Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #87985 in DVD
• Released on: 2002-05-14
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 87 minutes

Customer Reviews

Thursday--What Fun!!!!
This has quickly become one of my all time favorite movies. Thomas Jane is marvelous as Casey, a former drug dealer who has moved from L.A to Houston, become an architect, gotten married, and bought a cute little house in the 'burbs. He likes being an upstanding citizen whose greatest danger in life is getting caught in his automatic lawn water sprinkler system. Things are so good, in fact, that Casey and his wife are trying to adopt a baby. All is bliss--until Thursday--when who should show up on his doorstep but his old drug-running buddy Nick (Aaron Eckhart) and leaves behind a mysterious locked metal suitcase. Strange people start showing up at Casey's house, including the nosy psychologist from the state adoption board who has come to conduct a psychological evaluation on Casey's fitness for prospective parenthood. Definitely some elements of "Pulp Fiction" here, but still fresh and funny. Even Mickey Rourke shows up--what else can you say? Just this: The humor is black, but the heart of this movie is pure gold.

Jane and Eckhart in a must see for thriller movie lovers
Thomas Jane and Aaron Eckhart star in this story of a drug runner gone good. Casey Wells has a home in the 'burbs, a sucessful wife and a past far behind him but when his ex L.A. pal Nick,(Eckhart)shows up for a reunion a normal Thursday goes bad. His ex partner wants to take Wells back into to the drug life and Wells starts to learn that the past always catches up with you. Great pick for thriller lovers. Lots of action and a creative story line. This is one of those movies that gets better each time you watch it. Eckhart fans(In The Company Of Men, Your Friends and Neighbors)will get a kick out of his smooth portrail of an in-too-deep drug dealer and Thomas Jane(Face/Off,Deep Blue Sea)is great as a formerdrug dealer with a past to run from,this guy has talent. Special appearance by Mickey Roarke is a cool twist and a great ending that's sure to make you realize that in life there are always options.

"This could be the day that your past catches up with you"
A violent underground gangster flick with a hint of black comedy thrown in for good measure, Thursday is all about what happens when your shady past catches up with you when you don't necessarily want it to. Yes - it's violent, and irreverent, but the movie is saved from sadistic mediocrity by its clever story, and the obvious magnetism of its two-hunky main stars Thomas Jane and Aaron Eckhart. Both are deliciously nasty as drug dealers and scam artists whom you don't particularly like, but at the same time can't help but love.

It has been three and a half years since Casey Wells (Thomas Jane) moved from Los Angeles to the suburbs of Houston and gave up his life vicious drug dealing. Now he's a respectable architect living a bourgeois life with his conservative and attractive wife Christine (Paula Marshall). Christine has no idea about Casey's troubled past, she's more concerned about her high flying career, and even thinks that Casey is too straight and boring. Little does she know!

One Thursday morning, while his wife is away at work, his old partner in crime, the unreformed Nick (Aaron Eckhart), turns up on his doorstep. There's obviously still unsaid camaraderie between the two guys, so Casey lets Nick stay for a few days and lends him his station wagon to run a few errands. Casey, now the quintessence of suburban respectability, admonishes Nick when he throws a bottle top into the sink, and Nick has a go at Casey for being so straight and boring. Things don't stay boring for long though when Casey opens Nick's briefcase only to find it stashed full of heroin. In a fit of panic, Casey flushes it all down the sink, but it's all to late because the forces of the criminal underworld are, once again, marshalling around him.

Throughout the day Casey gets visits from a variety of creepy villains who are after the heroin and also the two million dollars in cash that Nick purportedly has hidden somewhere. He gets stoned, tied up, raped, and assaulted by Nick's gangster associates that include a half crazed hillbilly, Billy Hill (James LeGros), a red latex mini-skirted, sex-crazed whore Dallas (Paulina Porizkova), and bizarre crooked cop (Mickey Rourke) who threatens to kill Casey unless he turns over the stolen money. Casey must race against time to outwit the criminals and tidy all the mess (and blood) up before his wife gets home from her conference.

Obviously the film isn't for the faint of heart, but it's worth watching for an early Thomas Jane performance that is quite magnetic, charismatic, and almost quirky. As Casey, Jane does a great job of trying to keep his cool together while almost being shot at, and tortured. One of the funniest scenes is when an inspector from the adoption agency comes to interview him, as both Casey and Christine are thinking of becoming parents. Casey must try and hide a gun while trying to fend of the crazed advances of Dallas, who is intent on telling the inspector about his real past. Thursday has a slick, cool, underground feel to it, and although the script and direction is at times a little wonky, I think that fans of Jane and Eckhart will enjoy Thursday immensely and ultimately find the film quite a rewarding experience. Mike Leonard April 05.