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[[Image:DaybreakersPoster-2.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Daybreakers (2009)]]
[[Image:DaybreakersPoster-2.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Daybreakers (2009)]]
Daybreakers is a 2009 Australian-American science-fiction action horror film written and directed by Michael and Peter Spierig. The film takes place in a futuristic world overrun by vampires, and centers around a vampiric corporation which sets out to capture and farm the remaining humans while researching a substitute for human blood. Ethan Hawke plays vampire hematologist Edward Dalton, whose work is interrupted by human survivors led by former vampire "Elvis" (Willem Dafoe), who has a cure that can save the human species.  
''Daybreakers'' is a 2009 Australian-American science-fiction action horror film written and directed by Michael and Peter Spierig. The film takes place in the year 2019, ten years after a plague has turned most of the Human race into vampires. Uninfected Humans are rounded up and farmed for blood, which is in critically short supply. [[Ethan Hawke]] plays Edward Dalton, a vampire scientist who hates his condition and is researching a synthetic blood substitute. Dalton encounters a group of Human survivors led by "Elvis" ([[Willem Dafoe]]), a former vampire who claims to know of a cure for vampirism.  


'''The following weapons were used in the film ''Daybreakers'':'''
'''The following weapons were used in the film ''Daybreakers'':'''
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==Glock 34==
==Glock 34==
When Dr. Edward Dalton ([[Ethan Hawke]]) arrives at Bromley Marks near the end of the film two security guards draw [[Glock 34]]s and train them on him briefly.
When Dr. Edward Dalton ([[Ethan Hawke]]) arrives at Bromley Marks near the end of the film, two security guards draw [[Glock 34]]s and train them on him briefly.
[[Image:Glock34.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Glock 34 - 9x19mm]]
[[Image:Glock34.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Glock 34 - 9x19mm]]
[[Image:DBhandgun.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Security guards apprehend Dr. Edward Dalton in the lobby.]]
[[Image:DBhandgun.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Security guards apprehend Dr. Edward Dalton in the lobby.]]


==Beretta 92FS==
==Beretta 92FS==
A small amount of vampire soldiers carry the [[Beretta 92FS]] as a sidearm, which includes Frankie Dalton.  
A small amount of vampire soldiers, including Frankie Dalton, carry the [[Beretta 92FS]] as a sidearm.
[[Image:BerettaM92FS.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Beretta 92FS - 9x19mm]]
[[Image:BerettaM92FS.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Beretta 92FS - 9x19mm]]
[[Image:DB92FS.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Beretta 92FS circled in red.]]
[[Image:DB92FS.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Beretta 92FS circled in red.]]


