The Cold Light of Day (2012)

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.

Director:

Mabrouk El Mechri

Writers:

Scott Wiper, John Petro

Stars:

Henry Cavill, Verónica Echegui, Bruce Willis

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Henry Cavill	...	Will
Verónica Echegui	...	Lucia
Bruce Willis	...	Martin
Sigourney Weaver	...	Carrack
Joseph Mawle	...	Gorman
Caroline Goodall	...	Laurie
Rafi Gavron	...	Josh
Emma Hamilton	...	Dara
Michael Budd	...	Esmael
Roschdy Zem	...	Zahir
Óscar Jaenada	...	Maximo
Joe Dixon	...	Dixon
Jim Piddock	...	Meckler
Fermí Reixach	...	Carlos
Lolo Herrero	...	Reynaldo

Storyline

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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Plot Keywords:

sailing | government | no opening credits | martial arts | car chase | 

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Taglines:

Instinct is his greatest weapon.

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for language and sexual content

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA Spain

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

7 September 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Az igazság nyomában

Filming Locations:

Plaza de la Cibeles, Madrid, Spain

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$1,831,588 (USA) (7 September 2012)

Gross:

$3,749,061 (USA) (28 September 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Summit Entertainment, Intrepid Pictures, Galavis Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Henry Cavill turned up on set, he had just finished shooting Immortals and came sporting an extremely muscular and ultra-ripped physique. Director Mabrouk El Mechri told him that he had to play an ordinary man and that his current body would be completely wrong for the character. Henry Cavill had to lose all the muscle tone and mass that he gained over the previous six months to get his body to look like that of an average man. He did it by eating and drinking a lot and not working out.

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Quotes

Lucia: He said he was a business consultant.
Will: Business consultant. That's rich.
Lucia: What about you? What do you do?
Will: I used to run a small company.
Lucia: And what did your small company do?
Will: Business consultants.

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Connections

Featured in Projector: The Cold Light of Day (2012)

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Soundtracks

"Que Es Tu Dano"
Written by David Semien and Christene Kings
Performed by Criaturas Vivas

User Reviews

Horrible Movie

This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. The cinematography is migraine-inducing, the directing is pathetic and the main character is laughable with the most exaggerated of acting methods. It seems the entire premise of the movie is to blur in and out of frames while affording no story, no character development and ultimately no point to over half of the existing scenes.

I did not have the opportunity to walk out of the theater because of the company I was with. However, if I could, I would have because it is simply impossible to maintain any interest in this movie. I do not think it is worth seeing anything this director makes in the future.