Day Zero (2007): The military draft is back. Three best friends are drafted and given 30 days to report for duty. In that time they're forced to confront everything they believe about courage, duty, love, friendship and honor. (5.9)
Director: Bryan Gunnar Cole
Writer: Robert Malkani
Stars: Elijah Wood, Chris Klein and Jon Bernthal
The premise of the movie, the draft being back, is not that far fetched. The story goes on to look at, or rather glance at, the questions like pulling strings to get out of the draft, one's own doubts about serving in the military, how friendships, romances and marriage come into the process, etc. IMHO, such questions probed in the movie were not asked loud enough or the various points of view were not expressed boldly enough. It could have been more solid, more controversial and more thought provoking. It is the failure of the intelligent conversation among the characters. That said, the three main characters try to tackle the issue in various ways and the story did interest me very much. I'd give higher marks than most reviewers. My Rating: 6.5
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