Daylight

"No air. No escape. No time."

1996 1h 55m EN

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★6.1TMDB · 1,791

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Synopsis

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A group of armed robbers fleeing the police head for the New Jersey Tunnel and run right into trucks transporting toxic waste. The spectacular explosion that follows results in both ends of the tunnel collapsing and the handful of people who survived the explosion are now in peril. Kit Latura is the only man with the skill and knowledge to lead the band of survivors out of the tunnel before the structure collapses.

“No air. No escape. No time.”

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Cast

Sylvester Stallone
Kit Latura
Amy Brenneman
Madelyne Thompson
Viggo Mortensen
Roy Nord
Stan Shaw
George Tyrell
Barry Newman
Norman Bassett
Dan Hedaya
Frank Kraft
Jay O. Sanders
Steven Crighton
Karen Young
Sarah Crighton

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Rob Cohen
Writers: Leslie Bohem, Julie Hansen, Mentor Huebner
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Mid-budget at $80M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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2 / 8

ERA

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30 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Rob Cohen, shot by David Eggby. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Randy Edelman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Peter Amundson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Sylvester Stallone and Amy Brenneman and Viggo Mortensen carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "No air. No escape. No time.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0116040 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Rob Cohen directs. David Eggby behind the camera. Randy Edelman scores. Peter Amundson cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Mid-budget at $80M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
230 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Directed by Rob Cohen, shot by David Eggby. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Randy Edelman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Peter Amundson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Sylvester Stallone and Amy Brenneman and Viggo Mortensen carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "No air. No escape. No time.".
8IMDB entry: tt0116040 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 20 themes, including "new york city", "taxi", "race against time", "hero".

The technical file

Cinematography: David Eggby
Original score: Randy Edelman
Editing: Peter Amundson
Production design: Benjamín Fernández
Costume design: Thomas Casterline
Makeup / hair: Mauro Meniconi
VFX supervisor: Scott Farrar
Stunt coordinator: Mark De Alessandro
Runtime: 115 min · 1h 55m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $80,000,000
Box office: $159,212,469
Return: 199% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Daylight (1996)

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CinemaSerf2023-08-27
★ 5/10
Now I would have thought that the last thing you'd allow to travel through a tunnel with billions of gallons of water above it, would be a truck full of explosives; but hey - if you need to make a film for Sly to come to the rescue, you've got to start off with a daft premisss. Add to this, a getaway car full of robbers that manages to collide with said truck and we have a load of superb pyrotechnics and then a sort of subterranean version of the "Poseidon Adventure" (1972) as our hero tries to lead a group of survivors up top. It takes far too long to actually get going: Sly leaves the rather incompetent rescue-management team on the surface to facilitate the rescue but only after about half an hour of disaster/character establishment that we could have easily have done without. A bit like with it's earlier maritime counterpart, there are some decent moments when all their lives are in peril, and Sly chivvies the gang along with a mixture of cajoling and threat, but the thing is all just so formulaic - even down to the dog and many of them, by the end, deserved what they got!

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