A mass of mud crushes Kit and Maddy tries to pull him out. [2], The film has a 27% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 41 reviews and an average rating of 4.94 out of 10. Stallone returned after a break from action movies to make "Daylight." The group manage to free him before he can drown, but he is left with a broken neck. Roger Ebert gave the film two stars out of four, commenting, "Daylight is the cinematic equivalent of a golden oldies station, where you never encounter anything you haven't grown to love over the years. | A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far-reaching plans.
Maddy tries to help Kit up, but she falls as well, as more of the staircase is knocked down.
Framed by their ruthless arch-nemesis, a mismatched LAPD crime-fighting duo has to put its differences aside to even the score with the evil kingpin who put them behind bars once and for all. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. Crazy Credits It was rewritten to have commuters trapped in a tunnel.
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Maddy insists on riding with him in the ambulance, to which Kit replies "on one condition; we gotta take the bridge.". Sylvester Stallone was paid $17.5 million to appear in this film. All the vehicles were shipped to Italy for filming in Rome. [8], About the movie, Stallone simply said: "The premise was really good but it didn't deliver". One hero tries to help the people inside find their way to safety. In both movies, the audience is lead to believe the dog has died after it disappears, but in both films the dog reappears later and ultimately survives. “Daylight” is the cinematic equivalent of a golden oldies station, where you never encounter anything you haven't grown to love over the years. Disaster in a New York tunnel as explosions collapse both ends of it. Kit recalls that there are sleeping quarters beside the tunnels (left over from the tunnel's construction) and asks George how to access them. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? The movie was famous for introducing Panerai special line of watches (Panerai Daylight) by the request of Stallone himself. Maddy finds a barely conscious Kit and keeps him afloat, as a boat discovers them offshore. Trouble strikes when runaway robbers in a getaway car hit truck full of explosives in the tunnel connecting Manhattan and New Jersey.
He gives Kit a bracelet intended for his girlfriend Grace (Vanessa Bell Calloway), and tells him to "get them to daylight". Lying on a stretcher, Kit sees Grace in the crowd and hands her George's bracelet. The critical consensus reads: "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.
She refuses to go on, then suddenly yet quietly passes away, presumably from hypothermia. As they reach the top of an old wooden staircase, Kit notices Cooper swimming in the water below and dives down to rescue him, passing him up to one of the survivors, but a beam falls and destroys the lower half, sending Kit into the water. The film was released by MCA/Universal Home Video on LaserDisc with a digital DTS soundtrack in 1996. Daylight is the combination of all direct and indirect sunlight outdoors during the daytime, which includes: Sunlight, the total spectrum of the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun Diffuse sky radiation, solar radiation reaching the Earth's surface after having …
The tunnel entrances cave in, and a devastating fireball sweeps through the tunnel, incinerating the majority of the motorists within it. While racing to help whoever he can he runs into an old EMS colleague, who tells him that the tunnel is severely damaged, and could come down if any wrong moves are made. The film was released by Universal Pictures on December 6, 1996, in the United States, and on December 26 in the United Kingdom.
The group moves to another room as the first one floods, convincing Eleanor's husband Roger (Colin Fox) to come with them.
One hero tries to help the people inside find their This score was composed by Randy Edelman in 1996. Water begins seeping in from the river above, and Kit uses an explosive to stop the leak. Connections Bryanne Marks.
Cinecitta was chosen as the main studio set because of its enormous floodable sound stages. Disaster in a New York tunnel as explosions collapse both ends of it. Police officer George Tyrell (Stan Shaw) returns from investigating the Manhattan end and is crushed under a truck as the road shifts. Daylight Stan Shaw played Dipper the boxer who is given Rocky's locker in Rocky. Both Daylight and Dante's Peak were written by Leslie Bohem. Was this review helpful to you? Sylvester Stallone's character was meant to die in the end, but a change in the script meant that he survived. Kit finds one by swimming under a security booth, and leads the group to this area, but George has to be left behind.
Goofs | With time running out, he enters the tunnel through a system of maintenance walkways. Trouble strikes when runaway robbers in a getaway car hit truck full of explosives in the tunnel connecting Manhattan and New Jersey. "[3], There were, however, some moderate and positive reviews.
