Michael Ledo Duke (Ethan Flower) gets laid off from his NSA job. He moves into his grandfather's mountain home, only to find out it is rented out to a Mexican (Eloy Méndez). About the same time the US defaults on our loan to China and the next thing you know, planes are dropping out of the sky. This is Y2K bug on steroids. Duke, with the help of an old time neighbor, (William Knight) work to survive against no TV, no phones, no new cars operational, and every man suddenly becomes a rapist.As dad tries to save the world, mom (Åsa Wallander) whines he doesn't spend enough time with his daughter (Hope Laubach). They run out of food about the same time his sister (Jenn Gotzon) announces... "the toilets are out of water!!!!"The US falls into a police state with "citizens" wearing controlling wrist bands just like the preppers predicted. Americans freely side with the Chinese Communists....for a nifty red wrist band. Not as good as a Nokia concept phone, but hey, it makes the arm.This is a low budget "Red Dawn" light, that has so many plot holes, the movie is ridiculous. At the end, during the most serious scene of the film, as Duke makes a hard decision, I was laughing at the MST quality.Parental Guide: F-bomb. Off screen rape. No nudity.

URIAH HEEP I liked the concept, it's relevant and has legs but I still have to say the writing, acting and timing was horrible. The delivery and character development was forced as was the writing. Audio post was like watching a bad soap. I'm not sure why rookie sound editors feel they need to fill silence with music. TIP: sometimes silence is golden and creates it's own tension. There are lots of unnecessary shots and a few unnecessary "artistic" shots (probably the directors cut - hah) If this had a few more bucks tossed at it for improvements on all the above this movie would have some great "Clancy'esque" potential, - however, it's an obvious low budget flick and I get that but I still couldn't finish it.

richard lyons This has to be one of the worst movies i have ever seen. The premise is interesting and could have been a good film in the right hands, with the USA suffering a cyber attack and a take over from China (This isn't going to play well in the Peoples Republic). The acting in this film is appalling, with only the little girl being believable at all, she may be someone to watch in future. I will leave it to other reviewers to point out the ludicrous facts about why China would even consider attacking the USA for an outstanding dept of money. The most annoying thing about the film is the direction and the cinematography, the camera jerks from one thing to another apparently at random,for example, one of the characters comes out onto the porch of the cabin, then he is at the foot of the stairs, then he is halfway towards us, then in front of the camera, and finally back on the porch.....and the point is? also the whole film seems to be shot with annoying yellow and sepia filters that hurt your eyes. The actors do not seem to remember where they are supposed to be standing, almost stopping to think about it. A good third of the film seems to be taken up with everyone constantly hugging each other. What happened to the American army? Why, in spite of it apparently being scorching hot outside is there an enormous blazing log fire? Why does the main character only smash up one of the phones? Why did everyone suddenly get so dirty? Why is the Mexican hiding in the cupboard, and why can he suddenly speak English? Why are they dying of thirst and hunger when they are in the mountains! At several points in the film I laughed out loud, though I am sure that this was not the intended reaction. Watch only if you have nothing better to do.

jrinvest This movie is an excellent "What if?" type story that many reviewers apparently don't understand. In Dragon Day, the Chinese sabotage our electronic grid with Chinese-made silicon chips (which we bought by the hundreds of millions) that contain code the Chinese control. So is the movie jingoistic propaganda designed to stir up fear of the yellow horde? NO, NO, NO! In the entire movie, only ONE Chinese military person is even SHOWN, and then for maybe a minute! This movie is about the tremendously vulnerable position America has put itself in by miring itself in debt, while at the same time creating an ever more government-dependent citizenry, and an entire nationwide infrastructure with a serious Achilles heel.I gave this movie a 10 based on what the makers did with what HAD to be a very small budget, and on the fact that they got ALL of the four major issues right: 1. When the grid goes down, many people panic and more than a handful let their baser instincts take over, as we have well seen in real life with Katrina and more recently the EBT card screwups. People "pulling together" happens on a MUCH smaller scale (2-5 friends) than the wolfpacks that inevitably form to prey on them.2. Almost everyone is woefully unprepared for ANY disruption, let alone a major one.3. A depressing number of people, especially women, will eagerly trade their freedom for the "promise" of security, and sell others out to do it.4. The police, and others in positions of authority, may choose their own self-interests over the oath they took before they assumed these positions.There are no Rambo-type heroics in Dragon Day, where the hero utterly vanquishes his tormentors. That is the movie's other greatest strength. The concept of "victory" is quickly reduced to focusing on keeping your family alive and out of reach of those that would enslave you, regardless of how little else you may have left, or the sacrifices you have to make to retain those two things.The ending drives this home. I thought I saw where the director was headed, but I was afraid he was going to pull some unrealistic "feel-good" crap at the last minute.He didn't. This is a great movie.