"Days" might sound like a downer, but it lives up to its title.

Sociopolitically significant both on and off screen.

It's an absolutely serious look at youth with assorted semi-sensationalistic societal trappings; an oddly effective combination of red meat and popcorn.

Tsang pulls no punches in his handling of the film's bullying scenes – the violence, both physical and emotional, ring painfully true -- yet his serious approach to the film's romance keeps the story's anti-bullying message from overwhelming "Better Days"