In 1996, New York City's Emergency Medical Service, NYC*EMS, merged with the Fire Department of New York and became FDNY*EMS. At one point, when a trapped civilian asks him if they have a chance, I expected him to say, 'Calm down, lady. After 55 weeks, the film earned $33 million in the US and $126.2 million internationally for a total of $159.2 million. Kit then checks with tunnel administrators, and finds that most of the old exits have been sealed off or are considered unsafe.
Discover what to watch this November including a Marvel docu-series, a '90s reboot, and a Star Wars holiday celebration. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. As Kit Latura approaches the tunnel, he sees the impact and knows he gotta take action. Daylight opened in 2,175 theaters in North America, during which it grossed $10 million. The huge flying dog type thing is Falkor, and he is a luckdragon. The trivia items below may give away important plot points. The film was also released on DVD with extra features including the movies trailer as well as language selections and a director's commentary.
Soundtracks. gear from Resident Evil. [9], The film won a Golden Reel Award for best Sound Editing and was nominated for an Academy Award in the same category (Richard L. Anderson and David A. Whittaker). Kit arrives and finds Nord, warning him that the passage could come down at any moment, but Nord dismisses the possibility. Kit makes his way into the tunnel through the ventilation system, risking his life as the massive fans can only be slowed down for a short time. It was also nominated for two Golden Raspberry Awards, Worst Actor (Sylvester Stallone) and Worst Original Song (Whenever There Is Love). A botched mid-air heist results in suitcases full of cash being searched for by various groups throughout the Rocky Mountains. Tough trucker Lincoln Hawk is determined to win back his son and triumph at the world arm wrestling championships. Use the HTML below. Can he get the survivors out before the tunnel fills up? Can he get the survivors out before the tunnel fills up? Professional hit-man Robert Rath wants to fulfill a few more contracts before retiring but unscrupulous ambitious newcomer hit-man Miguel Bain keeps killing Rath's targets.
About to enter the Manhattan end of the tunnel, former New York City Emergency Medical Services Chief Kit Latura (Sylvester Stallone), now working as a taxi driver, witnesses the fireball erupting from the entrance. In upstate New York, a waste management firm loads barrels of toxic waste onto trucks, intending to illegally dispose of them at a site in New Jersey. With Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen, Dan Hedaya. Both the first game of Resident Evil and the movie Daylight were released in 1996 only a few months apart. The movie is The Neverending Story (1984). Daylight 2.
The tunnel sequences were filmed in Rome's Cinecitta Studios, on a set a third of a mile long. Survivors are left in a weakened tunnel blocked at both exits. For the 1996 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards, Stallone was nominated for Worst Actor too. Directed by Rob Cohen. A vulcanologist arrives at a countryside town recently named the second most desirable place to live in America, and discovers that the long dormant volcano, Dante's Peak, may wake up at any moment. Kit realizes he will have to use his explosives to cause a "blow out" and rip the tunnel roof open. Daylight is a 1996 American action thriller film directed by Rob Cohen and starring Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen, Dan Hedaya, Stan Shaw, Jay O. Sanders, Karen Young and Danielle Harris. Latura's Theme 3. | A volcano erupts in downtown Los Angeles, threatening to destroy the city. You know pretty quickly who's going to live and die, and even though Latura is a mere mortal, only he can save those lives.Still, "Daylight" makes a good diversion, and the "good guy really is a good guy" concept works for the most part.
Hence how the movie at times mimics the Poseidon Adventure. This FAQ is empty. A group of the survivors trapped inside band around Nord, who believes he can find a way out through the mid-river passage, a service corridor running between the north and south tubes.
Maddy tries to help Kit up, but she falls as well, as more of the staircase is knocked down.
Framed by their ruthless arch-nemesis, a mismatched LAPD crime-fighting duo has to put its differences aside to even the score with the evil kingpin who put them behind bars once and for all. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. Crazy Credits It was rewritten to have commuters trapped in a tunnel.
View production, box office, & company info.