==Heckler & Koch MP5==
==Heckler & Koch MP5==
[[MP5A3]]s (along with a few [[MP5A2]]s) are used as the standard weapon for the vampire soldiers, they are all fitted with some sort of underbarrel launcher and fire tranquilizer rounds since their main job is to hunt down remaining humans to harvest their blood. They typically have CCOs mounted on them or green laser sights (which actually help them aim since they can only view daylight scenes through video cameras mounted on their helmets).
[[MP5A3]]s (along with a few [[MP5A2]]s) are used as the standard weapon for the vampire soldiers, they are all fitted with some sort of underbarrel launcher and fire tranquilizer rounds since their main job is to hunt down remaining Humans to harvest their blood. They typically have CCOs mounted on them or green laser sights (which actually help them aim since they can only view daylight scenes through video cameras mounted on their helmets).
[[Image:MP5A3 StockCollapsed.jpg‎|thumb|none|400px|Heckler & Koch MP5A3 - 9x19mm]]
[[Image:MP5A3 StockCollapsed.jpg‎|thumb|none|400px|Heckler & Koch MP5A3 - 9x19mm]]
[[Image:Daybreakers-MP5Execution15a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|Good shot of the MP5A3 and under-barrel launcher wielded by a Vampire Soldier (in his full daylight battle gear) during a 'Daylight' execution.]]
[[Image:Daybreakers-MP5Execution15a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|Good shot of the MP5A3 and underbarrel launcher wielded by a vampire soldier (in his full daylight battle gear) during a 'Daylight' execution.]]
[[Image:Daybreakers-SecurityFlare17a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An officer lights a flare as the Vampire Army Hunter squads, armed with MP5A3s, look for "Subsiders", vampires who have de-evolved into mindless monsters.]]
[[Image:Daybreakers-SecurityFlare17a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An officer lights a flare as the Vampire Army Hunter squads, armed with MP5A3s, look for "Subsiders", vampires who have devolved into mindless monsters due to lack of blood intake.]]
[[Image:Daybreakers-SecuritySweep16a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|Vampire Army units search the tunnels for "Subsiders" with MP5A3s and electrical shock collar poles.]]
[[Image:Daybreakers-SecuritySweep16a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|Vampire Army units search the tunnels for "Subsiders" with MP5A3s and electrical shock collar poles.]]
[[Image:DBmp52.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|Frankie Dalton ([[Michael Dorman]]) holds Audrey hostage with an MP5A3 mounting a laser sight.]]
[[Image:DBmp52.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|Frankie Dalton ([[Michael Dorman]]) holds Audrey hostage with an MP5A3 mounting a laser sight.]]
[[Image:DBmp515.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Frankie surrenders himself to his former Vampire comrades.]]
[[Image:DBmp515.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Frankie surrenders himself to his former vampire comrades.]]
[[Image:DBmp5117.jpg|thumb|none|600px||'''Highlight for Spoilers:''' <font color="white">Chris Caruso ([[Vince Colosimo]]) guns down the cured vampire soldiers with an MP5, not wanting the discovery of a cure to be known.</font color="white">]]
[[Image:DBmp5117.jpg|thumb|none|600px||'''Highlight for Spoilers:''' <font color="white">Chris Caruso ([[Vince Colosimo]]) guns down the cured vampire soldiers with an MP5, not wanting the discovery of a cure to be known.</font color="white">]]
[[Image:H&KMP5A2WideForearm.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Heckler & Koch MP5A2 - 9x19mm]]
[[Image:H&KMP5A2WideForearm.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Heckler & Koch MP5A2 - 9x19mm]]
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[[Image:DBskorpion.jpg|thumb|none|600px|SA Vz. 61 Skorpion in red circles.]]
[[Image:DBskorpion.jpg|thumb|none|600px|SA Vz. 61 Skorpion in red circles.]]


==Double Barrel Shotgun-Crossbow combo==
==Double Barrel Shotgun-Crossbow Combo==
Lionel "Elvis" Cormac ([[Willem Dafoe]]) uses a [[12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun]] with a crossbow mounted atop it. 
[[Image:StevesSBS1960s.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Stevens hammerless side by side shotgun - 12 Gauge.]]
[[Image:StevesSBS1960s.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Stevens hammerless side by side shotgun - 12 Gauge.]]
[[Image:DaybreakersGroup.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|In a production still, Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac ([[Willem Dafoe]]) holds a shotgun-crossbow combo, while Audrey Bennett ([[Claudia Karvan]]) holds a crossbow pistol and Dr. Edward Dalton ([[Ethan Hawke]]) holds a more conventional crossbow.]]‎
[[Image:DaybreakersGroup.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|In a production still, Lionel "Elvis" Cormac ([[Willem Dafoe]]) holds a shotgun-crossbow combo, while Audrey Bennett ([[Claudia Karvan]]) holds a crossbow pistol and Dr. Edward Dalton ([[Ethan Hawke]]) holds a more conventional crossbow.]]‎
[[Image:Daybreakers-ElvisShotgun10a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac holds his Shotgun-Crossbow combo]]
[[Image:Daybreakers-ElvisShotgun10a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|Elvis holds his Shotgun-Crossbow combo]]
[[Image:Daybreakers-ElvisShotgunTree18a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac unfolds his Shotgun-Crossbow combo underneath the shade of a large tree.]]
[[Image:Daybreakers-ElvisShotgunTree18a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Elvis unfolds his Shotgun-Crossbow combo underneath the shade of a large tree.]]
[[Image:DBshotguncrossbow2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|'''"Mother Fuckers!"''' Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac fires his Shotgun at the Vampire Army Humvee in anger after they destroy his Ford Mustang.]]  
[[Image:DBshotguncrossbow2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|'''"Motherfuckers!"''' Elvis fires his Shotgun at the Vampire Army Humvee in anger after they destroy his Ford Mustang.]]  
[[Image:Daybreakers-InTheBarrel12a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|Elvis holds his Shotgun-Crossbow combo while he, Audrey and Dalton hide in a wine barrel.]]
[[Image:Daybreakers-InTheBarrel12a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|Elvis holds his Shotgun-Crossbow combo while he, Audrey, and Dalton hide in a wine barrel.]]


