Bad Day (2008)

This film was not, I repeat was not utter rubbish, a ghastly waste of time, or was it Illogical and inconsistent, I don't know what those people were watching but let me tell you it wasn't Bad Day.I rented Bad Day out from Love film. I didn't like The Killing Zone Diaz's last film but I liked what I'd read about "Bad Day". I still wasn't ready to be quite as blown away by it as I was; Bad Day is a gritty, moody, intense and very bloody.This film is a thriller but has some great funny one liners in it, it was also a high paced action film and showcase the directing talents of Diaz and the acting talents of Claire Goose and Anthony Ofoegbu. Claire Goose can really kick ass. (Well she kicked Donna air's ass). The first half builds up so you get to know what all the characters are about but once you do the film puts the pedal to the metal and the second half is relentless.Please note there's a great fight between the sexy Claire Goose and the sexy Donna Air and that alone was worth the rental fee.This is a good-cop, bad-cop film played out into a complex mystery, the movie is directed with style and the use of the hand-held camera and snappy editing create an appropriately gritty effect.Really great UK low budget film and just when you think that you finally have the story figured out, Diaz puts in one final twist that catches you like a bolt from the blue.This film as whole makes for excellent viewing during a late evening, 10/10 is my vote, and I'd recommend it to anyone who's into police thrillers.P.S. I don't know the film makers nor did I work on the film – so there!

Saw this movie in the UK at the BAFTA screening rooms. Cool action flick some what unoriginal but some good laughter in the right places and applause when suitable. It has a good broad based appeal. Didn't get bored which these days is a good sign. Anthony Ofoegbu (one on the stars) does weary cop very well and is funny, Claire Goose is outstanding and engaging and rookie side kick Donna Air is completely believable as the cop dealing with an unwanted pregnancy. A lot of fun but be warned violent from time to time. Wasn't going to review this film but after reading other unfair reviews on this page I thought I'd tell it as it is. The bad reviews came across like an attack for some reason and no I'm not part of the crew or know any of the film makers on this picture. Anyway watch it and make your own mind up. I liked it.

I wasn't entirely sure this movie was going to be any good, well it is a UK low budget film and they are usually crap, and after reading the two reviews on this IMDb page I almost didn't buy it.To be honest there was nothing else on the HMV shelf I wanted to see and I was bored so I brought it. Bad Day turned out to be a wonderful thrill ride with lots of action/suspense and black comedy. Claire Goose plays Rebecca Ryan, an undercover police woman who falls in love with an ex gangster. After a shoot out in a Nigerian restaurant, Rebecca's identity is discovered and her daughter is killed. Rebecca loses it and goes off on a Death Wish killing spree to find out who was responsible; this is where the thrill ride begins. Now folks I have to tell you Claire Goose was amazing in this role as was new comers Anthony Ofoegbu, Tom Bacon and Riana Husselmann. It also stars, believe it or not, Donna Air! She was, and I can't believe I'm saying this, outstanding! The Air head has been off the radar for so long then she turns up on TV's Marco Pierre White's Kitchen Burnout and now Bad Day.Yes she would be the last person you'd cast as a cop but it works if you forget it's Donna Air, and you will forget it's Donna Air. Hats off to the director who made her act in a believable way.I recommend this movie highly, my boyfriend loved it especially the fight between Claire Goose and Donna Air. I have to say this is hands down the best UK dirty cop film I've seen in a long time.

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.