Maddy insists on riding with him in the ambulance, to which Kit replies "on one condition; we gotta take the bridge.". Sylvester Stallone was paid $17.5 million to appear in this film. All the vehicles were shipped to Italy for filming in Rome. [8], About the movie, Stallone simply said: "The premise was really good but it didn't deliver". One hero tries to help the people inside find their way to safety. In both movies, the audience is lead to believe the dog has died after it disappears, but in both films the dog reappears later and ultimately survives. “Daylight” is the cinematic equivalent of a golden oldies station, where you never encounter anything you haven't grown to love over the years. Disaster in a New York tunnel as explosions collapse both ends of it. Kit recalls that there are sleeping quarters beside the tunnels (left over from the tunnel's construction) and asks George how to access them. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? The movie was famous for introducing Panerai special line of watches (Panerai Daylight) by the request of Stallone himself. Maddy finds a barely conscious Kit and keeps him afloat, as a boat discovers them offshore. Trouble strikes when runaway robbers in a getaway car hit truck full of explosives in the tunnel connecting Manhattan and New Jersey.
He gives Kit a bracelet intended for his girlfriend Grace (Vanessa Bell Calloway), and tells him to "get them to daylight". Lying on a stretcher, Kit sees Grace in the crowd and hands her George's bracelet. The critical consensus reads: "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.
She refuses to go on, then suddenly yet quietly passes away, presumably from hypothermia. As they reach the top of an old wooden staircase, Kit notices Cooper swimming in the water below and dives down to rescue him, passing him up to one of the survivors, but a beam falls and destroys the lower half, sending Kit into the water. The film was released by MCA/Universal Home Video on LaserDisc with a digital DTS soundtrack in 1996. Daylight is the combination of all direct and indirect sunlight outdoors during the daytime, which includes: Sunlight, the total spectrum of the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun Diffuse sky radiation, solar radiation reaching the Earth's surface after having …
The tunnel entrances cave in, and a devastating fireball sweeps through the tunnel, incinerating the majority of the motorists within it. While racing to help whoever he can he runs into an old EMS colleague, who tells him that the tunnel is severely damaged, and could come down if any wrong moves are made. The film was released by Universal Pictures on December 6, 1996, in the United States, and on December 26 in the United Kingdom.
The group moves to another room as the first one floods, convincing Eleanor's husband Roger (Colin Fox) to come with them.
One hero tries to help the people inside find their This score was composed by Randy Edelman in 1996. Water begins seeping in from the river above, and Kit uses an explosive to stop the leak. Connections Bryanne Marks.
Cinecitta was chosen as the main studio set because of its enormous floodable sound stages. Disaster in a New York tunnel as explosions collapse both ends of it. Police officer George Tyrell (Stan Shaw) returns from investigating the Manhattan end and is crushed under a truck as the road shifts. Daylight Stan Shaw played Dipper the boxer who is given Rocky's locker in Rocky. Both Daylight and Dante's Peak were written by Leslie Bohem. Was this review helpful to you? Sylvester Stallone's character was meant to die in the end, but a change in the script meant that he survived. Kit finds one by swimming under a security booth, and leads the group to this area, but George has to be left behind.
Goofs | With time running out, he enters the tunnel through a system of maintenance walkways. Trouble strikes when runaway robbers in a getaway car hit truck full of explosives in the tunnel connecting Manhattan and New Jersey. "[3], There were, however, some moderate and positive reviews.
In 1996, New York City's Emergency Medical Service, NYC*EMS, merged with the Fire Department of New York and became FDNY*EMS. At one point, when a trapped civilian asks him if they have a chance, I expected him to say, 'Calm down, lady. After 55 weeks, the film earned $33 million in the US and $126.2 million internationally for a total of $159.2 million. Kit then checks with tunnel administrators, and finds that most of the old exits have been sealed off or are considered unsafe.
Discover what to watch this November including a Marvel docu-series, a '90s reboot, and a Star Wars holiday celebration. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. As Kit Latura approaches the tunnel, he sees the impact and knows he gotta take action. Daylight opened in 2,175 theaters in North America, during which it grossed $10 million. The huge flying dog type thing is Falkor, and he is a luckdragon. The trivia items below may give away important plot points. The film was also released on DVD with extra features including the movies trailer as well as language selections and a director's commentary.
