Neil Well I stayed til the end, you know, just to see.Was not expecting much as I found online over on the YT channel, & was not found to be wanting. While some ideas were well filmed eg: smokey wreckage, sadly to much was left to to few. Acting like it was a school project filmed for credits. Invasion Day/ DD really is a piece of work.

Eradan I really wanted to like this movie because I'm sympathetic to some of it's basic ideas such as prepping, fiscal conservatism, and national sovereignty. Unfortunately, "Dragon Day" is a poorly constructed mish-mash of themes that just don't fit together. I regret the $4 I spent to rent it from Amazon and I have no interest in seeing any further efforts from writer/director, Jeffrey Travis.DD starts with America being completely crippled by a Chinese cyber-attack that destroys every electronic device that employs Made In China microchips. As a result of the Road Warrior-type chaos that follows, the main characters spend much of the movie slowly dying from lack of food and water as well as being menaced by various thugs. At the same time, the script has China take over the country in a coup and enforce their control using some kind of ultra high-tech wristbands, which can't be removed and instantly kill the wearer if they break even the most trivial rule. Supposedly, the Chinese do all of this to get back the trillions of dollars we (stupidly) borrowed from them and they (stupidly) loaned to us. How destroying the economy and infrastructure of the US would enable Beijing to get it's money back is not explained. There is no evidence in the script that Travis ever considered the absurdity of this premise.Although either of these themes could be interesting if done well, they simply do not belong in the same movie. There's a reason Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic fiction are two different genres. Not that it's impossible to blend them (see "12 Monkeys") but doing so takes far better writing and directing than this sad effort has to offer.There is yet another weird incongruity in this movie: Despite being openly hostile to Beijing because of it's potential threat to US sovereignty, DD is very sympathetic to Mexico. All of the Mexican characters are portrayed as virtually Christ-like. The main one is essentially a mestizo version of the "Magic Negro" trope found in so many Hollywood movies. This nonsense is a bizarre contradiction to the movie's theme of American nationalism. I have never met a Patriot who was happy about Mexico's ongoing, slow-motion occupation of the West Coast and the Southwest. Of course, there are any number of white liberals who love the idea (because Mexican culture is sooo supportive of feminism, gay rights, and transexuality, lol?) but these are the same self-hating, logic-impaired basket cases who always side against Trad-Cons, no matter what the issue. Does Travis actually think these people have the slightest sympathy for prepping, fiscal conservatism, or national sovereignty? If so, he should read all the reviews and posts here accusing him of "racism" because he doesn't support preemptive surrender to China.

g-w-l It could have been a great story, with this actors in place and a lovely set - low budget or not - this could have been a great movie. The nationalistic undertone: 'only American goods is good' and all the stereotypes shows clearly, the director Jeffrey Travis has no clue about modern psychology - how people act in real situations and he forced the actors to be in high gear on the beginning of nearly every cut. Like when a car is running in first gear and full speed all the way. The body language will automatically be unnatural and artificial. Actors in Blockbuster movies have the same arms and legs and body - they just use them on a more elegant way - by switching to second, third, fourth and fifth gear in acting. Results in more calm actors and balanced, higher speed.And technical it is fare out. As Engineer I have designed enough chips to know they only can do simple things. Switch on some pixels on a screen, or off. All are designed by different people, with different ideas, and doing different stuff. They will never, ever work together! One code does not work on another chip from another company. Apple code does not work on Android Phones etc. And last but not least: Japanese People are working together in large corporate structures. Chinese people do never act as one. They have always in history worked in clans and families. Mao did try to change this to a collective structure, without very much luck. Now in 2013 they are back in the old family structures again: "My family is producing chips for Apple and hates your family, because they producing for Microsoft....Google... whatever" This is the reality, when we are living and working in China today.The suspicious mind of our ancestors the monkeys can still show up in all parts of our earth. Like in this movie... Do not make the world a saver place, do not wake up people, only spread unnecessary fear and takes hope from many people. Producing enemies is easy, producing friends anywhere is a lot harder.

pete-appleton088 OK first off.I Start with the low budget that was used for the film.And i compare it to high budget films.To be honest with everyone When a film keeps me watching it from start to finish for me its a winner.And i think all the cast and crew did a brilliant job.The director directed it well.OF Course there are people that think its far fetched.But I've seen blockbusters more far fetched than this.Also its the first time out for the director.And working on this type of budget he did a great job.Also the lead role in this Ethan Flower made it more believable to me.You leave the film thinking just what if something like this could happen.When i watched this film i was surprised how good it was.And for me at the moment there's to much computer graphics in high budget films and stories bland.So give it a try you may be pleasantly surprised.Just how good it is.