Daylight
No Air. No Escape. No Time.
An accidental explosion rips through a jammed commuter tunnel beneath the Hudson River between Manhattan and New Jersey, sealing off both ends and trapping a diverse band of survivors inside. A disgraced former emergency medical services chief manages to reach them and then struggles through fire, noxious gases, explosions, collapsing walls, massive flooding and rats to lead them to daylight.
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Stallone is a Real Hero - Ilania
Yes he is so believable, whatever he does. The story was good. Stallone is still very much in good physical shape. His face is very expressive. Some scenes were rather frightening and hard to take just before bedtime. But this is something that can happen. The cast was all so very good. Thus I gave it a 5-star!The Po-Sly-don Adventure - MovieFiend
Originally written in July '04
Geez, that cab driver sure knows a lot about rescue procedures. Hey, he's Sylvester Stallone! Sly plays Kit Latura, a disgraced EMS hotshot who was fired for a major men-killing mistake (even though he's still clearly the #1 guy in this particular line of work) and happens upon some major trouble. A couple of thieving imbeciles inadvertently cause an explosion in a tunnel under New York's Hudson River, trapping a multi-culti band of survivors between a rock and an impossible place. Latura volunteers to shimmy into the proverbial hell and lead the bedraggled few to---say it with me---Daylight. Would he have been as gung ho if he'd known he'd get so wet?
Label this one Die Hard in a tunnel or The Po-Sly-don Adventure. In fact, director Rob Cohen probably screened The Poseidon Adventure a few times while prepping his film. That's my favourite of the absurd '70s catastrophe flicks and Daylight strikes the same notes, often successfully. There's water and fire, rats and stereotypes, it's dank and dark, and you're never sure which mid-level movie star will die next. And credit where it's due, there's even plenty of pathos in the "we all gotta work together" vein and touching scenes of quiet humanity that stop an inch short of treacle. I was moved more than usual by a Stallone picture.
The movie made squat at the box office back in December '96, but it's worth a DVD rental for its solid craftsmanship. The F/X and sound design are money. As for the acting, the lead characters (Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen) aren't especially memorable, but some of the lower-billed performers (Stan Shaw & Colin Fox, to name two) escape the movie with some dignity. The only real villain is human idiocy---people go where they're not supposed to go and do things they're not supposed to do. Daylight is formulaic, but it's still better than most disaster crap I've seen.Unbelievable.... but fun to watch - SuzyQ
Yes, Stallone has passed his Rocky prime, but it was still a fun show to watch, not that something like that could happen. Over all, being that there was nothing "gory" etc. the kids watched it and for them, it was fine and they enjoyed the action in it. Was a good sit down with the kids and some popcorn. Nothing I would of spent money on to see in the theatres, but an okay rental video.
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Stallone is a Real Hero - Ilania
Yes he is so believable, whatever he does. The story was good. Stallone is still very much in good physical shape. His face is very expressive. Some scenes were rather frightening and hard to take just before bedtime. But this is something that can happen. ...The Po-Sly-don Adventure - MovieFiend
Originally written in July '04
Geez, that cab driver sure knows a lot about rescue procedures. Hey, he's Sylvester Stallone! Sly plays Kit Latura, a disgraced EMS hotshot who was fired for a major men-killing mistake (even though he's still clearly ...Unbelievable.... but fun to watch - SuzyQ
Yes, Stallone has passed his Rocky prime, but it was still a fun show to watch, not that something like that could happen. Over all, being that there was nothing "gory" etc. the kids watched it and for them, it was fine and they enjoyed the action in it. Was ...