The 24th Day (2004)
10/10
Simply without flaws
15 August 2005
24th Day looks like the typical low budget movie with only 2 actors (the others appear for less than 20 seconds each) in a constant dialog. But Tony Piccirillo has created something that no other movie has gotten near to. This is the most educative movie I have ever seen. After you see it, at least for the next couple of days, your point of view will be changed.

Dan (Marsden is as excellent as he was in Bella Mafia) is a handsome and cocky guy. He meets Tom (Speedman is cut for the role of the suffering one) and they both go to Tom's house probably to have sex. Only Tom had other plans for them. Being HIV positive, Tom wants to find out if Dan was the one who infected him... and if yes, make him pay. He has a way to prove it.

The movie has many strong points: it is very (Dan's favorite word) believable; it has a high influence on its viewers; the directing, the dialogs and the overall mood are world class; ultimately it touches a subject of the highest importance: HIV from the inside.

Be prepared for a high emotional impact. This is neither X-Men nor The Godfather, the subject is neither fictional nor away from us. And the fact that it deals only with 2 men in an isolated room brings it as close to the human nature and soul as possible.
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