Daylight

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Daylight

PG-13

1996

1h 54m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

Adventure

Drama

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A group of armed robbers fleeing the police head for the New Jersey Tunnel and run right into trucks transporting toxic waste. The spectacular explosion that follows results in both ends of the tunnel collapsing and the handful of people who survived the explosion are now in peril. Kit Latura is the only man with the skill and knowledge to lead the band of survivors out of the tunnel before the structure collapses.

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Critics Consensus

The opening's got a great fiery explosion and Stallone puts in another earnest, sympathetic performance, but all else in Daylight feels designed to annoy the audience into submission.

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Todd McCarthy

Variety

03/27/2009

A lower-echelon disaster thriller, in which the best character is knocked off early on and the leading man runs out of ideas with a third of the picture still to go.

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Nick Bradshaw

Time Out

01/26/2006

Cohen keeps the vehicle cruising in fourth gear, hoping the audience won't get too impatient with the familiar scenery. Big, efficient, mindless entertainment.

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Janet Maslin

New York Times

05/20/2003

It will seem suspenseful only to those who wonder whether Mr. Stallone can get the dog out alive.

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Dan DiNicola

The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)

Apr 10

C

As with most disaster films, there are some spectacular explosions and scary acts of destruction, but the human activity is not so well executed.

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James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

04/01/2025

2.5/4

supplies plenty of bombast when the disaster strikes (the initial explosion in the tunnel is particularly spectacular), although things feel sluggish when characters talk too much

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

03/18/2025

2/4

The survivors are a shrill, ungrateful lot, so Latura might as well have stayed home and watched Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot for the umpteenth time.

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Romas M

@Romas 1d

Greetings from Lithuania. I've always had a soft spot for "Daylight" (1996) since i saw it way back in 1997. This is by no means is a great movie - no, but its made well enough to recommend it to anyone looking for solid a disaster flick. At running time 1 h 45 min this movie is very well paced. Its always on the move, always engaging and always entertaining. Performances were solid enough to keep you involved. Script while a bit basic, still is good enough to keep you engaged. And directing by Robb Cohen was a thing that cemented it all together. Music is really good here. Overall, i will choose "Daylight" over many of disaster movies that came before and after 1996 simply because this movie is entertaining enough and kept me entertained during its run time. One does not need to looks for deep characterizations or plot in movies like this. "Daylight" does work because its a disaster movie and doesn't try to be many things at the same time. Good film.

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Jerod S

@jeroduptown Jun 5

Best scene is Stallone grappling down through the tunnel fans. But the whole thing kinda drags...doesn't help that they couldn't make the trapping of the tunnel more realistic.

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Lanfranco C

@Lanfrancobz May 7

Unreal, but thrilling.

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Keriel T.

@kerielflacoboy Apr 11

I watched this movie and it was pretty okay, the whole movie had to focus on the people who got trapped and then saved

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Alec B

@Alec97 04/03/2025

The cliches here were tired 30 years ago when it came out but the real problem is that the set-up is so dull. There's only so much you can do with a collapsing tunnel.

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UnleashedTraining101 T

@UnleashedTraining101 12/21/2024

It’s not meant to be clever or groundbreaking. This is simply mindless, thrilling action, which serves its purpose nicely. Stallone shows some pretty decent acting ability here. Don’t go in expecting finesse, art or creativity. Go in expecting explosions and impending disaster and an average tough guy swooping in to save the day.

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Synopsis

A group of armed robbers fleeing the police head for the New Jersey Tunnel and run right into trucks transporting toxic waste. The spectacular explosion that follows results in both ends of the tunnel collapsing and the handful of people who survived the explosion are now in peril. Kit Latura is the only man with the skill and knowledge to lead the band of survivors out of the tunnel before the structure collapses.

Director: Rob Cohen
Producer: John Davis, Joseph Singer, David T. Friendly
Screenwriter: Leslie Bohem
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Universal Pictures, Joseph M. Singer Entertainment, Davis Entertainment
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 6, 1996, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 19, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $32.9M
Runtime: 1h 54m
Sound Mix: Surround