- Studio: Anchor Bay Entertainment
- Release Date: Aug 29, 2012
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60The Day is not a classic, not by a long shot. But it's not a disaster, either. With movies like this, that counts as a small victory.
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Aug 29, 201260Just good enough to engage audiences, but it falls well short of remarkable, leaving viewers wishing for a dawn that never breaks.
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40Towards the end, you might find yourself thinking, "Well, this could have been worse." And you'll mean it as a compliment.
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Aug 30, 201238The film feels unbelievably long at 84 minutes, and the color-drained, hand-held cinematography serves only as a reminder of just how good "Night of the Living Dead" really was.
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63Despite being a nasty and skillful action film, The Day goes off the rails in the final stretch.
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Aug 29, 201240The Day cycles through bursts of horrific violence only to end much as it begins: static, hollow and vague.
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0Comes to you courtesy of WWE Films, though it's a considerable departure from their recent family-friendly approach. But it does make sense that the audience for post-apocalyptic films will start out with the Speak & Spell version of this premise, a knuckle-dragging time waster you could predict with your eyes closed. But hey. It's a movie.
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40Almost half a century after "Night of the Living Dead," filmmakers are still misunderstanding how George Romero made his besieged shut-ins compelling.
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Aug 29, 201250Ashley Bell stands out as a Heroic Fighter With a Dark Secret. Harbor only the expectations aroused by a production of WWE Studios and don't get too attached to any hobbits.