The Day

At first, watching The Day feels a little like sitting through Post-Apocalyptic Movie Making 101. It opens on a gray, lonely road littered with gray rubble shot through a gray filter. Five gray figures slowly walk toward us and come into focus. They’re dirty, tired, and clad in a multitude of cargo pockets and hoods and flaps. So far so good, director Douglas Aarniokoski, but for extra credit, are they also armed and on the run from an unknown enemy? Excellent. You get a gold star! But once these tropes are established and have a minute or two to settle,...  read more