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Movie Reviews of Daylight
Movie Review: Disaster Movies Meet Stallone
Summary: 4 Stars
For the first (and so far only) time in his career, Sylvester Stallone tackles the disaster movie genre with "Daylight" and crafts a surprisingly effective and poignant film.
For a basic plot summary, "Daylight" focuses on the collapse of the New York-New Jersey tunnel. When the tunnel collapses due to a chemical explosion, only Kit Latura (Stallone) has the knowledge/skills necessary (as the former transportation chief) to breach the collapse and try to rescue a small band of survivors.
What really works in this film is the character development. Before the main plot is set in motion, viewers are given some background information on each of the characters that ultimately will battle to escape the collapse. Thus, by the end, you'll truly be rooting for the characters to succeed in their monumental task.
About the only thing that fails to work in this movie is director Rob Cohen's attempts to create un-needed drama. The underlying backstory of Latura only serves to create unrealistic, reactionary drama, while a Die Hard-like theme of "greedy, arrogant police chief" permeates the drama/action. All of this would have been completely unnecessary, and actually drags down the overall effectiveness of the film, as a few scenes will make you roll your eyes.
Overall, though, is is a solid film that is one of Stallone's best. A more accurate rating would be 3.5 stars, but I'll give it the benefit of the doubt for the thrills and emotional moments it provided me.
Movie Review: 'Daylight' Is a Breakthrough for Stallone
Summary: 4 Stars
It's been a long time since I've given a Sylvester Stallone flick a positive review, maybe not since First Blood which was released thirteen years prior. But Daylight is maybe his best action movie, a disaster film that'll make you think twice before driving through a tunnel ever again. Sly plays an EMS chief whose been disgraced after losing a team while looking for survivors in a collapsed building. And when an explosion closes the tunnel connection Mannhattan and New Jersey on both ends he offers to go in after any survivors. He's seeking redemption which Stallone plays with subtle grace, giving his best performace since Rocky. The supporting characters are equally well acted and includes Amy Brenneman (Judging Amy), Viggo Mortensen (The Perfect Murder) and Dan Hedaya (A Civil Action). I don't want to make this sound like your typical dumb popcorn movie but Daylight will keep you on the edge of your seat with suspense and once the action gets started don't be expecting a chance to catch your breath because it's not coming. The DVD is fabulous, you'll never knew you're not in the tunnel yourself with the creaking walls and splashing water filling every one of your six speakers (if you're so lucky). If not the picture is crystal clear and with special features like this it's hard not to recommend it to everybody.Movie Review: Absolutely nothing new here,but it sure was fun
Summary: 4 Stars
I count this one as a guilty pleasure. It's a run of the mill disaster movie, but it's told with such visual style and gusto that it's easy to over look the weak spots. Even Sly kicks his game up a notch or two and sells the movie.
It seems that a very bad chemical company wants several truck loads of explosive waste taken away but doesn't want to pay the cost of getting rid of it the right way, so they hire some guys and ship it out on trucks that have to drive through New York City to get rid of it. Add jewel thieves in a high speed chase from cops and the Holland Tunnel and before you can say Irwin Allen you have a spectalular explosion and people trapped in a flooding tunnel with no way out and the walls coming down around them. Enter Sly as a former EMT(disgraced but it really wasn't his fault) and you know who's going in to save the day.
Like I said nothing new but Sly keeps this one on track and the director keeps the pace so tight that it pulls you in(at least it did me). Top flight action scenes and a pretty good cast make this one a very good rainy day movie.
Movie Review: Pure adrenaline !
Summary: 4 Stars
If there's something to admit about the successful career of Sylvester Stallone is his clever smell to chose original proposals in which the action and drama shake hands. Particularly, his most notable filmic projects during the nineties were two: this one and "Cliffhanger" ( By far my favorite first choice).
During a normal day in N.Y.C., New York Holland's tunnel collapses when a terrible accident traps people inside and so, this usual way will become in a true hell, with multiple dangers to surmount.
The realism sequences are outstanding and certainly make us to remind Poseidon's adventure in more than one scene, in which to survive against all the odds is the main and unique goal.
As the previous sequels, there will be a lot of secondary plots, in which courage, despair and anguish will conform a very worthy film to watch.
Movie Review: What if those tunnels under the water collapse
Summary: 4 Stars
Sly Stallione at his best again. A under-water tunnel collapses and Sly has to save the day. He is up against flooding water, bombs, at group of people who all depend on him to save the day and he is just as overwhelmed as they are but he rise to the occassion and wins the day. Wonderful movie, except for the death of certain loved ones in the movie. You laugh for happiness, cry for unexpected tradgey and cheer for the ending.
A great movie.