The Cold Light of Day

PG-13

Released Sep 7, 2012

1 hr. 33 min.

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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4%

49 Reviews

Tomatometer

29%

10,000+ Ratings

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Young business consultant Will Shaw (Henry Cavill) flies to Spain for a vacation aboard his family's sailboat. When Will returns from some on-shore shopping, his family is gone and will be killed if he does not deliver a missing briefcase within 24 hours. As it turns out, his father (Bruce Willis) is not a cultural attache but a spy, and Will is in over his head. He must find a way to turn the tables on his enemies, or he and his family will all die.

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Steve D

Big stars in small roles and not much else.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/18/23

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The best part was when it finally ended. Yet ANOTHER great example of why Hollywood writers should go off strike and be thankful to have jobs at all when they’re about as terrible at writing as humanly possible. Garbage. Cavill’s character is the epitome of sh!t for brains! Even when Mossad is basically protecting his family & tells him he’s good and they’ll take over, he just has to F it all up the a$$! If the little twat would’ve just let them retrieve the goddamned briefcase he would have his family and be safe already. What a brainless wonder!

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/21/23

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Neeraj P

This one of a kind vampire movie. Filim does have some goosebumps moments and great fight scenes. The story is so convincing and the cinematography is also great. I really hope they bring a second part for this movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/18/23

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Sean M

Absolutely dreadful film.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

The writing is so bad that is almost a satire of a thriller. Cavill does a lot of frantic running and Weaver does a lot of bad lady one-liners. And Willis mostly just dies.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Feels kinda like a ‘Bourne' movie with a few different twists, minus the source material, and missing a few other things. The biggest difference between this and a ‘Bourne' movie may have been that this feels like a rushed movie whereas a Bourne movie is about a guy being rushed.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Mabrouk El Mechri

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Verónica Echegui

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Bruce Willis disappears, Henry Cavill takes center stage, and the bottom falls out.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 19, 2022

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David Nusair

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...an often astonishingly inept piece of work that squanders its decent setup and talented performers.

Rated: 1/4

Apr 30, 2022

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Jason Best

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Even if Cavill's bewildered hero is taken aback by successive turns of events, the viewer will probably see every twist coming.

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Synopsis

Young business consultant Will Shaw (Henry Cavill) flies to Spain for a vacation aboard his family's sailboat. When Will returns from some on-shore shopping, his family is gone and will be killed if he does not deliver a missing briefcase within 24 hours. As it turns out, his father (Bruce Willis) is not a cultural attache but a spy, and Will is in over his head. He must find a way to turn the tables on his enemies, or he and his family will all die.

Director: Mabrouk El Mechri
Executive Producer: Kevin Mann, Matthew Perniciaro, Jesus Martinez Asencio, Steven Zaillian, Scott Wiper
Screenwriter: Scott Wiper, John Petro
Distributor: Summit Entertainment
Production Co: Summit Entertainment, Film Rites, Intrepid Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Sequences of Violence|Intense Sequences of Action|Language)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 7, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 6, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.7M
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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