Cold Comes the Night (2013)

A struggling motel owner and her daughter are taken hostage by a nearly blind career criminal to be his eyes as he attempts to retrieve his cash package from a crooked cop.

Director:

Tze Chun

Writers:

Tze Chun, Oz Perkins (as Osgood Perkins)

Stars:

Alice Eve, Ursula Parker, Logan Marshall-Green

1 nomination.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Alice Eve	...	Chloe
Ursula Parker	...	Sophia
Logan Marshall-Green	...	Billy
Sarah Sokolovic	...	Gwen
Ashlie Atkinson	...	Social Worker
Robin Lord Taylor	...	Quincy
Bryan Cranston	...	Topo
Dylan Chalfy	...	Police Officer
Eleni Lucas	...	Cashier
Marceline Hugot	...	Denise
Erin Cummings	...	Amber
Leo Fitzpatrick	...	Donnie From Cincinnati
Robert Prescott	...	Detective
Stephen Sheffer	...	Jacques
Chazz Menendez	...	Thick Thug

Storyline

A struggling motel owner and her daughter are taken hostage by a nearly blind career criminal to be his eyes as he attempts to retrieve his cash package from a crooked cop.

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Plot Keywords:

motel owner | motel | prostitutes | prostitution | blonde | 

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Taglines:

Sometimes the fight of your life comes in the dead of night.

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Genres:

Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sophia's pet Mr. Jones is a painted turtle, a very common species in North America. He is listed in the credits (in the Stunts department) as HHH Duck - his real name is 'Horny Horny Horny Duck'.

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Goofs

When Quincy gets in the car at the mini mart you can see exhaust coming out of the tale pipe he talks to Topo about going to a motel then he starts the engine.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Sophia: I don't wanna go to school. I said I don't wanna go to school.
Chloe: Oh, is that what that was?
Sophia: Mom...
Chloe: You can't stay here with me all day, Sophia.
Sophia: You know how to do a lot of things. You are very smart. Smarter than me, definitely. Then why do I have to go to school?

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Crazy Credits

'HHH Duck' is listed in the Stunts section of the credits as playing 'Mr. Jones the Turtle' (Sophia's pet - a painted turtle). 'HHH' stands for 'Horny Horny Horny'.

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Soundtracks

THROUGH GENERATIONS
Written by Adam Lanser, Alex Rivera, Andy Rodriguez & Israel Rodriguez
Performed by The Cost of Salvation
Vocals: James Jepsen, Alex Rivera; Guitar, Adam Lanser: Bass, Israel Rodriguez: Drums
Courtesy of The Cost of Salvation
Published by The Cost of Salvation

User Reviews

A "so so" story line with a predictable outcome seen often

Mrs. Shullivan and I were in the mood for a crime thriller genre film and so we popped in Bryan Cranston's starring role in Cold Comes the Night. Cranston plays a Russian courier named Topo who is gradually going blind and he in the middle of a road trip which has him couriering one million dollars to his Russian mobster boss. As his sight is near gone he requires someone to drive the car couriering the Russian mobs cash and his driver just can't be trusted as we discover.

His co-star is Alice Eve who plays a single mom named Chloe working as a motel night desk clerk in a seedy part of town strewn with ladies of the night who prefer to rent her motel rooms by the hour rather than by the night. Now Chloe has received an ultimatum by a case worker from Child Services that she needs to move her daughter to a more suitable living environment than hooker haven or Child Services will swoop in an take Chloe's daughter away from her.

So Topo and his brother-in-law dupe of a chauffeur played by Robin Lord Taylor (more widely known as Oswald Cobblepot, the Penguin, on the hit 2014 TV series Gotham) make an over night stop over at Chloe's motel, rent separate rooms for the night, and then this thriller evolves....well sort of anyway.

I can't say that Bryan Cranston was right on character as the blind Russian mobster since his Russian dialect was as believable as maybe a Jimmy Fallon's Russian impersonation. Of course you have a corrupt cop named Billy Banks played by Logan Marshall-Green who is supposed to add some hype and action to this crime thriller but I thought his acting was way over the top. (Also a personal observation, what makes so many actors/actresses use a stage name comprised of both their divorced parents surnames as a way of commemorating both parents and think we will remember them? This is a pet peeve of mine. Hey actors/actresses, choose one surname or another and get over yourself.)

Without giving away too much of the movies plot (as there is not a lot of meat on this bone) Topo's cash goes missing and he will stop at nothing to find the scammers who have left him holding an empty bag that he must now otherwise report back to his Russian mob boss unless he recovers his stolen million dollars.

A two for one rating: Mrs. Shullivan gave the film a 4 out of 10 and since I am a sucker for crime thriller genres and have seen literally thousands of them I give it a slightly higher 6 out of 10 rating. It is worth a late night watch if you are having difficulty sleeping. If you are a crime thriller genre junkie as I am, I don't think you will be able to go to bed without finding out first how the film ends. It's not so great but does have a "so/so" story line to keep you hooked until the final two words are illuminated..."THE END".

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 January 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Cold Quarter

Filming Locations:

Windham, New York, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$11,603, 12 January 2014

Gross USA:

$16,971

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$24,732

Company Credits

Production Co:

Stage 6 Films, Sasquatch Films, Syncopated Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1