Daylight (1996)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Rob Cohen

Writer (WGA):

Leslie Bohem (written by)

Release Date:

6 December 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

Tagline:

Hold your breath

Plot:

Disaster in a New York tunnel as explosions collapse both ends of it. One hero tries to help the people inside find their way to safety.

Plot Keywords:

Tunnel | Explosion | Dog | Disaster | Flood Victim

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 2 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Thur. July 9	11:00 AM	USA
Fri. July 10	2:00 AM	USA

Cast

Sylvester Stallone	...	Kit Latura
Amy Brenneman	...	Madelyne Thompson
Viggo Mortensen	...	Roy Nord
Dan Hedaya	...	Frank Kraft
Jay O. Sanders	...	Steven Crighton
Karen Young	...	Sarah Crighton
Claire Bloom	...	Eleanor Trilling
Vanessa Bell Calloway	...	Grace Calloway
Renoly Santiago	...	Mikey
Colin Fox	...	Roger Trilling
Danielle Harris	...	Ashley Crighton
Trina McGee	...	LaTonya (as Trina McGee-Davis)
Marcello Thedford	...	Kadeem
Sage Stallone	...	Vincent
Jo Anderson	...	Bloom

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for disaster-related peril, death and destruction.

Runtime:

115 min | Germany:110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby SR

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #34883) | Iceland:14 (theatrical rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Philippines:PG-13 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:TE | Finland:K-12 | Germany:12 (w) | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:12 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Davis Entertainment

Trivia:

New York City's Emergency Medical Service (NYC*EMS) ceased to exist the same year this movie was released. The agency was merged with the Fire Department of New York and came to be known as FDNY*EMS.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: At the beginning of the movie there are two lanes of traffic going into the tunnel even though there is a solid, double yellow line between them. This road marking does not necessarily mean that there should be two lanes of traffic traveling in opposite directions, but rather it indicates that passing or changing lanes is illegal or at least severely restricted.

Quotes:

Kit Latura: Okay we're high and dry and out of danger. Now, what we do'nt need is more suprises. Right?
Steven Crighton: Okay, Were high and dry. Now what?
Kit Latura: Now, I may have a way where I can take down a part of that tube, that will seal us off from the fire and plug up that leak.
Steven Crighton: How do you plan on doing that?
Kit Latura: I gonna have to use an explosive.
[the people sigh in disbelief]
Kit Latura: No. wait. wait a second. Let me explain.
Steven Crighton: An explosive? that's your idea down here? No wonder you got people killed.
Kit Latura: Hey. If anybody's got a better idea, now is the time to say it.
Steven Crighton: You really do not know how much damage this tunnel has sustained. So, how do you know that you can contain it to one section?
[...]

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Making of 'Daylight' (1998) (V)

Soundtrack:

Don't Go Out With Your Friends Tonite

Action Hero Lite

Stallone returned after a break from action movies to make "Daylight." Here he tried to make his character more three dimensional, a human with weaknesses and flaws rather than the mute and destruction minded heroes of some of his other movies.

Making Latura as a human was a good idea, and you get to like him, although the rest of the movie doesn't quite hold up it's end. It plays as some cross between the "Poseidon Adventure" and an Irwin Allen disaster film, with an uplifting musical score. You know pretty quickly who's going to live and die, and even though Latura is a mere mortal, only he can save those lives.

Still, "Daylight" makes a good diversion, and the "good guy really is a good guy" concept works for the most part.