Sunday, January 31, 2010

THE DAYBREAKERS


Hollywood has embraced the philosophy of 2012 and the studios have produced a series of apocalyptic films portraying the end of the world through natural disasters, zombie infestation, or plague. We can't blame nature, God, or Commie Martians for our position at the brink of extermination, for as Pogo said so eloquently in his cartoon strip, "We have seen the enemy and they are us."

In THE DAYBREAKERS the film's director promised the premiere audience an opera of blood.

Gore and cigarette-smoking vampires.

And the bloodsuckers have hunted the remaining humans to the end.

No blood source, but Willem Dafoe plays a muscle-car messiah who has passed through the fiery crucible to return to humanity. His final screen is a triumph of heroism. One man against millions. I loved him in the film, but hated the cigarette smoking.

How much money do films get for this product placement?

Does anyone know?

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