The 24th Day
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Movie Reviews of The 24th Day
Movie Review: Payback Time
Summary: 3 Stars
Interesting in an age where we are still not sure who is at fault but we can certainly find others to blame for our predicaments. In the end, your still not sure who caused the illnesses but you are left thinking about what could have been done to prevent it and all the tragedyMovie Review: The 24-th day
Summary: 1 Stars
actors did a superb job, but movie is terrible. Its borring, said and zero sex in it. are you kidding me?Movie Review: 24th day - more like a death sentence.
Summary: 2 Stars
I really wish I had read some reviews before buying this tragic waste of talent and film. The plot is wandering in a black hole, feels like a dreary nightmare in some vortex that never ends.
The script is just too generic and these actors are much more talented than this script allows.
It is a weak plot about 2 men that "hook up" to only find out that this is not their first night together. One is HIV+ looking for someone from his past to blame, the other is a serial player who has no memory of their first encounter.
The "twist" of this is really more of an unravelling of your last nerve should you be able to stand the entire thing.
DO NOT waste your money or time on this enourmous flop.
Movie Review: Two Lives Colliding (Messily)
Summary: 4 Stars
I ordered this film, sight unseen from Amazon, and was more than a little apprehensive about it's quality, given the abundance of really bad gay- themed films that have shown up at our local art house/gay cinema in the past few years. In fact, the venue really hardly qualifies as a gay cinema at all anymore because the owners have (wisely) opted to screen better-made independent and foreign films dealing with other subjects, or mainstream fare appealing to a broader audience. If "The 24th Day" played here, I somehow managed to miss it, which is too bad, because it's really a pretty good film. Like other reviewers here have stated, it is more like a filmed play, so if you don't enjoy going to the theater and watching a dark drama unfold onstage, you're probably not going to enjoy "The 24th Day". James Marsden stars as Dan, a good looking stud on the make in a large American city (presumably Philadelphia). Out for a night on the town with his female roommate, he winds up going home with a seemingly shy and naive young man named Tom. He soon comes to regret this decision after he finds himself handcuffed, gagged, and bound to a chair in Tom's living room. Tom accuses Dan of infecting him with the HIV virus during a drunken, unsafe tryst 5 years earlier. He is having Dan's blood tested and if the results come back positive for the AIDS virus, Tom intends to make Dan pay with his own life. The story turns into a suspenseful field day for the very talented actors as each tries to get the best of the other in an intensifying game of life and death.
I liked the film a lot. The production values are high, and it is well-written and filmed. The script has some unexpected twists, and as I stated above, the performances are excellent. James Marsden convincingly goes from smug and patronizing, to angry and afraid as the seriousness of his dilemma sinks in; Scott Speedman is equally dynamic as a man whose sanity seems to grow more precarious with every passing frame of film. If I have any complaint, it would be that I found the ending somewhat contrived and unconvincing. However, the ending wasn't so totally outside the realm of possibility as to negate the rest of the film, so that's saying a lot. I would definitely recommend this film to patient and open-minded moviegoers.
Movie Review: Great indie dramatic piece.
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a play turned into a film, so most of it is shot in one apartment with two characters. James Marsden and Scott Speedman both do a terrific job at the heavy dialogue piece. This is a character drive film and does feel like you're watching a play. If you're into only watching blow 'em up no brainer blockbusters, or you're a homophobic like the one wife on here wrote about her disappointment of not knowing that it was two guys who had had a one night stand with each other, then you won't care for this film, the rest of you will and should enjoy it. This movie is not without it's flaws, but the majority of the movie is quite good by the two lead actors breathing depth into their dilemma's.