Product Details

• Actors: Taye Diggs, Hill Harper
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Xenon
• DVD Release Date: October 3, 2006
• Run Time: 89 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000GRUR28
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #73,109 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Two star basketball players, Donnell, a black kid from the inner city, and Jason, a white kid from the affluent suburbs, are sentenced to 30 days’ labor in each other’s communities following a brawl between their two teams. When they return to their home turf, both see their new attitudes put to the test: Donnell struggles to stay clear of trouble as his brother maintains an uneasy gang truce, while Jason becomes disillusioned with his family and friends when he realizes how spoiled and insensitive they can be. Tragedy ultimately creates a bond of friendship between the two former enemies, and their fierce rivalry is replaced by shared goals and teamwork.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars watch this film, March 14, 2007

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Shaun A. Scott (rochester , ny) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 30 Days (DVD)

This was a well done movie.It has it's emotional parts and its intense parts. the acting is good and does not look low budget.i reccomened this movie.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Poorly acted and bad plot line, March 2, 2007

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Kill Your Heroes "Let's Burn This Down Tonight" (Lockport, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 30 Days (DVD)

Actually I came across this movie in a different way. I was hoping to download 30 Days the tv show by Morgan Spurlock but instead I got a Basketball movie. I was quite upset because I wanted to watch 30 Days the TV show but decided to give the movie a chance. It showcased Da Brat and Taye Diggs so I thought, hey this cant be so bad, right?

I was wrong. Most of the movie I laughed through because the movie was so poorly acted. In scenes that are supposed to be serious I was laughing because the white kid in the movie, Jason (Charlie Neal), was so horrible in acting. He is doofy looking and doesn't seem to fit well with the movie. Taye Diggs has a small role in the movie and everything was on Hill Harper's performance. He did an excellent job with what was there and was the movie's star.

As for the movie itself. It's not like a movie more as an afterschool special. Everyone learns their lesson, everyone wins, and racism is beat. I'm sorry, nothing is that picture perfect. We all have reservations. The portray of the ghetto is way out of the ordinary. White cops stopping the white kid and no gang violence toward the white kid. Just seems out of place. It's more of a feel good movie and it shows because they gloss over the negative stuff very quickly.

I'd never heard of this movie before and at least got to experience it but it's overly bad. Poor acting, bad storyline, and emotionless characters make this movie pure garbage. If they would have had a bigger budget and better acters, maybe. But of course that's a big maybe because the story itself was seriously flawed.

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Great, Worth Watching, July 7, 2009

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Artist & Author (Near Mt. Baker, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 30 Days (DVD)

Nobody would say this is a great movie. However, it isn't as bad as some have made it out to be. One reviewer said it has the feel of an 'after school special' [See: http://www.amazon.com/After-School-Specials-Rossie-Harris/dp/B0009WPLSK/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1247020636&sr=1-5 ], and I agree. The theme of interracial friendship is especially interesting because the director, Jamal Joseph, is a former black panther (essentially, a black separatist who seems to have turned around while in prison for his black panther crimes).

My feeling was that this movie is like a lot of the so-called Christian movies - it seems to want to jam in too many 'lessons.' Hence, not enough development is given to any aspect of the movie to create a strong impact. A rifle shot is much more focused than a shotgun shot; this movie tends to take the shotgun approach (unlike the after school specials, which always had a single lesson to be learned). There is a bit of bad language, but not nearly as much as most movies dealing with the inner city. It may not be a movie to really seek out, but it is worth watching if one has the opportunity.