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The Cold Light of Day

Play trailer Poster for The Cold Light of Day PG-13 Released Sep 7, 2012 1h 33m Action Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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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 (Sigourney Weaver) 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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Ben Sachs Chicago Reader Cavill is no substitute for Van Damme, whose self-critical performance gave the earlier movie much of its heft Sep 14, 2012 Full Review Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle Fans of inane and/or unnecessary expositional dialogue will have a field day. Everyone else can Netflix Hudson Hawk and forget to watch it, thus having more fun than anyone who shells out $10.50 for this tedious stinker. Rated: 0/5 Sep 14, 2012 Full Review Sheri Linden Los Angeles Times The script throws around phrases like "intel," "terrorist" and "rogue operative," but as time bombs go, the briefcase-versus-loved-ones ultimatum barely ticks. Rated: 1/5 Sep 10, 2012 Full Review Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies Bruce Willis disappears, Henry Cavill takes center stage, and the bottom falls out. Rated: 2/5 Aug 19, 2022 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...an often astonishingly inept piece of work that squanders its decent setup and talented performers. Rated: 1/4 Apr 30, 2022 Full Review Jason Best Movie Talk Even if Cavill's bewildered hero is taken aback by successive turns of events, the viewer will probably see every twist coming. Dec 12, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Jelisije J I give this movie credit that they killed their veteran action hero, but thats the only thing positive that I can give this film. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 09/12/25 Full Review peanutbutter m Really poor. Pathetic. Willis and Weaver are amazingly bad acters for sure. But thr role of Cavill? The story of him and his dad, the story about his bankrupt company.... These stories does not matter at all. Cavill is a nobody who rule the agents all by himself. No thx. Sad. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/01/25 Full Review thiago s Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 08/24/25 Full Review Bryan S It's OK. There's some good action and some good actors. Bruce Willis needed more time. The plot is thin, but not the worst I've seen. Overall, it's a good enough spy movie. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 08/01/25 Full Review Stephen C Unsuccessful action movie in 1 hour and 33 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/29/25 Full Review Ashes R I don't know how you get Sigourney Weaver, Bruce Willis, and Henry Cavill and still end up with a boring movie but this fits that bill. Not great. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 08/19/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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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 (Sigourney Weaver) 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
Producer
Marc D. Evans, Trevor Macy
Screenwriter
Scott Wiper, John Petro
Distributor
Summit Entertainment
Production Co
Film Rites, Picture Machine, Haven Entertainment
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
Runtime
1h 33m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
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