Review of The Cold Light of Day (2012) by Chu T — 08 Oct 2012
"Instinct is his greatest weapon.".
After his family is kidnapped during their sailing trip in Spain, a young Wall Street trader is confronted by the people responsible: intelligence agents looking to recover a mysterious briefcase.
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Young man travels to Spain to spend the holiday with his family, but his relationship with his father is strained to say the least. While aboard a cruise ship with his family he travels into town, returns to find them gone, then gets plunged into an espionage plot after he learns that his father actually works for the CIA. Despite the fact that the young man is a business consultant, the film would have us believe that he can conveniently follow in his father's footsteps by eluding and outsmarting experienced government agents who are on his trail. What wants to be a tense spy thriller falls flat on its face with preposterous plotting, weak acting, and zero tension. It is over-reliant on chases, the villain of the piece is a bit too easy to identify (there could have been some uncertainty which would have been helpful in terms of plot dynamics), and there are vast numbers of unanswered questions and illogicalities. Cavill is extraordinarily dull (something that doesn't bode too well for next year's mega-blockbuster 'Man of Steel'), Willis and Weaver are wasted, and the director hangs them out to dry. What does the title even mean anyway?
This review of The Cold Light of Day (2012) was written by Chu T on 08 Oct 2012.
The Cold Light of Day has generally received negative reviews.
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