The 24th Day (2004)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Tony Piccirillo

Writer:

Tony Piccirillo (play)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

Your next lie may be your last.

Plot:

Tom (Speedman) and Dan's (Marsden) one-night stand turns into an intense power-play between captor and captive. |

Plot Keywords:

Captive | Power Play | One Night Stand | Hostage | Handcuffs

Cast

James Marsden	...	Dan
Scott Speedman	...	Tom
Sofía Vergara	...	Isabella
Barry Papick	...	Mr. Lerner
Charles J. Corrado Jr.	...	Officer 1 (as Charlie Corrado)
Jarvis W. George	...	Officer #2 (as Jarvis George)
Scott Roman	...	Bartender
Jeffrey Frost	...	Dan's Assistant
Jona Harvey	...	Marla
Thea Chaloner	...	Wife
Brian Campbell	...	Blondie
Zach	...	Lerner's Dog

MPAA:

Rated R for language and sexual dialogue, and for brief violence.

Runtime:

92 min | USA:96 min (DVD)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-15 | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Philadelphia Civic Center - 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Company:

Big Teddy Films

Trivia:

Began as a play in Los Angeles with original cast members Noah Wyle and Peter Berg. A year later the play was revamped in Atlanta with Chad Darnell and Quint Von Canon.

Goofs:

Continuity: Whenever Dan has tape around his head (covering his mouth), it is alternately under his right ear or over it (depending on the angle).

Quotes:

[first lines]
Tom: I walk home. I'm all scratched up, I got blood all over my face. I'm crying my eyes out. Anyway, my mother see's me. She runs in screaming, "What happened, who did thisa to you?" So I tell her Stevie Bellow jumped me from behind in the schoolyard while his pals stood there and made sure no one broke it up. So, take a guess what my mom does? She takes me back to the school yard. She finds Stevie, she tells him we're gonna fight again this time it's gonna be a fair fight.

Movie Connections:

References Blade Runner (1982)

Cool little low-budget thriller

The 24th Day is a tense, low-budget gay thriller which focuses on Tom who holds Dan (an ex-trick) captive. Tom had tested positive to HIV 24 days ago and is convinced that Dan was the one who gave it to him. He extracts a blood sample from Dan and threatens to do bad things if it comes back HIV positive.

The 24th Day has a well conceived story-line (apparently it was based on a play written by the Director or something) - and although it takes a little while to get going - I think it sets the scene well and draws you to the characters.

It's basically a two-man film and the two leads are quite well acted - Dan (played by X-Men's James Marsden) is cocky, self-assured (for the most part) and defiant while Scott Speedman's Tom is uneasy and simmering (in the angry sense).

The film quality (as in picture) is fairly poor - but it doesn't distract from the film.

24th Day is a cool little thriller which is worth checking out if you like low-budget movies.