Soundtracks. gear from Resident Evil. [9], The film won a Golden Reel Award for best Sound Editing and was nominated for an Academy Award in the same category (Richard L. Anderson and David A. Whittaker). Kit arrives and finds Nord, warning him that the passage could come down at any moment, but Nord dismisses the possibility. Kit makes his way into the tunnel through the ventilation system, risking his life as the massive fans can only be slowed down for a short time. It was also nominated for two Golden Raspberry Awards, Worst Actor (Sylvester Stallone) and Worst Original Song (Whenever There Is Love). A botched mid-air heist results in suitcases full of cash being searched for by various groups throughout the Rocky Mountains. Tough trucker Lincoln Hawk is determined to win back his son and triumph at the world arm wrestling championships. Use the HTML below. Can he get the survivors out before the tunnel fills up? Can he get the survivors out before the tunnel fills up? Professional hit-man Robert Rath wants to fulfill a few more contracts before retiring but unscrupulous ambitious newcomer hit-man Miguel Bain keeps killing Rath's targets.
About to enter the Manhattan end of the tunnel, former New York City Emergency Medical Services Chief Kit Latura (Sylvester Stallone), now working as a taxi driver, witnesses the fireball erupting from the entrance. In upstate New York, a waste management firm loads barrels of toxic waste onto trucks, intending to illegally dispose of them at a site in New Jersey. With Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen, Dan Hedaya. Both the first game of Resident Evil and the movie Daylight were released in 1996 only a few months apart. The movie is The Neverending Story (1984). Daylight 2.
The tunnel sequences were filmed in Rome's Cinecitta Studios, on a set a third of a mile long. Survivors are left in a weakened tunnel blocked at both exits. For the 1996 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards, Stallone was nominated for Worst Actor too. Directed by Rob Cohen. A vulcanologist arrives at a countryside town recently named the second most desirable place to live in America, and discovers that the long dormant volcano, Dante's Peak, may wake up at any moment. Kit realizes he will have to use his explosives to cause a "blow out" and rip the tunnel roof open. Daylight is a 1996 American action thriller film directed by Rob Cohen and starring Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen, Dan Hedaya, Stan Shaw, Jay O. Sanders, Karen Young and Danielle Harris. Latura's Theme 3. | A volcano erupts in downtown Los Angeles, threatening to destroy the city. You know pretty quickly who's going to live and die, and even though Latura is a mere mortal, only he can save those lives.Still, "Daylight" makes a good diversion, and the "good guy really is a good guy" concept works for the most part.
Hence how the movie at times mimics the Poseidon Adventure. This FAQ is empty. A group of the survivors trapped inside band around Nord, who believes he can find a way out through the mid-river passage, a service corridor running between the north and south tubes.
Maddy tries to help Kit up, but she falls as well, as more of the staircase is knocked down.
Framed by their ruthless arch-nemesis, a mismatched LAPD crime-fighting duo has to put its differences aside to even the score with the evil kingpin who put them behind bars once and for all. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. Crazy Credits It was rewritten to have commuters trapped in a tunnel.
View production, box office, & company info.
Maddy insists on riding with him in the ambulance, to which Kit replies "on one condition; we gotta take the bridge.". Sylvester Stallone was paid $17.5 million to appear in this film. All the vehicles were shipped to Italy for filming in Rome. [8], About the movie, Stallone simply said: "The premise was really good but it didn't deliver". One hero tries to help the people inside find their way to safety. In both movies, the audience is lead to believe the dog has died after it disappears, but in both films the dog reappears later and ultimately survives. “Daylight” is the cinematic equivalent of a golden oldies station, where you never encounter anything you haven't grown to love over the years. Disaster in a New York tunnel as explosions collapse both ends of it. Kit recalls that there are sleeping quarters beside the tunnels (left over from the tunnel's construction) and asks George how to access them. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? The movie was famous for introducing Panerai special line of watches (Panerai Daylight) by the request of Stallone himself. Maddy finds a barely conscious Kit and keeps him afloat, as a boat discovers them offshore. Trouble strikes when runaway robbers in a getaway car hit truck full of explosives in the tunnel connecting Manhattan and New Jersey.
He gives Kit a bracelet intended for his girlfriend Grace (Vanessa Bell Calloway), and tells him to "get them to daylight". Lying on a stretcher, Kit sees Grace in the crowd and hands her George's bracelet. The critical consensus reads: "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.
