Day Zero (2007)

It's the not-so-distant future and three friends' futures are in doubt in Day Zero (2007), the tale of a terror-fearing America and its reinstatement of the draft. Chris Klein, Elijah Wood, and Jon Bernthal are the trio in question—Chris is a successful lawyer, Jon's a cabbie, and Elijah's a scribe, but all three are about to become soldiers. Chris doesn't want to leave, as wife Ginnifer Goodwin is in cancer treatment; unfortunately, he can't seem to find a loophole to jump through. Elijah doesn't feel the least bit ready to put on a uniform and fight, so he goes to smokin' noggin doctor Ally Sheedy to get himself into shipping-out shape. Jay is ready to enter the fray until he meets college cutie Elizabeth Moss, who leads him to question his beliefs about war. The first feature from Bryan Gunnar Cole, Day Zero premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.