This is a mostly spoiler-free review for all 10 episodes of Netflix's Daybreak, which premiered Thursday, October 24.
Daybreak, as a rambunctious comedy-horror series, doesn't always hit the mark, but at its best, you'll find a generous swirl of Buffy, Scott Pilgrim, Zombieland, and other bouncily clever genre super-colliders.
Daybreak is also the latest in a line of notable Netflix offerings involving "teens doing whatever the f*** they want." Whether it's outcasts on the run in The End of the F***ing World or youths trying to govern themselves in The Society, the streaming service seems to love asking, "But what if there were no adults?" This show, loosely based on the comic series by Brian Ralph, takes the concept a few steps further by turning high school into Mad Max... with zombies. All while (mostly successfully) mashing things up with iconic movie touchstones like Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Goodfellas, kung-fu films, three-camera sitcoms, and more.
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Daybreak, as a rambunctious comedy-horror series, doesn't always hit the mark, but at its best, you'll find a generous swirl of Buffy, Scott Pilgrim, Zombieland, and other bouncily clever genre super-colliders.
Daybreak is also the latest in a line of notable Netflix offerings involving "teens doing whatever the f*** they want." Whether it's outcasts on the run in The End of the F***ing World or youths trying to govern themselves in The Society, the streaming service seems to love asking, "But what if there were no adults?" This show, loosely based on the comic series by Brian Ralph, takes the concept a few steps further by turning high school into Mad Max... with zombies. All while (mostly successfully) mashing things up with iconic movie touchstones like Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Goodfellas, kung-fu films, three-camera sitcoms, and more.
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