Is ultimately a story about the human condition and the importance of caring about those around you as much, if not more, than you do yourself.

Few feature-film debuts have proven to be as impressive and promising of a great talent as has 'Nine Days' by filmmaker Edson Oda.

Although the new version vastly improves upon the initial incarnation, there is still an underlying penchant to make everything as dark and violent as it could possibly be.