Zero Day (2003)

Shot entirely on hand-held video cameras, ZERO DAY is director Ben Coccio's debut feature, portraying the lives of two wayward teens as they plot a Columbine-like act of vengeance against their high school. Zero Day is the name the two boys give to the fateful date on which they will carry out their heinous act of revenge, a day towards which they race inexorably throughout the movie. The two protagonists, Andre Kriegman (Andre Keuck) and Cal Gabriel (Calvin Robertson) are obsessed with documenting their every movement, filming even the most minute detail in their well-executed plan. To avoid detection, the boys store their camcorder footage in a safety deposit box, ultimately requesting that their stored legacy is left in the hands of any major television network, thereby ensuring their posthumous fame. The fascinating and creepy video diaries include footage of the seemingly normal family lives of the boys (with both sets of parents being played by the actors' real parents), and also make it abundantly clear the influence of violent video games, movies, books, music, nor the boys families are not to blame for their willful acts of destruction.

Director Coccio offers a bold, intense statement for his directorial debut. Drawing no

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Ben Coccio gives us a disturbing look into the lives of two young people that seems so real and genuine that the viewer is left asking the question, "This is fake right?" ...an amazing piece of work and I think everyone should view it. You don't just watch it, you live it.