The 24th Day
The 24th Day is a 2004 American drama film written and directed by Tony Piccirillo, based on his play of the same name. The film stars James Marsden and Scott Speedman.
Plot
Tom (Scott Speedman) and Dan (James Marsden) meet in a bar and proceed to Tom's apartment together. While there, Dan realizes that he had been in that same apartment before. Five years earlier, Dan and Tom had a one-night stand there. Tom says that encounter with Dan was his first and only homosexual experience. Some years later, Tom's wife is found to be HIV positive. Despondent after receiving this diagnosis from her doctor, she drives through a red traffic light and is killed in an ensuing collision.
After these events, medical tests reveal that Tom is also HIV positive. Tom blames himself for passing HIV on to his wife, and, in turn, he blames Dan for passing the virus on to him. Because Dan ultimately is to blame for his wife's death, Tom devises a plan to exact revenge. He holds Dan hostage, keeping him bound and gagged to a chair in his apartment. He draws blood from Dan to conduct a test to determine Dan's HIV status. If Dan's test results are positive for HIV, Tom vows to kill Dan. If the results are negative, Tom agrees to release Dan unharmed.
In the end, Tom returns to the apartment and lets Dan go. As Dan leaves, Tom asks him when he was last tested. A few moments later, he reveals that Dan's test was, in fact, positive. He decided to let Dan go because he realized that his positive status was the result of his choices, which he couldn't blame on anyone else. The screen fades with Dan standing in Tom's doorway in shock.
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External links
- Review The 24th Day at the Internet Movie Database
- The 24th Day at All Movie Guide
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