Daybreakers
Reception

Daybreakers (2010)

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6.5
5 platform(s) · 7 ratings 187,315 votes
6.9/10 43,085 votes Synced 2026-07-31
6.4/10 141,823 votes Synced 2026-08-20
Audience 6.1/10 159 votes Synced 2026-07-19
Critics 5.7/10 Synced 2026-07-19
Audience 4.9/10 Synced 2026-07-18
Critics 6.9/10 Synced 2026-07-18
6.3/10 2,248 votes Synced 2026-09-01

External reviews

Joshua Rothkopf · Time Out 80.00/100.00

A darkly stylish horror film.

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Wesley Morris · Boston Globe 75.00/100.00

Daybreakers has unexpected flashes of brilliance.

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James Berardinelli · ReelViews 75.00/100.00

On balance, however, there are more things to like about Daybreakers than to dislike. The production is loaded with impressive touches, some more nuanced than others.

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Lawrence Toppman · Charlotte Observer 75.00/100.00

Daybreakers is more serious, from its A-list cast to its political commentary, with blood as a metaphor for oil. Like the best genre films, it has something on its mind.

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Steven Rea · Philadelphia Inquirer 75.00/100.00

While the characters are B-movie thin, the dialogue standard-issue, and the CG and matte effects only passable at best, it's undeniable fun to behold the likes of serious thespians Hawke and Dafoe slumming around in this cheeseball stuff.

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Rick Groen · The Globe and Mail (Toronto) 75.00/100.00

The symbolism is about as subtle as a fang to the neck. Really, Daybreakers is more fun than foreboding; it's fright-lite, yet that's par for the bloody course in these busy apocalyptic days.

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Bill Goodykoontz · Arizona Republic 70.00/100.00

Daybreakers isn't a great film, but it's a good one, and in a market oddly lousy with vampire tales, it's an original.

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Jeannette Catsoulis · The New York Times 70.00/100.00

The narrative may flag, but the doomsday atmosphere and George Liddle’s production design remain vivid until the final, blood-splattered reel.

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Cliff Doerksen · Chicago Reader 70.00/100.00

Just when it seemed as if the vampire narrative had degenerated into terminal suckitude, along comes this gleefully gory little gem.

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