Dragon Day

The good people of the P.R. of C. suddenly decide they've just about had it with the U.S. of A.'s outstanding debt and subsequently pull the proverbial rug from under their feet by activating some secret backdoor that renders all Chinese microprocessor powered machinery useless. America grinds to a halt, the Chinese starve them into submission, chaos ensues. Blah. Blah.

As if the underlying premise wasn't idiotic enough, the acting, the directing and the editing made short work of everything else. Rarely have I ever seen a movie as lame and as pitiful as "Dragon Day".

In a twisted sort of way, I'm actually glad I soldiered on until the end as sure enough the ending was the icing on the cake, with the protagonist once again resorting to an act of unspeakable stupidity involving a (Chinese made, I'll bet) power tool. You HAVE GOT to see it to believe it.

The fact that garbage such as this actually gets funded is in and of itself far more of a threat to America's integrity than anything an enemy could conjure up from the outside.

I have never given such a low rating before, but this movie had no redeeming factors and it therefore deserved such a dubious distinction.

The acting was complete cardboard with most of the time my wishing the main characters would get killed off since they were so annoying. To add to the distaste, the characters simply weren't believable either.

Add to that an extremely poor plot with more holes than my grandfather's underwear, with a great big dollop of the incredulity bred of a hundred plot points where you yourself could think your way out of it or it simply wasn't feasible, and you honestly have a sincere waste of time.

I don't understand the reasoning behind some of the reviews for this film. It's fiction,so relating it to real life events is to no purpose.

For me,it was reminiscent of 'Threads',in that it posited the idea of a devastating event which changed everyday life in a bad way,though with contemporary ideas:technology rather than nuclear devastation.

The acting was good for the most part and it did not rely on spectacular special effects.

Instead,it acheived an extremely chilling effect as the story unfolded gradually.

I,for one,was left feeling that the scenario was not entirely unbelievable.

It engrossed me sufficiently to recommend it to anyone who thinks seriously about the state of our world and it's implications.

Low budget films can flop if they start too slow, but this one has some pace. The story was very intelligent, not overly complicated. The plot was simple, believable and no obvious holes. The directing was very good, give Mr. Travis a real budget :). The acting was average to decent, except the wife (Wallander), who's expressions at times left me confused to irritated. Maybe that's what she was going for.

The best part of the movie is the concept and plot. I'm a fan of IT as well as lo-tech, and who doesn't think about what you would do if things went sour. This has it all, and watching it you might learn a few things. It really makes you think.

Not wasted time at all, I was pleasantly surprised and would watch it again if friends ask.

Rarely do I not see a film through to the end, and I watch a lot. This was awful.

The acting was very bad which is sad as the story line had promise. It was different and potentially possible. It wasn't just one bad actor but pretty much all of them. The only partially decent actors were the daughter and sister but they had small parts.

Can't give it more than 1. I skipped through to the end to see how it ended as I hate not knowing! If you are buying it to watch....save your money. If you have nothing better to do and it's free then maybe with a couple of beers you won't notice!