Daylight (1996)

Thanks for the memories!

Just perfect...

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

A textbook example of how a disaster movie should be, this has plenty of outlandish situations, a varied range of hazards threatening our group of survivors, action by the bucket load and a typical B-movie cast, including: the token black guy; the resourceful heroine; the stressed out father; the old couple; the dog; and Stallone himself as the muscular, caring hero of the piece. All are present and correct, making this pic solid enough entertainment.Okay, so the plot is pretty basic, and consists of characters escaping from one danger to another, and another, but with this budget what do you expect? The cast are all adequate, with Mortensen probably being most memorable as the cop. Stallone basically sleepwalks through his role, but it's the mumbling action man persona his fans know and love, and it's good to see him as an actual human hero (he's gasping and clutching his chest through exertion).There's plenty of excitement to be had from numerous explosions, the old staple of the trapped survivors being in a location filling up with water, and also you get the opportunity to play the "who's going to snuff it?" game, where viewers place bets on who will be the next one to die. Let me say, it's not the dog, but then you could probably have already guessed that. With good SFX and some exciting, tense scenes, DAYLIGHT amicably passes the time if you want a film to relax and unwind with.

This was a pretty decent action-disaster movie. It watches sort of like the 'Poseidon Adventure' with the survivors here trying to get out of the Holland tunnel after a huge explosion/fireball/cave-in blocks both exits. The group must then make their way through multiple obstacles as they get picked off one by one along the way. Its one of those movies where it becomes a guessing game as to who's going to get out of the movie alive. Always fun.Sylvester Stallone is our hero, playing an anti 'Rambo' normal everyday guy sort of character (albeit a disgraced EMS rescue-city planner- never did quite figure out his job title) but he doubts himself, makes mistakes and shows fear as he scrambles to save a dozen people from flooding, fire, dangling electrics, metal debris, rubble and general stupidity.The cast is made up of the usual suspects: older couple dog, young family with panicking mother, hero cop, some juvie criminals on their way to jail (sigh Sage Stallone) a rock climbing adrenaline junkie Viggo Mortensen (nice) and the love interest Amy Brenneman, a writer having a very bad day.'Daylight' is formulaic but its a fun watch and some of the stunts are pretty cool especially the one involving the fans (exhaust system) which was exciting. You could do worse. 12/22/15

A so-very-'90s disaster film that's excellent at everything except the acting. After trucks carrying toxic waste explode in a tunnel under the Hudson River, former Emergency Medical Services chief Stallone has the instinct to put himself in danger and go down to rescue any potential survivors. The explosion alone is worth watching, and there are plenty of other SFX that hold up to this day. Unfortunately, there are just way too many obstacles to keep the intensity fresh on top of the pedestrian acting—it's hard to tell if it's the cast or the script that's to blame. The nostalgia of it all will give it some brownie-points for replay value.★★½ (out of four)

A bunch of people are trapped in a tunnel underwater when a toxic waste fire manages to block both ends! Good thing that Kit Latura (Sylvester Stallone) is there to help them.I don't disagree that this movie is utterly predictable. All the stock characters are in place (the elderly couple; the teenagers; the dysfunctional family; a policeman) and we have the square-jawed hero to save them. So I knew what was coming every step of the way...but I didn't care. It's VERY well-done! They have a good script that moves fast, top character actors in the minor roles (even Claire Bloom is there!), nonstop action, GREAT special effects, plenty of explosions and some incredible stunt work. Also (for once) the comedy in a film like this that is actually funny:) This was just dismissed as just another stupid Stallone film which is too bad because it's very good. If you're an action film fan u have to see this. Recommended.