast: Ethan Hawke
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0433362/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-04-15
2.metacritic.com/movie/daybreakersRetrieved 2016-04-15
3.stopklatka.pl/film/daybreakers-switRetrieved 2016-04-15
4.filmaffinity.com/es/film531692.htmlRetrieved 2016-04-15
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, Willem Dafoe
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0433362/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-04-15
2.metacritic.com/movie/daybreakersRetrieved 2016-04-15
3.stopklatka.pl/film/daybreakers-switRetrieved 2016-04-15
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, Claudia Karvan
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0433362/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-04-15
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, Michael Dorman
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0433362/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-04-15
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Runtime: 94 min
Genre: science fiction film
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0433362/Retrieved 2016-04-15
2.metacritic.com/movie/daybreakersRetrieved 2016-04-15
3.filmstarts.de/kritiken/102583-Daybreakers.htmlRetrieved 2016-04-15
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, horror film
, dystopian film
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Country of origin: United States
, Australia
Original language: English

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Daybreakers is a 2009 dystopian sci-fi action-horror vampire film written and directed by Michael and Peter Spierig. The film takes place in a futuristic world overrun by vampires, and centers around a vampiric corporation which sets out to capture and farm the remaining humans while researching a substitute for human blood. Ethan Hawke plays vampire hematologist Edward Dalton, whose work is interrupted by human survivors led by former vampire 'Elvis', who has a cure that can save the human species.

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Narrative location: United States
Website: daybreakersmovie.com
Title: Daybreakers
Color: color
FSK film rating: FSK 16 rating certificate id: 122469/V
Nominations: AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay(2010)
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1.aacta.org/aacta-awards/awards-history/2010/loadwinners/feature-film
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AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay(2010)
AACTA Award for Best Visual Effects(2010)
Filmiroda rating: Category III rating certificate id: F/9989/J
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Film editor: Matt Villa
Aspect ratio (W:H): 2.35:1
Medierådet rating: For ages 15 and up
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1.Stated in Danish Film Database
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Distribution format: video on demand
direct-to-video
Assessment: Bechdel test assessment outcome: fails · criterion used: considering named characters only
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1.Stated in Bechdel Test Movie ListRetrieved 2017-12-10
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Review score: 57/100(February 26, 2024) review score by: Metacritic · number of reviews/ratings: 31 critic review
69%(October 6, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 154 critic review
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“Daybreakers”Retrieved 2021-10-06
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6.1/10(October 6, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“Daybreakers”Retrieved 2021-10-06
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Different from: Q18517330 criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items
EIRIN film rating: R15+ rating certificate id: 44988
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1.eirin.jp/list/index.php?s_year=2010&s_month=11&e_year=2010&e_month=11&pageID=2Retrieved 2021-12-18
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RARS rating: 18+
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1.Stated in Kinopoisk
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Set in period: 2019
CNC film rating (France): no minors under twelve
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1.cnc.fr/professionnels/visas-et-classification/125471Retrieved 2024-05-22
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Kijkwijzer rating: 16 content descriptor: Violence, Fear
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1.kijkwijzer.nl/films/daybreakers/Retrieved 2025-07-07
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