==Crossbow Pistol==
==Crossbow Pistol==
Some of the humans used Crossbow Pistols, most notably Audrey Bennett ([[Claudia Karvan]]).
Some of the Humans use crossbow pistols, most notably Audrey Bennett ([[Claudia Karvan]]).
[[Image:Daybreakers-CrossbowPistol3a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|Audrey Bennett holds her crossbow pistol after the car accident.]]
[[Image:Daybreakers-CrossbowPistol3a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|Audrey Bennett holds her crossbow pistol after the car accident.]]
[[Image:Daybreakers-CrossbowPistol9a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|Audrey Bennett holds a single handed crossbow of unknown make or model on Dr. Edward Dalton ([[Ethan Hawke]]) when they first meet.]]
[[Image:Daybreakers-CrossbowPistol9a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|Audrey Bennett holds a single handed crossbow of unknown make or model on Dr. Edward Dalton ([[Ethan Hawke]]) when they first meet.]]


==Crossbow==
==Crossbow==
Used by the remaining surviving humans, including Dr. Edward Dalton ([[Ethan Hawke]]).
Most of the surviving Humans use standard crossbows, including Dr. Edward Dalton ([[Ethan Hawke]]).
[[Image:Daybreakers-ConvoyNight13a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|Humans fire their crossbows when they are caught in a night time ambush.]]
[[Image:Daybreakers-ConvoyNight13a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|Humans fire their crossbows when they are caught in a night time ambush.]]
[[Image:DaybreakersCrossbow.jpg|thumb|none|600px|In a production still, Dr. Edward Dalton holds his crossbow.]]
[[Image:DaybreakersCrossbow.jpg|thumb|none|600px|In a production still, Dr. Edward Dalton holds his crossbow.]]


==DefTech 1315 Gas Gun==
==DefTech 1315 Gas Gun==
The [[Smith & Wesson Model 276 Gas Gun#Defense Technologies 37mm Gas Gun|DefTech 1315 Gas Gun]] is briefly seen being used by a police officer in the new report Dr. Edward Dalton is watching in his car, the officer uses it to disperse a riot of people desperate due to the blood shortage.
A [[Smith & Wesson Model 276 Gas Gun#Defense Technologies 37mm Gas Gun|DefTech 1315 Gas Gun]] is briefly seen being used by a police officer in the news report Dr. Edward Dalton watches in his car; the officer uses it to disperse a riot of people desperate due to the blood shortage.
[[Image:DefTech1315.jpg|thumb|none|400px|DefTech 1315 - 37mm]]
[[Image:DefTech1315.jpg|thumb|none|400px|DefTech 1315 - 37mm]]
[[Image:DBgasgun.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A police officer with a Gas Gun. This is actually stock footage from the film: The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)]]
[[Image:DBgasgun.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A police officer with a Gas Gun. This is actually stock footage from the film ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)]]''.]]


==Trivia==
==Trivia==

Revision as of 03:46, 26 March 2021

Daybreakers (2009)

Daybreakers is a 2009 Australian-American science-fiction action horror film written and directed by Michael and Peter Spierig. The film takes place in the year 2019, ten years after a plague has turned most of the Human race into vampires. Uninfected Humans are rounded up and farmed for blood, which is in critically short supply. Ethan Hawke plays Edward Dalton, a vampire scientist who hates his condition and is researching a synthetic blood substitute. Dalton encounters a group of Human survivors led by "Elvis" (Willem Dafoe), a former vampire who claims to know of a cure for vampirism.

