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, Bruce Willis, Sigourney Weaver

2 nominations.

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

Wall Street trader Will Shaw (Henry Cavill) races to rescue his family after they're kidnapped while vacationing in Spain, and he exposes a sinister government conspiracy and unearths dark family secrets along the way in this thriller co-starring Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver. Directed by Mabrouk El Mechri.

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Plot Keywords:

sailing | murder of a police officer | duct tape gag | held captive | driving a car down stairs | 

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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:

La fría luz del día

Filming Locations:

Puerta del Sol, Madrid, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$765,626 (Spain), 6 April 2012, Limited Release

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,831,588, 9 September 2012, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$3,749,061, 30 September 2012

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$10,968,746, 31 August 2012

Company Credits

Production Co:

Summit Entertainment, Intrepid Pictures, Galavis Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat SDDS Dolby Surround 7.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Despite prominent billing in the credits, Bruce Willis only has about 30 minutes of total screen time.

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Goofs

When Will and Lucia are travelling by train to Puerta del Sol, Lucia is wearing a blue jacket. When she says goodbye to Will in the train station, the jacket is gone. Lucia is neither wearing nor holding it, nor does she have it tied around her waist.

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Quotes

Will: Dad was no traitor... Carrack played him, played him just like she played the Israelis
Lucia: Israelis are out there right?
Will: Let's hope so

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Connections

Featured in Bad Movie Beatdown: Review of 2012 (2013)

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Soundtracks

Hello
Written by Porter Robinson, Richard Billis, and Sue Cho
Performed by Porter Robinson and Lazy Rich featuring Sue Cho
Courtesy of Big Fish Recordings

User Reviews

Don't bother.... it's a waste of time.

If you've seen the Bourne Trilogy, and then you go and see this - you're going to be severely disappointed. It's like a poor man's version! This film tries to be everything that the Bourne series was - but fails spectacularly. Every element of this film that comes together to make the whole - is worthy of criticism. The storyline is amateurish. When you get to the end of the film, you recollect what you've just seen and think to yourself - man there were so many far fetched scenes and wholly unnecessary ones - but then again, if plot didn't contain them, there'd be no film! I'm sorry to be so vague, but this film was put together like a recipe. The writer must have asked himself - what do I need to put into an action/thriller to make it worthy of that genre? Got all the elements together, and mashed them together hastily to produce this utter waste of time. You're left devoid of any satisfaction by the time you reach the end. Just don't watch it and save yourself some money. Rent it on DVD, you'll thank me later.