The Day Movie Download

5 / 10

I HOPE I MAKE ALL OF YOU SICK
The story takes place in post-apocalyptic England(?)unless they were talking about Winchester, Canada, about a decade after the disaster/war killed off most of the population. It is filmed in black and white with a brief flashback in color. People have resorted to clans and cannibalism for survival. Our traveling group of 5 consists of three men and two women. The three guys have been together since childhood and know their roles. Rick (Dominic Monaghan) is the leader due to his experience in “Lost” Adam (Shawn Ashmore) is his disagreeing friend. Henson (Cory Hardrict) is the third man and he is ill which slows the group down in their travels.

Shannon (Shannyn Sossamon) has been with the group for 12 years and is cold toward Mary (Ashley Bell) a quiet lone wolf who has recently joined the group. Then if you read the back of the DVD it informs you that they set off a trap and must fight for their lives against another group. And that’s pretty much the movie except…

The film has a slight twist which make it watchable. It doesn’t bring anything new to the table and is one of the more boring post-apocalyptic films out there. No zombies. No Thunderdome. No weird vehicles. No colorful cans of Dole Pineapple. In fact they got 41 bullets between them. The film partially builds upon the relationship of the characters, which I found to be hit or miss as it doesn’t give you much background so you have to draw something from their mostly robotic movement. It isn’t until things go awry do our characters come to life. There are certainly better films out there and in color too.

A rental at best.

Parental Guide: f-bomb, brief shower nudity (Shannyn Sossamon), no sex.Read More