Daylight (1996)

I usually don't like disaster movies. I find them to be boring and stupid. However , I did liked this one. It's nothing spectacular , it's pretty generic , it doesn't break new grounds. It knows what it is and what it wants to be and does it well.When it comes to disaster movies the main attraction are the special effects. They do seem a little dated now and the whole movie might look low budget compared to "The day after tomorrow" or "2012" , but still holds up pretty good. "Daylight" was nominated for Oscar for best sound effects and it shows. The music by Randy Edelman is quite cool. The movie is also nicely photographed with some cool camera angles. Director Rob Cohen does an adequate job here , much better than in his later movies like "XXX" or "Fast and furious".Acting wise this is a decent movie. Viggo Mortensen ("Lord of the rings") has a small role , just like Stallone's son Sage. Stallone himself isn't bad here , despite the Razzie nomination. There are some moments when he almost becomes annoying , because his character is such a martyr , but overall it's not a bad performance. Interesting thing - One reason Sylvester Stallone agreed to act in this movie was to help him overcome his fear of confined spaces. He'd agreed to appear in „Cliffhanger" to help him overcome his fear of heights.The story is predictable and nothing new. There's a lot of contrived plot twists and predictable story lines. We know who will live and who will die. Somehow it doesn't annoy the viewer. I can't say I cared for most of the characters , but I did liked the heroic things that people were doing in this movie.People say : "If you have seen one disaster movie from the 90's , you have seen them all". Well , if you have to pick one I recommend "Daylight". No , it's nothing groundbreaking , but a decent crowd pleaser. No , this movie won't make you sit on the edge of your seat , but it's an enjoyable watch. You could do much worse with your free time. I give it 3/10.

Daylight is a surprisingly good action/thriller movie. Stallone turns in a strong performance as the ex-head of an emergency service branch serving NY City. He's now driving a taxi, and ends up trapped in this tunnel connecting Manhattan and New Jersey.The acting and directing were both pretty good for a smaller budget film. The director manages to achieve a decent amount of tension, and Stallone is able to show enough acting ability to make you believe he really is one of these calm heroes in emergency services who knows what he's doing. The cast is interesting enough with a mixture of a family, an elderly couple, a young girl, an action hero (Vigo Mortenson), a cop, and several young convicts. The movie at times seems like Poseidon Adventure, except the ship is this tunnel. The water is seeping in, things explode, electricity shocks you, the survivors try to escape. All good stuff. Then the ending is Hollywoodian, but I expected nothing less - this is a Stallone film, so just go with it, and you'll enjoy this easy 100 minute crowd pleaser. Enjoy.

A truck filled with explosives accidentally explode collapsing a NY tunnel. Sylvester Stallone is a some kind of disaster planner Kit Latura. Of course he charges in to help get everybody out. And everybody thinks little of him. For some reason, all the people in charge are always wrong.This is a disaster movie. It's got all the stupidity that comes with it. But even by that standard, this isn't a good example of the genre. People are too annoying. Everybody is screaming yelling arguing. It's all testosterone. Instead of real emotions, we get overacting. Sly isn't much better. But all the ridiculous machismo really makes Sly almost tame and reasonable.

Daylight is a disaster film that stars Sylvester Stallone together with Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen, Dan Hedaya, and Danielle Harris.This echo of 1970s disaster flicks that tells a story of Kit Latura,a disgraced former head of New York City's Emergency Medical Services, a loser who is nevertheless a compulsive rescuer of people in danger.It was directed by Rob Cohen.A truck containing dangerous chemicals explodes in the Holland Tunnel, trapping those New Yorkers not killed in the explosion. Authorities know there are survivors, but cannot figure out what to do to save them. Ruptured water mains and leaks in the tunnel itself, which is beneath the Hudson River, will cause it to fill with water in a few hours. Of all the colorful characters trapped there, only Roy Nord, a mountain climber, has any ideas about what to do, but he quickly dies while attempting to save the others. However, Kit Latura is a former city Emergency Medical Services director who was in the area of the explosion, and he knows the tunnel's construction quirks. He quickly convinces city officials to let him wend his way through the tunnel's maze of exhaust fans to help the exhausted survivors confront the obstacles that await them.This has Stallone as a miscast who outrageously pushes the envelope of his martyr persona to near-religious levels. He throws himself, quite literally, into this part, and between that entertainment factor and the unnervingly convincing effects.Nevertheless,it is a pretty watchable film.