“Sunrise,” executive produced by actor and disability activist Kurt Yaeger, is an atmospheric thriller about xenophobia and vampires. Yaeger plays Dee Gillespie, a local cop in a small town who is asked by Reynolds (a ferocious Guy Pearce) to help “remove” an Asian family, Mrs. Loi (Crystal Yu) and her children, teenage Edward (William Gao from “Heartstopper”) and Emily (Riley Chung). But Gillespie encounters Fallon (Alex Pettyfer), a drifter who may not be of this world. As flashbacks illustrate, Fallon was once a cop, like Gillespie, only Fallon became a blood-sucking vampire.
“Sunrise” may have the trappings of a B-movie, but director Andrew Baird (“Zone 414”), working from a script by Oscar-nominated Ronan Blaney, addresses white supremacy, toxic masculinity, land rights, as well as an urban legend about demons and sacrifices.
