Rich Bonaduce from TALKING PICTURES reviews "Daybreakers"
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Rich Bonaduce reviews: DAYBREAKERS Rich’s Quickie: Don’t let your artsy-fartsy side keep you from enjoying this one!Day: I’m pretty sick of vampires and I’m seriously looking forward to the new WEREWOLF movie, even if it stinks. THAT’S how sick of vampires I am… and STILL a B- for a low-budget vampire flick? You bet! I howled with delight a few times during this, what could have been directed by Sam Raimi if it didn’t take itself so seriously most of the time. I enjoyed a slightly different take on a worn subject, while bringing back some of the underbelly of vampirism – being a vamp is downright icky, again – yay! You won’t see any lame guys standing around navel-gazing in puffy shirts; or worse, beautifully sparkling in the sun. These vamps sizzle in sunlight, explode from wooden stakes, and rip your throat out to get to your blood. Sam Neil and Ethan Hawke deliver in what might have been terribly embarrassing roles. Willem Dafoe not so much, although he’s saddled with some dialogue that almost anyone would have a tough time delivering. Still, DAYBREAKERS feels like a serious version of the movies I loved as a kid; self-contained stories like “They Live”, “The Hidden” or even “Robocop”; flawed here and there, but fun.Night: Written and Directed by relative newbees Michael and Peter Spierig (or, “The Spierig Brothers” as they bill themselves), DAYBREAKERS is not without its share of problems. Some plot points are only explained barely (the sunlight cure), some of the effects are good while others illicit a giggle, and the Spierig Brothers also enjoy the cheap-shot “surprise shock” a bit too much. But even with all of that, I’d rather sit through DAYBREAKERS again than other movies of its ilk anytime.
Movie Grade: B-MPAA: Rated R for strong bloody violence, language and brief nudity. Runtime: 105 min
Director: Michael Spierig & Peter Spierig
Writers: Michael Spierig & Peter Spierig
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