She refuses to go on, then suddenly yet quietly passes away, presumably from hypothermia. As they reach the top of an old wooden staircase, Kit notices Cooper swimming in the water below and dives down to rescue him, passing him up to one of the survivors, but a beam falls and destroys the lower half, sending Kit into the water. The film was released by MCA/Universal Home Video on LaserDisc with a digital DTS soundtrack in 1996. Daylight is the combination of all direct and indirect sunlight outdoors during the daytime, which includes: Sunlight, the total spectrum of the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun Diffuse sky radiation, solar radiation reaching the Earth's surface after having …
The tunnel entrances cave in, and a devastating fireball sweeps through the tunnel, incinerating the majority of the motorists within it. While racing to help whoever he can he runs into an old EMS colleague, who tells him that the tunnel is severely damaged, and could come down if any wrong moves are made. The film was released by Universal Pictures on December 6, 1996, in the United States, and on December 26 in the United Kingdom.
The group moves to another room as the first one floods, convincing Eleanor's husband Roger (Colin Fox) to come with them.
One hero tries to help the people inside find their This score was composed by Randy Edelman in 1996. Water begins seeping in from the river above, and Kit uses an explosive to stop the leak. Connections Bryanne Marks.
Cinecitta was chosen as the main studio set because of its enormous floodable sound stages. Disaster in a New York tunnel as explosions collapse both ends of it. Police officer George Tyrell (Stan Shaw) returns from investigating the Manhattan end and is crushed under a truck as the road shifts. Daylight Stan Shaw played Dipper the boxer who is given Rocky's locker in Rocky. Both Daylight and Dante's Peak were written by Leslie Bohem. Was this review helpful to you? Sylvester Stallone's character was meant to die in the end, but a change in the script meant that he survived. Kit finds one by swimming under a security booth, and leads the group to this area, but George has to be left behind.
Goofs | With time running out, he enters the tunnel through a system of maintenance walkways. Trouble strikes when runaway robbers in a getaway car hit truck full of explosives in the tunnel connecting Manhattan and New Jersey. "[3], There were, however, some moderate and positive reviews.
In 1996, New York City's Emergency Medical Service, NYC*EMS, merged with the Fire Department of New York and became FDNY*EMS. At one point, when a trapped civilian asks him if they have a chance, I expected him to say, 'Calm down, lady. After 55 weeks, the film earned $33 million in the US and $126.2 million internationally for a total of $159.2 million. Kit then checks with tunnel administrators, and finds that most of the old exits have been sealed off or are considered unsafe.
Discover what to watch this November including a Marvel docu-series, a '90s reboot, and a Star Wars holiday celebration. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. As Kit Latura approaches the tunnel, he sees the impact and knows he gotta take action. Daylight opened in 2,175 theaters in North America, during which it grossed $10 million. The huge flying dog type thing is Falkor, and he is a luckdragon. The trivia items below may give away important plot points. The film was also released on DVD with extra features including the movies trailer as well as language selections and a director's commentary.
Soundtracks. gear from Resident Evil. [9], The film won a Golden Reel Award for best Sound Editing and was nominated for an Academy Award in the same category (Richard L. Anderson and David A. Whittaker). Kit arrives and finds Nord, warning him that the passage could come down at any moment, but Nord dismisses the possibility. Kit makes his way into the tunnel through the ventilation system, risking his life as the massive fans can only be slowed down for a short time. It was also nominated for two Golden Raspberry Awards, Worst Actor (Sylvester Stallone) and Worst Original Song (Whenever There Is Love). A botched mid-air heist results in suitcases full of cash being searched for by various groups throughout the Rocky Mountains. Tough trucker Lincoln Hawk is determined to win back his son and triumph at the world arm wrestling championships. Use the HTML below. Can he get the survivors out before the tunnel fills up? Can he get the survivors out before the tunnel fills up? Professional hit-man Robert Rath wants to fulfill a few more contracts before retiring but unscrupulous ambitious newcomer hit-man Miguel Bain keeps killing Rath's targets.
