Bad Day (2008)

Thanks for the memories!

So much average

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

My Boyfriend brought this movie in the UK and I sat down on his recommendation and watched it. Now I'm thinking that there can be good Brit films made! When Ian David Diaz did his first movie The Killing Zone i knew he was a talent then but there are a lot of people who have put down Bad Day unfairly. I am here to tell you this is a very enjoyable flick. Ian David Diaz who has the directing duties here brings us the story of one woman's plight for revenge amongst many obstacles. There's a lot of detective work with very little action; however, when there is action, it is good, including a sexy fight between Claire Goose and Donna Air, which my boyfriend loved. Claire Goose is excellent as the mother out for revenge, (last seen in UK's TV show Waking the dead). Good supporting cast all around although Donna Air is a bit uneven and Robbie Gee (from Snatch) is practically a cameo. This is another flick featuring loads of plot twists and turns. I am beginning to slowly fall in love with UK thrillers again; this film is no masterpiece but if you're looking for a couple of hour's entertainment with interesting twists this will fit the bill.

why do i keep wasting my time and energy watching uk movies with low production values? I've seen a lot recently and none of them deserves to be called a professional movie.This one has a famous British actress who has done television but never had any success in movies. If she had done success in movies then she would not have appeared in bad day.The other main girl is very good looking ( with false looking teeth)but she has an accent I could not place. Is she English or trying to sound English? She is one of two actresses with odd accents in this.The story makes no sense SPOILERS the Policewoman files a sexual harassment against a male cop then later tells him she is pregnant and tries to be his friend.There are some fight sequences but the movie does not make sense. A girl from Girls Allowed is in this...she is an embarrassing actress.The men actors are no better. I downloaded this and it was waste of effort

Although the film is perhaps a little slow at the start, the consequent results are brilliant. Claire Goose's performance is captivating and will only be fully appreciated once you've finished watching the movie. The supporting cast, including Anthony Ofoegbu, Donna Air, and George Calil provide the basis for this convincing crime thriller drama. One is required to discover the identity of the killer who had murdered Rebecca's (Claire Goose) daughter throughout the film, if it were not for the well thought-out script and professional dramatic acting, the climax in the church this would not have worked. You shall be left speechless and wondering how this film with very little money spent achieved its goal.

Bad Day may be the single best UK low budget movie ever made, and quite fittingly it is by one of the most creative directors of the independent film world, Ian David Diaz. Don't know who he is? Just buy or rent out The Killing Zone a movie that was wrongfully denied of any attention from the British film industry but praised by Harry Knowles from Ain't it cool.This movie is really entertaining from beginning to end, the dialog is surprisingly hilarious for this type of film, and I think that's what has made it so unique. The film does not even reach a tenth the degree of violent represented by the average Tarantino film, and it relies, instead, on amazing performances, flawless direction, a great soundtrack and edgy, tense camera-work. I'm from the states and I order this movie on line because my DVD player can handle the European system DVDs. The film starts with a brutal murder by two black dudes, one being Dominic Debias and the other being Marlon Sage Kerr, who kick-start the film with unbridled meanness'. This scene is then followed by the heroine of the movie Rebecca Ryan played by the brilliant Claire Goose. From here on in you have entered a world of the cop movie (but it's set in England) with all the trappings, the no nonsense black boss (Robbie Gee), the good looking rookie cop played by the sexy Donna Air and the worn-out experience cop Darius Cruise played with excellence by Anthony Ofoegbu.The editing by Diaz is slick and even though it was all shot hand held the quick-cuts, close-up camera shots and the variety Bad Day has is not just held within inside its narrative, but within its technical side too. Then you have the brooding use of music composed by Dominic Glynn painting the film with a dark level of ill feeling. The set-pieces are also well crafted, the chase, the fight in the junk yard between Claire Goose and Donna Air, the shoot out in the restaurant and the climax in the church which was performed with such power by Claire Goose and Donna Air.For me Donna Air was the brake through performance of this movie her entire body: running, screaming, fighting, running some more: the being and thinking blond thing was part of her character, and my God she did an outstanding job! This is not to say that the rest of the cast didn't do as well because they did. Bad Day is, quite simply, a hard-boiled, cop movie masterpiece and definitely deserves a watch if you haven't seen it.