The Spierig Brothers made their film debut back in 2003 with “Australian zombie horror comedy” Undead. They’ve sinced moved on to vampires, and their latest, Daybreakers, stars Willem Dafoe, Ethan Hawke, and Sam Neill.
Edward Dalton (Hawke) is a researcher in the year 2019, in which an unknown plague has transformed the world’s population into vampires. As the human population nears extinction, vampires must capture and farm every remaining human, or find a blood substitute before time runs out. However, a covert group of vampires makes a remarkable discovery, one which has the power to save the human race. [Yahoo]
Normally I’d hear the word ‘vampire’ and start wanking dismissively out of reflex, but I’ll give them credit for a concept that sounds marginally more interesting than your usual fangy romance. It looks like they use the premise more as a play on society and mortality than on love. I guess what I’m saying is, I’ll bite. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! ‘CAUSE THEY’RE VAMPIRES, GET IT??? (*sigh*) I suck. In related news, I hear Willem Dafoe f*cks like a gargoyle. True story.
What Doesn’t Kill You bills itself as the true story of director Brian Goodman, who co-wrote the film with Paul Murray and Donnie Wahlberg.
Hawke and Ruffalo play childhood friends Paulie and Brian, who are forced to survive on the tough streets of South Boston through a life of petty thievery. They join a local gang of criminals, but Brian finds it hard to reconcile his work and friendship with Paulie and his relationship with his wife (Amanda Peet) and son.
I’m excited for another Boston gangster picture, but I’m disappointed about the accents. They seem much less realistic than in The Depaaahted or Mystic Rivah. Also, if this is the guy’s life story, where’s the part about how he moved to Hollywood to become an actor? Hey yous queahs, what I really want is to fackin direct ovah heah. Hey, ahn’t you da guy from New Kids on da Blawk? I think the full title should be What Doesn’t Kill You Gives You Mad Street Cred, or What Doesn’t Kill You Ingratiates You to the Wahlbergs.
This is Ethan Hawke in Daybreakers, another totally original concept:
Ethan Hawke plays Ed, a researcher in the year 2017, in which an unknown plague has transformed the world’s population into vampires. As the human population nears extinction, vampires must capture and farm every remaining human, or find a blood substitute before time runs out. However, a covert group of vampires makes a remarkable discovery, one which has the power to save the human race.
Vampires and zombies aren’t really all that different. A vampire is basically a zombie you can bring home to mom. They both are undead feeding off the living, but you can’t put a zombie in a cape and top hat. That would just be silly. Vampires are also better at picking up chicks and turning into bats.
Hey, did I mention Willem Dafoe’s in this? *fart sound*
