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Daylight

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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.
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Critics Consensus

The opening's got a great fiery explosion and Stallone puts in another earnest, sympathetic performance, but all else in Daylight feels designed to annoy the audience into submission.

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Todd McCarthy Variety 03/27/2009
A lower-echelon disaster thriller, in which the best character is knocked off early on and the leading man runs out of ideas with a third of the picture still to go. Go to Full Review Nick Bradshaw Time Out 01/26/2006
Cohen keeps the vehicle cruising in fourth gear, hoping the audience won't get too impatient with the familiar scenery. Big, efficient, mindless entertainment. Go to Full Review Janet Maslin New York Times 05/20/2003
It will seem suspenseful only to those who wonder whether Mr. Stallone can get the dog out alive. Go to Full Review Dan DiNicola The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY) Apr 10
C
As with most disaster films, there are some spectacular explosions and scary acts of destruction, but the human activity is not so well executed. Go to Full Review James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk 04/01/2025
2.5/4
supplies plenty of bombast when the disaster strikes (the initial explosion in the tunnel is particularly spectacular), although things feel sluggish when characters talk too much Go to Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 03/18/2025
2/4
The survivors are a shrill, ungrateful lot, so Latura might as well have stayed home and watched Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot for the umpteenth time. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Lanfranco C @Lanfrancobz 1d Unreal, but thrilling. See more Keriel T. @kerielflacoboy Apr 11 I watched this movie and it was pretty okay, the whole movie had to focus on the people who got trapped and then saved See more Alec B @Alec97 04/03/2025 The cliches here were tired 30 years ago when it came out but the real problem is that the set-up is so dull. There's only so much you can do with a collapsing tunnel. See more UnleashedTraining101 T @UnleashedTraining101 12/21/2024 It’s not meant to be clever or groundbreaking. This is simply mindless, thrilling action, which serves its purpose nicely. Stallone shows some pretty decent acting ability here. Don’t go in expecting finesse, art or creativity. Go in expecting explosions and impending disaster and an average tough guy swooping in to save the day. See more Jelisije J @jjosifovic 10/24/2024 A very entertaining disaster movie that kept your attention throughout the films run time. See more larrykohut L @RT44947165 09/24/2024 Sylvester Stallone starts in a diaster movie where he helps a group of people get to higher ground and does his best to Kee everyone alive . The storyline is there's a huge flood that's causing a lot of people in the city to drown . So Stallone helps people find a way out of there so they can live and get to safety . It's a decent diaster movie . The action is good at times and you can grasp the storyline pretty well. But it's definitely not better then the day after tomorrow . Parents guide / Christian perspective Violence : moderate violence and peril involving waves of water . Few people die in this film from drowning and a few kids get slight injuries . Possibly 1 or 2 explosions . Language : several uses of hell and damn . One or two sobs and an ass . Two gd words and 1 JC word. No f words though . Sex : none Nudity : none See more Read all reviews
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Rob Cohen

Director

Sylvester Stallone

Kit Latura

Amy Brenneman

Madelyne Thompson

Viggo Mortensen

Roy Nord

Dan Hedaya

Frank Kraft

Jay O. Sanders

Steven Crighton

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Movie Info

Synopsis 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.
Director
Rob Cohen
Producer
John Davis, Joseph Singer, David T. Friendly
Screenwriter
Leslie Bohem
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Production Co
Universal Pictures, Joseph M. Singer Entertainment, Davis Entertainment
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Action, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 6, 1996, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 19, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$32.9M
Runtime
1h 54m
Sound Mix
Surround