Day Zero

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Day Zero

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Directed by Bryan Gunnar Cole
Produced by Robert Malkani
Anthony Moody
Daniel Sollinger
Written by Robert Malkani
Starring Elijah Wood
Chris Klein
Jon Bernthal
Distributed by First Look Studios
Release date(s) January 18, 2008 (limited)
Country United States
Language English
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Day Zero is a 2007 American film directed by Bryan Gunnar Cole and written by Robert Malkani. Set in the near future where the state of global terrorism has forced the military to reinstate the draft, three young men, who have just received their induction notices and have 30 days to report for duty, must battle their political views before making a decision that will change their lives forever. It is American director Bryan Gunnar Cole's debut film. It premiered at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival[1] and opened in limited release in the United States on January 18, 2008[2].

The film stars Elijah Wood, Chris Klein and Jon Bernthal. It also stars Ginnifer Goodwin as Chris Klein's wife, Sofia Vassilieva as Jon Bernthal's character young teen neighbor and friend, Elisabeth Moss as his girlfriend, and Ally Sheedy as a psychiatrist.

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It's nighttime in America — the draft has been reinstated. Our conflicting attitudes toward war are examined through the eyes of Aaron (Elijah Wood), George (Chris Klein), and Dixon (Jon Bernthal) as each prepares to report for duty and learns, individually, what it means to "serve with honor."

The setting of the film is a future America in which the draft has been reinstated to fight the war on terror. The protagonists are three friends who have been given induction notices and have 30 days to report for duty. Feeling unprepared but convinced that he must serve, novelist Aaron (Elijah Wood) embarks on a quest to prepare for the life of a soldier — enlisting the help of a collapsing Bowflex machine and a disengaged therapist (Ally Sheedy). Corporate attorney George (Chris Klein) wishes to stay with his wife (Ginnifer Goodwin), a recent cancer survivor, rather than fight in a war that he believes is wrong, but avoiding service does not prove easy. Cabdriver Dixon (Jon Bernthal) is the most fearless and free of doubt, but he falls in love with a sociology student (Elisabeth Moss), and suddenly issues that always seemed black-and-white to him are not so simple. As reporting day, or day zero, draws nearer, the three friends fight, fall out, come together and comfort each other as each in his own way discovers what it means to "serve with honor."

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The movie was shot in 25 days in High Definition around New York City's Lower East Side.

[edit] Critical reception

The film received negative to mixed reviews from critics. As of January 19, 2007, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 8% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 13 reviews.[3] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 41 out of 100, based on 5 reviews.[4]

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  1. ^ http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org/tff07-family-discovery-release.html
  2. ^ First Look nabs film pair - Entertainment News, Film News, Media - Variety
  3. ^ Day Zero - Movie Reviews, Trailers, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved on 2008-01-19.
  4. ^ Day Zero (2007): Reviews. Metacritic. Retrieved on 2008-01-19.

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