Cold Comes the Night (2013)

disgusting, overrated, pointless

A Major Disappointment

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

This is a decent watchable thriller.A financially struggling mother(with a young daughter) is running a motel which caters for low lives when some very unsavory characters enter their lives and make things even worse.......One of the "baddies" is an actor called Bryan Cranston who absolutely steals the show. He has the best line in the picture the tongue in cheek: "Hard to get decent help"Though the eventual outcome of the story is very predicable and unoriginal, I lasted to the end so can award a respectable:6/10

I loved it! The reviews on here (many tell you the whole movie). But I loved this flick. You are drawn to the characters and kept wondering what will happen next. If you like a good story based on real life drama mixed with a wild-card such as the Russian showing up in a single mothers life, you will love this movie like I did. This is an adult movie as the youth seem to like the loud, ultra violent stuff that is more unreal and sick but this film provides everything in a pace that feels so right for such wrong events. There is enough suspense and mystery to keep you drawn into the story and asking who will benefit from these events.

Bryan Cranston plays someone with an accent and it really works. We knew he is a good actor (especially those who've seen Breaking Bad), but him playing with that foreign accent is setting him apart from previous roles. I don't know if it was in the script or if he decided to go that way, but whatever the case is, it was genius.Alice Eve as mother standing tall against what is happening to her (from all sides that is), plays it really good. A nice thriller that has many ups and very few downs during the running time. It might be predictable, but that doesn't take away the fun you can have while watching it. Nice thriller with great performances and some graphic violence

As with most DTV films(Direct to Video) the budgets are small, and the stories are usually thin. No difference here, except the acting is very good as Bryan Cranston leads this low budget film.The story goes Chloe(played by the amazing Alice Eve) lives at a run down motel with her daughter. She runs the place and is trying to save enough money to get her out of there, and to someplace more acceptable. Early on in the film child services threatening to take her child away within two weeks in she does not move out of the motel complex. Topo played by the amazing Bryan Cranston is a near blind older man who is carrying out a job where he has to delivery a package of money. Helping him along the way is his sister's kid Quincy played by Robin Taylor, and tired after a long day on they road they decide to stop at a nearby motel for a few hours, which of course is the same motel run by Chole. Quincy decides he wants to spend the night with a prostitute and things quickly head south. Said prostitute ends up killing him, and the police quickly arrive on scene. Which presents a problem for Topo as the police take away the car they were driving in, and thus the package that was to be delivered.Later in that day when Topo goes to check out of the motel he takes Chole hostage so he can get his money back. Chole is friends with local police officer Billy played by Logan Marshall-Green. Topo makes her pick and pick at Billy until he can get any information on his package. Eventually the story ends up at the police impound lot where Chole is sent in by Topo to retrieve the package that was suppose to be behind the radio. It was of course gone and so continues the wild chase of events for the remainder of the film.Its not perfect or great, but if you are into low budget direct to video films as I am, it won't be a waste of time. Bryan Cranston and Alice Eve bring in top notch acting along the way as well. Overall if you can get your hands on this film it is worth a watch, no doubt about it.