Look out for ‘Day Zero’
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Elijah Wood is getting drafted … again. In last year’s multicharacter drama “Bobby,” he played a young man in 1968 called up to fight in Vietnam. And in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, Wood was the reluctant, hairy-footed center of the Fellowship formed to strike a blow against Sauron and save Middle Earth. And now in “Day Zero,” opening Jan. 18, Wood is called up to fight a new war. He’s one of three friends who get the dreaded – some might say long-delayed – letter in the near future where conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere have prompted a reinstatement of conscription. Chris Klein costars as a young lawyer whose career is flourishing stateside and can’t see any reason why he should have to ship out, and Jon Bernthal is a cabbie who believes it’s their duty to go to combat for their country. Look out for ‘Day Zero’
