The Cold Light of Day (2012)

That was an excellent one.

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

The very first users critic gave this movie 3 "for being kind". Well, I was thinking of 1, but simply to give my credits to the Spanish actors, lead by Veronica Echegui, and the stunt directing/crew for some fine stunts, I'll go as far as up to 2. It's by no means their fault that this is a very bad movie. It also makes about no meaning to put Bruce Willis up in the beginning, doing at least as good as he is expected to, but then just to be killed. This turn says much about the intention the screenwriters and director must have had. They don't deserve to have their names mentioned. Henry Cavill also is about average, being very sporty and running a lot in the leading role. The biggest BUT though is his nemesis in the story is played by none other than Sigourney Weaver. She's doing her worst acting ever. Dear Sigourney, has it really come to this? If I could warn her up front, I'd say the same as to everyone about this movie, Stay Away!

The Bourne films seemed to herald a new genre in movies, i.e. 'the chase' film. These are the ones where our hero, always wrongly accused on something and on the run from gun-totting agents from some black-ops government agency or another, has to leg it from one location to another, narrowly getting away each time (and picking up a helpful girl along the way who will serve as the 'love interest.' The Cold Light of Day is one of these sorts of films. But is it up to the 'Bourne standard?' In short - no. It's like some sort of distant cousin of the Bourne films that no one really talks about and has been left locked in an attic for most of its like while feeding off live rats and dust sandwiches.There's a guy (name unimportant). His family get kidnapped by a shady government agency (it doesn't really matter which one) and he has to get something he doesn't know about for them, in exchange for his family's safety. Oh, and along the way he meets a girl. It's one of those movies where you can either just listen to it, or maybe even watch it with the sound turned down - you'll still understand everything that happens.Basically, it's 'Bourn by the numbers,' Everything here, despite trying hard to be good, is distinctly average. The only real surprises are how this film managed to attract action heavyweights such as Sigourney Weaver and Bruce Willis. I can only think they fancied a trip to Spain (oh, yeah, it's set in Spain by the way) for a few days filming. They're not in it that much, despite featuring prominently on advertising campaigns.If you've never seen a chase movie before, this may come off as highly entertaining and original. However, if you have, just stick to Bourne, or any of its other clones.Failing that, it's a nice film to have on if you're doing other things at the same time, i.e. you can pop out to get a cup of tea or answer the phone and come back without missing any of the plot.

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.

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.