‘DAYBREAKERS’, Saves Man From Extinction
In 2019, a malignant epidemic hit the earth in a short time infect humans and turn them into creatures of blood drinkers known as a vampire. In a short time almost all humans have been changed into a vampire and this causes new problems. Who will they prey if man runs out? Edward Dalton (Ethan Hawke), a scientist who has become a vampire would not want to have to try hard to find a way to overcome the increasing scarcity of human beings is the source of their life. If human beings inevitably perish then the vampire would lose a source of food and will become extinct as well.
The vampire has made a system to use human blood to the last drop without having to dispose of them in vain but still was not enough for some time that there is blood in the human body will be exhausted. Now the vampire is faced with a dilemma: finding a substitute for food or trying to save humanity from extinction, something that they actually start their own. Was indeed a vampire plague sweeping the world?
The success of Underworld, followed by the emergence of TWILIGHT make old legend existed since thousands of years ago has become epidemic. Each director was trying to offer their interpretation of the immortal beings that live off human blood, including these DAYBREAKERS. If I had to compare it with two DAYBREAKERS vampire genre films mentioned above, perhaps this one is more inclined towards Underworld.
If Underworld try to dig feud between the vampire and werewolf who was thousands of years in the modern context, this DAYBREAKERS chose suppose. What if the whole world was hit by a virus that transforms humans into a vampire and a human instead of minorities? What happens if a vampire with a powerful technology on earth?
The result of the director’s imagination two brothers, Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig This became the basis of these DAYBREAKERS. But of course we are not only invited suppose. There are metaphors in there. If you want a little jelly, we can actually look in the mirror on this film and see the problems that we face today in this film. Technology is now also trying to find replacement oil an increasingly exhausted, like the vampire who tried to look for human blood substitute.
Apart from trying to convey moral messages, the DAYBREAKERS remain an interesting spectacle. Hawke Ethan, Willem Dafoe, Sam O’Neill, and Claudia Karvan play convincing as a character while they bring the story line was good enough to follow. Do not expect Oscar-quality movies because this movie is a movie made to entertain.