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. If called to serve, what would you do?
As the pals, Elijah Wood, Jon Bernthal, and especially Chris Klein mope around noncommittally, as if it were an upcoming trip to the in-laws' they were dreading -- not a potentially one-way ticket to a war zone.
– Gregory Kirschling,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Jan 2008
rotten:
If the abysmal reception so far for films about the war in Iraq is any indication, Day Zero is the last thing movie audiences will want to consume.
– Stephen Holden,
New York Times,
18 Jan 2008
rotten:
Truth to be told, it's hard to care.
– Jack Mathews,
New York Daily News,
18 Jan 2008
rotten:
Proves that even the most controversial of topics can be the basis for the dullest indie films.
– Kyle Smith,
New York Post,
18 Jan 2008
rotten:
For a hot-button issue movie with a lot of potential for character development, it's slower than Christmas and disappointingly sluggish.