The Cold Light of Day

2012 "Instinct is his greatest weapon."
4.9| 1h33m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 06 September 2012 Released
Producted By: Summit Entertainment
Country: United States of America
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After his family is kidnapped during their sailing trip in Spain, a young Wall Street trader is confronted by the people responsible: intelligence agents looking to recover a mysterious briefcase.

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SunnyHello Nice effects though.
Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.
TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
Kirpianuscus First, the fans of actors. each - far to have the decent script. the second , the fans of easy action movies. chaotic, unrealistic, using the presence of actors only as excuse. not the last , the fans of violence. in large frames, without any logic. and, maybe, the public looking for memories about real films and roles for each actor. because, except the title, so strange for a too modest film, nothing could be OK with this film.
pabobfin The movie is awful. Four word review. Now to expand. It follows a CIA shoot-em up Thriller-wannabe format. There is the McGuffin, which if you find out what it is they have to kill you, and the hostage of the family, the surprise sister with a different mother, and endless chase scenes make me wonder how the Spanish authorities were bribed to let this happen in their beautiful country. Endless product placements starting with Coke, BMW, Range Rover, and the clothing line, forgotten already. Lots of nice cars died for naught.Bruce Willis is killed off with no reprieve. The cliché would be to have had him live...but no they went straight to the death. He certainly didn't Die Hard, Harder, or Die Again in this one. He just DIED.There is a poor explanation of just WTF happened, and after finished watching I still couldn't figure out who the players were. Mossad, CIA, Bad CIA, Rogue Agent, Hero Agent, and lots of Uzi's and Semi- automatic guns with endless bullet magazines. Lots of shooting, did I mention LOTS of SHOOTING? Also lots of gratuitous deaths, Sigourney is looking OK for 65, but she's no Dame Judy Dench in this acting fiasco. She's jumped the shark on thrillers I fear. She seemed like the ALIEN in this film.The Spanish police are made to look like total idiots, and cars driving recklessly through Madrid never once attracted the attention of the POLICIA, not once. Zero is not allowed, so it earned a 1/10I'm sorry I wasted the time.
alfonico I noted 10 because: - I found the film entertaining and I never got boredThe film was unpretentious and often funny The acting was descent The scenery was nice There was just enough action I was extremely surprised by the awful reputation of this filmIf you don't want to see a film many times until eventually understanding the story, and are just looking for a simply enjoyable evening that will not imply complexities, this film is not a bad choice.
julisim2 I'm thinking Bruce & Sigourney wanted an all-expenses-paid trip to Spain. Only way to explain their signing up for this crap show. Clichés, plot holes, bad acting, it's all in there. Weaver in particular hams it up. I give it 2 stars solely out of respect for the crew that worked hard on it and because there actually were a couple of interesting perspective shots, like one through the bullet hole in a car window. (No spoiler there, bullets fly throughout.) Also because (here's the semi-SPOILER) the one cliché it doesn't include is the romance between the hunky guy and the Latina helping him. Can I ask for my money back, even if I watched it at home?