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I put this DVD in my cart from the $4 buget bin @ our local video store. Bryan Gunnar Cole, who has done some editing work in television, directed his first feature. Rob Malkani who wrote the screenplay for "Dot.Kill" also wrote this script. The movie is a character study; so there's not a lot of action. While Cole does a good job with the pacing, the nature of the movie makes it a bit slow going.
Chris Klein plays George Rifkin, a young lawyer whose wife is recovering from cancer. He wants to remain close by her and seeks for ways to get out of the newly implemented draft. Klein was in both "American Pie" films. Here he gives a respectable performance as the young man torn between patriotism and his desire to remain home. His wife is played by Ginnifer Goodwin who played Vivian, the first wife of Johnny Cash, in the film "Walk the Line." Her wide-eyed performance is one of the best in the film.
Elijah Wood from Cedar Rapids, Iowa plays Aaron Feller, a novelist who is estranged from his family and emotionally unstable. Wood came before many screen audiences when he played the teenager who discovers a comet in Deep Impact and his classic role in three films based on "The Lord of the Rings." Ally Sheedy who won best actress acclaim for "High Art" from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association & the National Society of Film Critics plays his therapist Dr. Reynolds who doesn't want to listen to Aaron any longer.
Jon Bernthal plays James Dixon. Of the three friends, he's the guy who supports the war with a short-trigger fuse. His abbreviated fight scenes give the film short infusions of energy. Bernthal played the interviewer in the film The Air I Breathe. Elizabeth Moss who played the president's daughter on TV's "West Wing" and has been on TV's "Mad Men" plays Dixon's young girlfriend. Her performance is also excellent as she learns that the guy she thought she had finally found is heading off to war. After watching the film, I put it in the box for the next garage sale. I was glad to have watched it one time. Enjoy!
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Three long time friends from NYC receive draft notices from the US military asking them to serve in Iraq. All three are due to report to duty in 30 days. They get together to discuss their "options" about the situation. One of them who is a taxi driver is convinced that it is their duty to serve without question. Another one is a married attorney and he is hesitant to go. He even asks his well connected father to engage state politicians who can get him off the duty. The third one is a city orphan of sorts. His "absent" family is the indication of his highly dysfunctional internal life. This young man is a writer who cannot work on his novel, who has no girlfriend (and is sexually dyfunctional), who is alianated from his immediate family (he has not talked to them for seven years). His shrink does not even pay him attention during their sessions, let alone give him some constructive advice. This poor guy is a master of loneliness and misdirection. Film unfolds over the period of thirty days where we learn more about characters lives and their internal struggles. By the end of the movie you will be blown away about each character's destiny coming to life, in the open, for all to see. Interesting meditation on how generations of today are perceiving war, military and their own purpose of life and how all of that is different from all other wars we have known and sent young men to.
Elijah Wood gives us a memorable performance in this film. He is vulnerable, comical, serious and sensitive all at once. This is his best performance on the screen to this day.
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"Day Zero" is an odd indie movie. It's one of the few indie movies addressing the Iraq War,but that's no quality assurance. It's a bizarre blend of conservative patriotism with the Lifetime Channel. The soundtrack is drab&forgettable--when Azam Ali's stratospheric singing,Natacha Atlas' enchanting melismas,and Rihanna's "Disturbia" would've been a better fit.
"Day Zero" is set during the month when three friends,George (Chris Klein,Katie Holmes' ex),Dixon (Jon Bernthal) and Aaron (Elijah Wood) have learned they've been drafted and how they cope. George has a wife suffering from the Disease of the Week (Ginnifer Goodwin,the third wife in HBO's Big Love) Aaron is a fantasy writer--how ironic-his first book is about a hero going to a volcano. Dixon is a taxi driver. They meet at the bar to get preachy about the war. It's so obvious and heavy-handed it makes the Hallmark Channel look gritty.
George has a hard time coping. He thinks of being a conscientious objector, then he tries to cut off a finger. Finally, he decides to pretend to be gay by bringing Aaron with him to the local gay bar. Surprisingly, they don't pretend to be a couple (fanfiction makes more sense) George starts a fight.
