- Extreme Days
Infobox Film
name = Extreme Days
imdb_id = 0245891
writer = Eric Hannah,Craig Detweiler
starring =Dante Basco ,Ryan Browning ,A.J. Buckley ,Derek Hamilton ,Cassidy Rae
director =Eric Hannah
producer =Providence Entertainment
distributor =
released =September 28 ,2001
runtime = 93 minutes
country = USA
language = English
music = Various (see below)
awards =
budget =
gross = $1,047,553 [Cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=extremedays.htm |title="Extreme Days" |accessdate=2008-07-18 |publisher=Box Office Mojo]"Extreme Days" (
2001 Truth Builder Productions) is aChristian -based comedy romance film about four boys on a roadtrip that they have been planning their whole lives. Their dreams are to participate in manyextreme sports , but they are stopped short due to many circumstances.Plot
Four childhood friends, Brian, Corey, Matt, and Will, embark on a road trip after spending an entire summer earning as much money as possible. They first travel to
Mexico and surf, but Corey has been told his Grandfather, "Grandpa G", has passed on and has left his whole estate to Corey.While traveling to the state of Washington, the group meets up with Matt's beautiful cousin Jessie. Brian is immediately infatuated with her, but she avoids him and does nothing that he wants her to do. Corey, realizing this, makes a bet with Bryan, that Jessie will not do one thing for him.
In
Portland, Oregon , Bryan and Jessie fight, and Jessie leaves. The four boys get to Grandpa G's house and find out that the only inheritance left is a car in very poor condition. Grampa G had lost almost everything in a marketing campaign selling snake meat. The boys get $1,500 by selling the car online and they decide to find Jessie. They go to the college where she works,University of Washington , and invite her to go with them toAlaska to snowboard. She declines them as she is in the middle of teaching a class. At the airport, Brian waits, rose in hand, but Jessie does not show up. Before the flight takes off Brian gets a cell phone call from Jessie who is sitting in the back row of the plane.Main cast
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Dante Basco - Corey Ng
*Ryan Browning - Brian Davidson
*A.J. Buckley - Will Davidson
*Derek Hamilton - Matt McKeague
*Cassidy Rae - Jessie JacobsReception
"Extreme Days" was mostly panned by critics [Citeweb |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/extreme_days/ |title="Extreme Days" |accessdate=2008-07-18 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes] garnering a score of 17 at
Metacritic ("extreme dislike or disgust") and ranking #76 on the all-time low scores. [Cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/film/lowscores.shtml |title=All Time Low Scores |accessdate=2008-07-18 |publisher=Meta Critic] It fared better with Christian critics.oundtrack
The movie featured a soundtrack filled with many alternative Christian songs.
*"Extreme Days" - tobyMac
*"We're Takin' Over" - Jamie Rowe
*"Loss For Words" - Tait
*"Downhill Games" -Klaus Badelt
*"One Time" -Earthsuit
*"Good Life" -Audio Adrenaline
*"Song X" - East West
*"King Planet" -Fold Zandura
*"A.M."-PAX217
*"I Want To Know You" -Sonic Flood
*"Selah" -P.O.D.
*"Superfan" - Fanmail
*"God Is Love" -John Reuben (feat.tobyMac)
*"Alex" - .rod laver
*"Heartbeat" - Bleach
*"Entertaining Angels" -Newsboys
*"Jessie and Brian" -Klaus Badelt References
External links
*imdb title|0245891|Extreme Days
* [http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/extremedays Metacritic]
* [http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/extreme_days.htm Hollywoodjesus]
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