The following weapons were used in the film Daybreakers:


Glock 34

When Dr. Edward Dalton (Ethan Hawke) arrives at Bromley Marks near the end of the film, two security guards draw Glock 34s and train them on him briefly.

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Glock 34 - 9x19mm
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Security guards apprehend Dr. Edward Dalton in the lobby.

Beretta 92FS

A small amount of vampire soldiers, including Frankie Dalton, carry the Beretta 92FS as a sidearm.

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Beretta 92FS - 9x19mm
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Beretta 92FS circled in red.

Heckler & Koch MP5

MP5A3s (along with a few MP5A2s) are used as the standard weapon for the vampire soldiers, they are all fitted with some sort of underbarrel launcher and fire tranquilizer rounds since their main job is to hunt down remaining Humans to harvest their blood. They typically have CCOs mounted on them or green laser sights (which actually help them aim since they can only view daylight scenes through video cameras mounted on their helmets).

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Heckler & Koch MP5A3 - 9x19mm
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Good shot of the MP5A3 and underbarrel launcher wielded by a vampire soldier (in his full daylight battle gear) during a 'Daylight' execution.
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An officer lights a flare as the Vampire Army Hunter squads, armed with MP5A3s, look for "Subsiders", vampires who have devolved into mindless monsters due to lack of blood intake.
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Vampire Army units search the tunnels for "Subsiders" with MP5A3s and electrical shock collar poles.
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Frankie Dalton (Michael Dorman) holds Audrey hostage with an MP5A3 mounting a laser sight.
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Frankie surrenders himself to his former vampire comrades.
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Highlight for Spoilers: Chris Caruso (Vince Colosimo) guns down the cured vampire soldiers with an MP5, not wanting the discovery of a cure to be known.
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Heckler & Koch MP5A2 - 9x19mm
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A Heckler & Koch MP5A2 can briefly be seen in the mob of soldiers.

SA Vz.61 Skorpion

Two vampire soldiers can be seen armed with SA Vz.61 Skorpions briefly when they converge on the newly cured vampire soldiers.

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SA Vz. 61 Skorpion sporting pistol - .32 ACP
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SA Vz. 61 Skorpion in red circles.

Double Barrel Shotgun-Crossbow Combo

Lionel "Elvis" Cormac (Willem Dafoe) uses a 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun with a crossbow mounted atop it.

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Stevens hammerless side by side shotgun - 12 Gauge.
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In a production still, Lionel "Elvis" Cormac (Willem Dafoe) holds a shotgun-crossbow combo, while Audrey Bennett (Claudia Karvan) holds a crossbow pistol and Dr. Edward Dalton (Ethan Hawke) holds a more conventional crossbow.

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Elvis holds his Shotgun-Crossbow combo
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Elvis unfolds his Shotgun-Crossbow combo underneath the shade of a large tree.
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"Motherfuckers!" Elvis fires his Shotgun at the Vampire Army Humvee in anger after they destroy his Ford Mustang.
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Elvis holds his Shotgun-Crossbow combo while he, Audrey, and Dalton hide in a wine barrel.

Crossbow Pistol

Some of the Humans use crossbow pistols, most notably Audrey Bennett (Claudia Karvan).

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Audrey Bennett holds her crossbow pistol after the car accident.
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Audrey Bennett holds a single handed crossbow of unknown make or model on Dr. Edward Dalton (Ethan Hawke) when they first meet.

Crossbow

Most of the surviving Humans use standard crossbows, including Dr. Edward Dalton (Ethan Hawke).

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Humans fire their crossbows when they are caught in a night time ambush.
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In a production still, Dr. Edward Dalton holds his crossbow.

DefTech 1315 Gas Gun

A DefTech 1315 Gas Gun is briefly seen being used by a police officer in the news report Dr. Edward Dalton watches in his car; the officer uses it to disperse a riot of people desperate due to the blood shortage.

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DefTech 1315 - 37mm
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A police officer with a Gas Gun. This is actually stock footage from the film The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008).

Trivia

Vampire Army Humvees

The Humvees that the Vampire Army uses are actually Rhino Buggy Hammers, a bodykit used to replicate the Hummer.

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Vampire Army Humvee