Dixon gets an Instant Romance and Instant Sex. He's a good character, Bernthal is a talented actor, but he doesn't get much to do. He even gets prefab conflict when he reveals to his new girlfriend that he's off to war.
Aaron,as is expected,is a naif who is driven to madness (there's a 9 hour version,if you're up to it) He bores his therapist (Ally Sheedy),a woman he brings home from the bar,and even a prostitute with his acting. Thankfully, Aaron loses his shirt often and uses a Bowflex. To the fangirl dismay, he doesn't enjoy the gay bar, nor does he even pretend to be George's lover. Aaron gets his head shaved&tattooed. He goes mad.
"Day Zero" has all the cliches one would expect in a movie. It's all cardboard characters and a contrived plot. Bernthal and Goodwin are the only convincing actors. "Day Zero" is a bad Iraq War movie,but at least it's a Bad Iraq War Movie We Love.
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I have given this movie 3 stars, because, although the movie had my attention. There was too much cussing for me. I don't think that a person has to cuss to get their point across.
That said, this movie was a thinker. How would men feel today, if they were drafted to go fight in a war? Better yet, how did men feel back in the day, when they were drafted to go fight a war? Poor thing, a lot of these men were scared and I wouldn't blame them. Your life is on the line. Not only that, you can die a lonely death. Meaning, you could get killed and leave behind your wife, wife/children, family and friends.
A lot of men wants to fight for their country, but for a lot of men, "The Army" is not their cup of tea.
I know that the three best friends in this movie, wasn't the only ones that have received drafted letters, but Day Zero focused on their bond.
The three friends are:
James Dixon, played by Jon Bernthal: The Taxi Driver. He came from a broken home. His wife treated his mother like dirt. Out of all three of the guys, he was the protector. He had his friends back. He even beat up guys for his friends. He was the one that wanted to go to the army. Was he scared? Yes, he was. Even more so, when it came close to going.
George Rifkin, played by Chris Klein. He was the lawyer. Came from a rich family. Married to a woman that had cancer. He didn't want to go to the army. He wanted to figure our ways to get out of it. He had his daddy call the senator to get him out. The man was even thinking about cutting his hand off or fingers off to save him from going to the army. He attempted to do it, but didn't.
LOL, then there's Aaron Feller, played by Elijah Wood. He's the writer. I have to say that Elijah is a good actor. He really played this role. He was the nerd of the group. He was scared of going to the army. He made a list of 10 things he wanted to do, before he went to the army. The anxiety has gotten to him. He kind of lost it. He was going to go to the army, but I believe the phone call to his sister, made him decide against it and caused him to kill himself. He jumped off a building. He found out that his father had a heart attack, but was doing fine and his sister basically ended the call. She didn't want to really talk to him. What happen, to where he was estranged from his family, I don't know. The movie doesn't really shed that light. But, one thing though, he had been seeing a shrink Prior to him, killing himself, I don't believe that he wrote down his number ten thing that he wanted to do, prior to going to the army. I believe, he wanted to do something, but replaced it with killing himself. It wasn't as if he had family backing him up. Family is needed.
He had me laughing in this movie. He had been going to a shrink for seven years, but didn't know how long he has been going to this female shrink. She had to let him know, how long he has been going to see her. His shrink was funny, because she wouldn't really be paying attention to him. She would be doing a puzzle, while he was just talking. I have to say, if I had to see a shrink and pay money, he or she better pay attention to me.
Poor baby, made me a laugh, when he felt that he was both skinny and fat. He also made me laugh, because he picked up a woman at a bar and took her back to his place. What was funny about it was that he used her as a shrink to talk.
So, one friend kills himself and the other two showed up at 7:00 a.m. to the drafting place. The question is, who really went to the army?
The movie ended without making that clear.
So, besides the cussing. The movie was okay.
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I'm no critic, I just go on what I like. I enjoyed watching this. I'm a fan of independent films because they often have more substance to them than blockbuster, hollywood films. This one was enjoyable to watch and still had me thinking about it afterwards.
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