Day Zero is a movie about living and feeling alive when the worst possible mail arrives at your doorstep. Elijah Wood, Chris Klein, and Jon Bernthal are all best friends in New York City who unexpectedly get the mail one day to find that the Draft has been reinstated and they have been chosen for the "right" to fight for their country. With only thirty days on the clock to when they must report to Penn Station for duty they must accept that they may never see their loved ones again. With the one month count down already started, we follow the three friends as they come to grips with a horrible choice, fight for your country or fight for your choice.
Besides the fact that these three men would never be friends with each other in real life, as they seem not to have a past history with each other, they are great choices as they show a successful Lawyer (Klein), a struggling writer (Wood), and a taxi driver (Bernthal). Their chemistry together is astounding as their performance makes this unrealistic friendship seem acceptable. One thing that is nice to see, that is not seen in most movies, is that when having a small group of three close male friends that we see only a few times where all three are together, That they are friends separate for each other.
Wood's character is the one character that I feel had any connection with. He is told by his counselor to make a list of the top ten things he has always wanted to do and is told to do what it takes to achieve this list. Everything from skydiving to sex with a prostitute is on this list. We only see him achieve a few of these goals as this movie is NOT the Bucket List. Wood works hard to adapt to the thought of going to war but the best scenes with him in it are his scenes with his therapist where he talks about killing and fear of death. His character goes through the biggest changes over the course of the movie.
I would definately recommend this movie to anyone who likes dramas or Indie movies. It can be found at your local movie rental locations as it did come out in February of 2008. I picked it up for only 5 dollars on sale. This is more than worth it to see the acting and direction. Yes at times the characters seem to change rather fast and are hard to believe at times, but the strength of friendship does shine through. Thank you and have fun, I know you will enjoy it, if you do go out and see it please feel free to comment your thoughts about this film as well.
Besides the fact that these three men would never be friends with each other in real life, as they seem not to have a past history with each other, they are great choices as they show a successful Lawyer (Klein), a struggling writer (Wood), and a taxi driver (Bernthal). Their chemistry together is astounding as their performance makes this unrealistic friendship seem acceptable. One thing that is nice to see, that is not seen in most movies, is that when having a small group of three close male friends that we see only a few times where all three are together, That they are friends separate for each other.
Wood's character is the one character that I feel had any connection with. He is told by his counselor to make a list of the top ten things he has always wanted to do and is told to do what it takes to achieve this list. Everything from skydiving to sex with a prostitute is on this list. We only see him achieve a few of these goals as this movie is NOT the Bucket List. Wood works hard to adapt to the thought of going to war but the best scenes with him in it are his scenes with his therapist where he talks about killing and fear of death. His character goes through the biggest changes over the course of the movie.
I would definately recommend this movie to anyone who likes dramas or Indie movies. It can be found at your local movie rental locations as it did come out in February of 2008. I picked it up for only 5 dollars on sale. This is more than worth it to see the acting and direction. Yes at times the characters seem to change rather fast and are hard to believe at times, but the strength of friendship does shine through. Thank you and have fun, I know you will enjoy it, if you do go out and see it please feel free to comment your thoughts about this film as well.
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