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24th day - more like a death sentence.
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.
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Two Lives Colliding (Messily)
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.
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Great indie dramatic piece.
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.
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A tough thriller to watch - but an important addition to queer cinema
The fact that the dilemma in this film is 'did he or didn't he?', makes it really less about the gay connection between the two characters and more about gay shame and homophobia as it relates to HIV infection and the black cloud of 'responsibility' that drives Scott Speedman's character.
This is a tense little film from beginning to end and explores that niche in the cinema of the dance between captor and captured. Though it's not on the front pages of newspapers any more, this film rides the wave of anger and hostility to the gay community, portrayed by many camps as 'responsible' for spreading AIDS by behaving 'irresponsibly' or 'recklessly'. That's really what the central idea of this movie is, and it's riveting, as well as disturbing.
Fine performances by both leads (who are virtually the only two characters in the film) make it a worthwhile experience.
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Great Film...
This movie I have to say is better than "Heights," in which, as in this one, James Marsden was an "in-the-closet" metro city pretty looking gay guy. Plot of the film keeps one enjoying it at every second. This movie is a highly recomended for those who like dramas.
