DAYBREAKERS

[Eric Plumrose]

More EQUILIBRIUM than THE MATRIX (as the blurbitis would have us believe), it squanders a decent cast (employing at least half of Australia's ten actors) and an interesting premise for contrived predictability and obligatory achtung set-pieces. A shame, really, as the minor details in the first fifteen minutes or so (fashions, the pervasive smoking, Ethan's ear) seemed to suggest a bit more thinking than usual had gone into this.

Always nice to see Sam Neill playing a villain, though. And there's a few blue boobies for those of you hankering for a Neytiri fix but can't face another three-hour stint in the cinema.

[the shutdown man]

I quite enjoyed it. It wasn't earth shattering or anything, but it had a few good ideas to it, and it was good to see a vampire film where they actually act like, y'know, vampires (i.e., they don't sparkle.)

It had its silliness though, mainly "the cure": [spoiler]Sunlight? It kills you, but just the right amount burns the vampire out of you? Come on...[/spoiler]