Daybreakers. Written and Directed by Michael and Peter Spierig. In Theaters.

Oh Daybreakers, how I loved you so! Finally, a vampire movie where the undead actually suck peoples blood, rip out jugulars, and they don't sparkle like diamonds in sunlight. Yeah, that's a jab at Twilight (still the worst vampire movie ever made, as well as one the worst films of all time). Daybreakers was my 30th birthday present from my dad. I told him it was coming out on my birthday, and I wanted my wife, my sister, her boyfriend, and my dad to come with me to see a true vampire film. Honestly, if I had the money, I would have driven to the nearest middle school taken every tween girl out of class and taken them all to see this movie. Twilight is not the be all and end all of vampires. Hell, they're not even vampires at all. They are "vegetarian", they like to fly up trees, and they love to dance under the moonlight like some kind of horrible teen flick gone wrong! Daybreakers will show you vampires!

The basic premise of the film is a vampire virus has made the majority of the world undead. The movie begins with the vampire race running short on humans to feed on. Soon, the vampires will be out of blood and transform into "underdwellers", ugly human-bat like creatures that live under ground and eat anything and everything that moves. So, the main character, played by Ethan Hawke, happens to be a vampire scientist who no longer wants to be a vampire, yet works for the largest human harvesting company in the world. His job is to create a blood substitute that can be created in a lab, so everyone in the world can be a vampire without the threat of no more food. The movie is really about what happens when we use up all our resources. It's a look at where we as humans are going right now if we continue on the path we've been walking. Now, don't get me wrong, the movie does have a moral, but that doesn't make it boring at all. There is enough blood and gore to satisfy even me (which is saying a lot), and enough story and character development to satisfy those who like their movies to speak to them on a deeper level. I absolutely loved this movie! It was so nice to see a vampire latch onto someones neck and bite off a chunk of flesh. It's been too long! Plus, the movie has one of the most unexpected moments within the first 20 minutes. I'll just say this, if you go see this movie, when they bring in a vampire soldier to test the new blood substitute, get ready for one of the most awesome scenes of gore in quite some time.