"The Day" is by no means what I would define as a bad movie. It deserves a little love if only for the pretty solid acting all around. That being said, "The Day" isn't an excellent movie by any means either. The basic premises is a group of stragglers are trying their best to survive in a "post-apocalyptic" world. What the apocalypse was however is never determined. The "blood-thirsty predators" are actuality a small click of apparently murderous cannibals. This is a small budget movie with a medium budget feel. It's short, hits hard and fast, and leaves you with a hunger for something with a little more substance. Most of the movie entails the defense of a house as the "predators" launch perhaps one of the least imaginative, least tactical assaults on a building ever witnessed. They are led by Michael Eklund, who...is a sleepy kind of bad guy; not very imposing...not very wise...and not very tough. As the main antagonist his performance is paper thin, however he isn't given anything real to chew on until tragedy strikes his crew...and then he still can't emotionally summon any sort of menacing conviction. Dominic Monaghan is a HUGE boost to the casts morale and adds that special character touch he brings to everything I've seen him in. Shawn Ashmore does a fantastic job and helps me forget the travesty that was the X-Men franchise. Ashley Bell is brilliant in her "kick butt take names later" character and the movie hinges on whether she can pull it off...and she does. If Bell stinks this movie erodes to a 4.
This is a "rent it if there's really nothing else to watch" sort of movie. You would be hard pressed to rate this above a 6...so I'm very skeptical on how many of the earlier reviews were actually non-objective. This is AVERAGE....and that's not necessarily a bad thing.
This is a "rent it if there's really nothing else to watch" sort of movie. You would be hard pressed to rate this above a 6...so I'm very skeptical on how many of the earlier reviews were actually non-objective. This is AVERAGE....and that's not necessarily a bad thing.