About to enter the Manhattan end of the tunnel, former New York City Emergency Medical Services Chief Kit Latura (Sylvester Stallone), now working as a taxi driver, witnesses the fireball erupting from the entrance. In upstate New York, a waste management firm loads barrels of toxic waste onto trucks, intending to illegally dispose of them at a site in New Jersey. With Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen, Dan Hedaya. Both the first game of Resident Evil and the movie Daylight were released in 1996 only a few months apart. The movie is The Neverending Story (1984). Daylight 2.
The tunnel sequences were filmed in Rome's Cinecitta Studios, on a set a third of a mile long. Survivors are left in a weakened tunnel blocked at both exits. For the 1996 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards, Stallone was nominated for Worst Actor too. Directed by Rob Cohen. A vulcanologist arrives at a countryside town recently named the second most desirable place to live in America, and discovers that the long dormant volcano, Dante's Peak, may wake up at any moment. Kit realizes he will have to use his explosives to cause a "blow out" and rip the tunnel roof open. Daylight is a 1996 American action thriller film directed by Rob Cohen and starring Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen, Dan Hedaya, Stan Shaw, Jay O. Sanders, Karen Young and Danielle Harris. Latura's Theme 3. | A volcano erupts in downtown Los Angeles, threatening to destroy the city. You know pretty quickly who's going to live and die, and even though Latura is a mere mortal, only he can save those lives.Still, "Daylight" makes a good diversion, and the "good guy really is a good guy" concept works for the most part.
Hence how the movie at times mimics the Poseidon Adventure. This FAQ is empty. A group of the survivors trapped inside band around Nord, who believes he can find a way out through the mid-river passage, a service corridor running between the north and south tubes.
The water level continues to rise and the angry survivors confront Kit. A lead detective being stalked by a serial killer is asked to check into a clinic treating law enforcement officials who can't face their jobs. In both movies, the audience is lead to believe the dog has died after it disappears, but in both films the dog … | They are shown heading into the Holland Tunnel along with several commuters, including struggling playwright Maddy Thompson (Amy Brenneman), a bus of juvenile offenders, a vacationing family, an elderly couple with a dog, and sporting goods retailer Roy Nord (Viggo Mortensen). The film was released by Universal Pictures on December 6, 1996, in the United States, and on December 26 in the United Kingdom. Survivors are left in a weakened tunnel blocked at both exits. A train carrying the 7 survivors to a foreign city breaks down in a mountain incline and the survivors all perish. 15 of 22 people found this review helpful. Quotes [10][failed verification], "Sylvester Stallone Feels Robbed of an Ownership Stake in 'Rocky': 'I Was Furious, "Panerai Radiomir hidden history - 5 well kept facts", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daylight_(1996_film)&oldid=982891909, Articles with unsourced statements from July 2015, Articles with failed verification from March 2018, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 11 October 2020, at 00:45. Tracks 1, 2, 3 1. From what I … Title: | With time running out, he enters the tunnel through a system of maintenance walkways. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Kit barely escapes as the mid-river collapses, killing Nord, and causing another explosion which kills a juvenile offender. '"[4] Empire gave the film four stars out of five, stating, "Daylight is great because it never tries to be any more than it is — a disaster movie with all the special-effects hoopla the '90s can bring. Eleanor (Claire Bloom), one of the elder survivors, is distressed that her late son's dog Cooper is missing.
A mass of mud crushes Kit and Maddy tries to pull him out. [2], The film has a 27% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 41 reviews and an average rating of 4.94 out of 10. Stallone returned after a break from action movies to make "Daylight." The group manage to free him before he can drown, but he is left with a broken neck. Roger Ebert gave the film two stars out of four, commenting, "Daylight is the cinematic equivalent of a golden oldies station, where you never encounter anything you haven't grown to love over the years. | A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far-reaching plans.
Maddy tries to help Kit up, but she falls as well, as more of the staircase is knocked down.
Framed by their ruthless arch-nemesis, a mismatched LAPD crime-fighting duo has to put its differences aside to even the score with the evil kingpin who put them behind bars once and for all. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. Crazy Credits It was rewritten to have commuters trapped in a tunnel.
View production, box office, & company info.
