Day of the Sirens

A City, it could be any large City is being attacked by a terrorist group, they strike erratically, killing seemingly for no reason or purpose, they have make no demands, their victims are of different nationalities, ages, religions, ages. 'Day of the Sirens' is a post 9/11 movie, a nightmare waiting to happen, a dramatisation of a City under attack, confused helpless. Stark and chilling drama that will make you loose sleep.

I've seen many comments on this movie(recently seen on IMDb)that range from "best movie ever" to brutal slating, that it's boring, pointless, etc. Well, I find that the film is between both of these extremes. It does a good job of conveying the turmoil of a city under threat of a terrorist attack, that is very realistic, spot on (like Mike Leigh does action, a bit weird but very interesting), I really liked the action sequences which for a low budget movie were quite remarkable in their scale and content. The character tie-ins work very well, and do a good job of keeping things moving. Problem is, that I ended up not caring much about all of them, with the exception of the Saeed Jaffrey, the Spanish girl was a shock but I never felt like I knew or cared about her, Mayall was interesting but his character was only beginning to open up when his performance was suddenly over. Theakston does a good job on the cinematography in his DOP debut but in the final analysis, this could've been better if Brady would've reigned in his overindulgent script, had better dialogue, focused on less characters and fleshed out the remaining ones better, eschewed the Lisa Shaw character (at least the Police Commander that seems stuck to spot) and had an ending that made sense. Themes such as dispossession and terrorism have been handled better by more accomplished directors. So, I give it 6/10 - not terrible, but not a great film that I could recommend, given a sensible budget though I guess it could of been much better, but trying to create a film of this scale on a micro budget was always doomed to failure.

First you have this "a-sin" with this movie and another one called Kiss Kiss Bang Bang in their review list, then you have this "captain_curthers" with this one and another called Little England.. and surprise surprise..They're all movies from the same company: Boudicca! Then you have a bunch of people with a single review in their list submitting the same review twice here. This is so stupid. If you want to promote your little movies, there's tons of other ways to do it than faking reviews in IMDB. By the way..The Movie is OK. Average. Nothing more. No big deal and definitely not an 8.7 movie, but that's just me being stupid...

Stop Over Selling This Movie - PLEEEEEEASE. Rik's best performance yet!!!! Yes its good but not worth writting home for. His bully boy tactics in Bottom entailed more feeling and talent. Plus The Script Was Better!

The film is OK but, the one liners said in a very cheesy way make you wanna fast forward. The Guns Could Have Been Made To Look A Little Less Plasticy And The Whole Film Should Have Been Based Around And Even Called - "The Day Of Mr Albert Page" - because his storyline was the only heart felt one of the lot.

Worth a watch but be prepared for medioca acting, bad props and a few laughable moments when its not ment to be. Per Example The Doggy Doo Gun!!!! Again PLEEEEEEASE.

But all said - Well Done For The Ending!!!

Ambitious is the best word I could use to describe this film. After reading a press piece by the director Brady I was curious to see on his tiny budget if in fact he had pulled his concept off. Now yes this film is nothing like films coming out of Hollywood, with the exception of perhaps Falling Down, but it's British and designed to play to a different target audience. It is in fact a real curiosity, the director like Goddard in Alphaville, cleverly uses locations and real documentary footage and wonderful sound design (note the corridor sequence a the radio station) to create a genuine feeling of a city under attack, it is never grandiose and ridiculous, in fact it's so darn right colloquial and pedestrian it at times seems so every day normal that it is subversive in that you don't feel like your really watching a dramatisation, more like a weird documentary which therefore begins to get slowly under your skin. Whilst some of the minor characters are weak and two-dimensional all the leads are convincing to excellent in range. A telemovie in reality but an exceptionally good one and on the budget very impressive. Recommended viewing when it comes around on cable.