joannayep
RIGHT, so I saw some of the reviews on IMDb and thought OK let's see for myself. My husband wanted to see the movie so I brought it on line. Do not be fooled by the reviews on this site. I don't know if these people are haters of UK films or just movie snobs, but it was a good movie. It has a good pace, bits of action and the story has a few twists, all in all it is a good low budget movie. The director did a very good job, Claire Goose was brilliant but Donna Air was so wrong for the part she was cast as, but she did a fair job. The movie is basically about an undercover cop, (Claire Goose), who goes on a killing spree when she finds her daughter dead. Two cops one being Donna Air is assigned to bring her back. I won't spoil the rest of the movie but I have to say I thought it was really good. See for yourself and don't go on the bad reviews said here.
Ross jane
Okay I hate British low budget films and almost didn't watch this but I'm glad that I did. What a cool movie! Bad Day is the best independent film of this year so far no matter what the other reviews on this page say. A brilliant study of the old US 70s and 60s cop movies.The film's interweaving stories are all set in one day and Diaz's style of storytelling has imitated the US cop movies of yesteryear very well, I liked that it was set in the UK and that the story was simple with twists and turns.Spoiler.Everyone in this flick delivers a superb performance, and even as despicable as some of them are, you can't help but be fascinated by them. Claire Goose is amazing and Anthony Ofoegbu and Donna Air (yes Donna Air) shine as the cop duo; Goose's Rebecca Ryan is a grieving mother whose code of ethics is thrown out of the window when her daughter is killed, while Ofoegbu's Darius Cruise is a man with morals who feels that his job is draining him of his life. Donna Air is Abby Barrett, whose ex-partner has got her pregnant.Tom Bacon delivers an explosive performance playing a gun runner who was responsible for selling a gun to Rebecca Ryan's next door neighbour and this very weapon is used to kill Ryan's daughter.Harry McCann (George Calil), falls in love with Ryan only to discovers that she's an under cover cop. Marla McCann (Riana Husselman) sister of Harry McCann is in love with her brother, so when she learns of Harry's love for Ryan she sets out to destroy it.Once Ryan finds her dead daughter she sets out to kill everyone to find out who killed her. Cruise & Barrett are sent by their boss (Robbie Gee) to find Ryan and bring her back. The movie moves towards it's climax ending in a shoot out in a church.With great funny dialogue, a foreboding soundtrack by Dominic Glynn, and loads of memorable moments, (Pizza scene with Girl's Aloud's Sarah Harding) this is a definite winner. A must see, 10 out of 10. See it!
jonsugar-810-133757
First thing to say is, this is a cool movie from beginning to end. The fight between Claire Goose & Donna Air was well done and the whole film is interesting and great to watch.The movie has a similar plot to other action cop thrillers, but you'll never know the outcome, it is the journey that's really great in this movie. It is the way Claire Goose's character does what she does, the way that she fights, kills and overcomes problems that pulls you into the movie and this is what makes this movie so great to watch.Claire Goose is great as the main character, she delivers an outstanding performance. I love to see an actor that can portray themselves in anyway, a good guy or a bad guy and in this film she fights to find her daughter's killer and she will not stop for anything.I loved this movie so much and had great fun watching it. If you love cop movies you must see this movie. All i can say is watch it, love it, go and buy it!
judeepolds
I had high hopes for this film when I saw Claire Goose on the cast list and she acted well. However, even she could not make up for the truly awful performance from Donna Air. Wooden doesn't even begin to describe it.The supporting cast, in places, lifts the film slightly but to be honest the acting isn't the main problem with this film. The plot has more holes in it than Sarah Harding's fishnet's.Little things annoyed me as well like the SOCO team having "S O C O" stencilled in huge letters on their backs as if the audience is too stupid to know what the men in white Tyvek suits do at crime scenes. Why did the lead have to drive a Pontiac? Why did Air's character have to slide across the bonnet of that car during the chase scene? Looking at the drama we are producing here in the UK at the moment it amazes me that tripe like this got past the drawing board. Surely Miss Goose can find some better vehicle for her obvious talent.Watch it if you want to know how not to make a Britfilm.