Maddy insists on riding with him in the ambulance, to which Kit replies "on one condition; we gotta take the bridge.". Sylvester Stallone was paid $17.5 million to appear in this film. All the vehicles were shipped to Italy for filming in Rome. [8], About the movie, Stallone simply said: "The premise was really good but it didn't deliver". One hero tries to help the people inside find their way to safety. In both movies, the audience is lead to believe the dog has died after it disappears, but in both films the dog reappears later and ultimately survives. “Daylight” is the cinematic equivalent of a golden oldies station, where you never encounter anything you haven't grown to love over the years. Disaster in a New York tunnel as explosions collapse both ends of it. Kit recalls that there are sleeping quarters beside the tunnels (left over from the tunnel's construction) and asks George how to access them. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? The movie was famous for introducing Panerai special line of watches (Panerai Daylight) by the request of Stallone himself. Maddy finds a barely conscious Kit and keeps him afloat, as a boat discovers them offshore. Trouble strikes when runaway robbers in a getaway car hit truck full of explosives in the tunnel connecting Manhattan and New Jersey.
He gives Kit a bracelet intended for his girlfriend Grace (Vanessa Bell Calloway), and tells him to "get them to daylight". Lying on a stretcher, Kit sees Grace in the crowd and hands her George's bracelet. The critical consensus reads: "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.
She refuses to go on, then suddenly yet quietly passes away, presumably from hypothermia. As they reach the top of an old wooden staircase, Kit notices Cooper swimming in the water below and dives down to rescue him, passing him up to one of the survivors, but a beam falls and destroys the lower half, sending Kit into the water. The film was released by MCA/Universal Home Video on LaserDisc with a digital DTS soundtrack in 1996. Daylight is the combination of all direct and indirect sunlight outdoors during the daytime, which includes: Sunlight, the total spectrum of the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun Diffuse sky radiation, solar radiation reaching the Earth's surface after having …
The tunnel entrances cave in, and a devastating fireball sweeps through the tunnel, incinerating the majority of the motorists within it. While racing to help whoever he can he runs into an old EMS colleague, who tells him that the tunnel is severely damaged, and could come down if any wrong moves are made. The film was released by Universal Pictures on December 6, 1996, in the United States, and on December 26 in the United Kingdom.
The group moves to another room as the first one floods, convincing Eleanor's husband Roger (Colin Fox) to come with them.
One hero tries to help the people inside find their This score was composed by Randy Edelman in 1996. Water begins seeping in from the river above, and Kit uses an explosive to stop the leak. Connections Bryanne Marks.
Cinecitta was chosen as the main studio set because of its enormous floodable sound stages. Disaster in a New York tunnel as explosions collapse both ends of it. Police officer George Tyrell (Stan Shaw) returns from investigating the Manhattan end and is crushed under a truck as the road shifts. Daylight Stan Shaw played Dipper the boxer who is given Rocky's locker in Rocky. Both Daylight and Dante's Peak were written by Leslie Bohem. Was this review helpful to you? Sylvester Stallone's character was meant to die in the end, but a change in the script meant that he survived. Kit finds one by swimming under a security booth, and leads the group to this area, but George has to be left behind.
Goofs | With time running out, he enters the tunnel through a system of maintenance walkways. Trouble strikes when runaway robbers in a getaway car hit truck full of explosives in the tunnel connecting Manhattan and New Jersey. "[3], There were, however, some moderate and positive reviews.
In 1996, New York City's Emergency Medical Service, NYC*EMS, merged with the Fire Department of New York and became FDNY*EMS. At one point, when a trapped civilian asks him if they have a chance, I expected him to say, 'Calm down, lady. After 55 weeks, the film earned $33 million in the US and $126.2 million internationally for a total of $159.2 million. Kit then checks with tunnel administrators, and finds that most of the old exits have been sealed off or are considered unsafe.
Discover what to watch this November including a Marvel docu-series, a '90s reboot, and a Star Wars holiday celebration. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. As Kit Latura approaches the tunnel, he sees the impact and knows he gotta take action. Daylight opened in 2,175 theaters in North America, during which it grossed $10 million. The huge flying dog type thing is Falkor, and he is a luckdragon. The trivia items below may give away important plot points. The film was also released on DVD with extra features including the movies trailer as well as language selections and a director's commentary.
Soundtracks. gear from Resident Evil. [9], The film won a Golden Reel Award for best Sound Editing and was nominated for an Academy Award in the same category (Richard L. