Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Stephen Bird The Cold Light of Day is indeed a very apt title, like the producers knew straight away the film was going to flop and be a miserable failure, not even the allure of big money signings: Bruce Willis, Sigourney Weaver and Henry Cavill could lift this films spirits. Hanging by a thread onto formulas that used to work, but have sadly ran their course, the kidnapping, then it's a race against time to save them against all odds story has dried up, and nothing about this film was original or powerful enough to salvage something.Copy cat springs to mind, the Taken trilogy starring Liam Neeson springs to mind..., keep the original ideas flowing and stop copying other people's success, doesn't mean you're going to find success just because someone else has.The acting was poor and came across as desperate and wooden, I expected far better from the likes of Willis and Weaver, it felt as though the stars were contractually obliged to complete the film and they really didn't want to be there. I enjoyed the idea of basing the story in Spain, one of the only positives I can take from the film..., Spain doesn't receive a whole lot of love from Hollywood, it seems to be cast aside in favour of more prosperous countries and locations, but Spain has a fantastic culture and awesome heritage that Hollywood could tap into more often, so kudos for giving Spain a chance here. Seriously though I lost interest in the film about half way through and watched the second half holding onto a thin piece of thread, forcing myself through to the end..., and I was glad when it was over.Would've given The Cold Light of Day a 2 rating, only because I enjoyed the setting of Spain, I gave them an extra point, so 3 overall.

Guy THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY starts out well and then gets worse. A Wall Street banker with business problems - not exactly sympathetic - goes on holiday in Spain with his family. Before you know it, they've been kidnapped and his dad - Bruce Willis in cash-the-check mode - is telling him that he used to be a CIA spy. This also marks the moment where all early promise is lost: the lovely seaside Mediterranean locations are left behind for the duller parts of Madrid, the built- up family drama is lost as all the characters bar one end up imprisoned for the rest of the film, and it all becomes a tired retreat of the Bourne style man-on- the-run film with everyone pursuing a mysterious McGuffin briefcase. The plot is of course implausible - although it is hilarious to see Roschdy Zem as a Mossad officer - and Henry Cavill makes for a buff but dull lead. Even the introduction of a pretty Spanish girl is wasted with a pointless plot revelation, leaving her as mere baggage. Everyone runs around shooting, brawling, chasing and doing sub- parkour but none of it means anything in the end.

Leofwine_draca THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY is a Bourne-type thriller that attempts to set Henry Cavill up as a modern-day action star prior to his debut as Superman in MAN OF STEEL. Unfortunately it turns out to be a right load of preposterous rubbish, a uniformly rubbish film replete with bad technical values and a sub-par script.What went wrong? The story's obviously horrible, a mixture of predictability and contrivance, with Israelis and corrupt government agents fighting for possession of an important suitcase filled with...oh, I don't know. It doesn't matter, because you don't care about any of the characters, particularly the arrogant and pig-headed lead played by Cavill. The British actor seems to have lost all of the charisma and confidence he displayed in THE TUDORS, delivering a performance both wooden and stilted.Elsewhere, we get a tired-looking Bruce Willis doing his action man routine yet again, and a miscast Sigourney Weaver looking seriously out of place. The actors giving the best performances are those in supporting roles: BIRDSONG's Joseph Mawle as an assassin and POINT BLANK's Roschdy Zem as an Israeli agent. The most irritating thing about THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY is that the action is so badly handled; the car chases go on forever and look ridiculous, and most of the action is filmed in some rubbishy day-for-night style which makes it look very poor. This is definitely one to miss, no better than the level of a sub-par B-movie.

badajoz-1 Now I know why the movie business is almost in terminal decline. Successful movies are comic book franchises desperately trying to get away with deep darkness mixed with CGI, while the unsuccessful like this merely copy anything that's passing by and feature endless product placement.T without a Spanishhe style is all Bourne. You know jump cutting for endless chases (both car and on foot), and then stop for breath while someone explains a laughable creaky plot with a sombre serious face. Oh, and, of course, the real villain is a rogue in the CIA. Bruce Willis takes a paycheck for 30 minutes' of non-effort to set the ball rolling, while his son, henry Cavill then tries to chase down who kidnapped the rest of his family. Apparently daddy did a naughty thing and took a briefcase from some very violent and angry people! OOoooh! The acting tries, but cannot fight a long struggle against a terrible script and St Vitus Dance directing.The plot holes mount up. The reveals you don't care about. Both Sigourney Weaver and Henry Cavill get up and walk away from upturned cars with the merest trickle of blood! Weaver shoots down several Spanish pedestrians in the street and has a ten minute mayhem of a car chase without a Spanish policeman or car in sight! Oh, and Colm Meaney flies in from his Majorca home for forty second cameo at the end.Sad, sad, but I think there is some Israeli involvement here because the propaganda about how wonderful Mossad is at fighting terrorism is stuck right in your face. It started out like an exotic British thriller from the late 50s/early 60s with someone like Laurence Harvey or Richard Todd and morphed into a car crash of a ... well, it just wasn't a movie really.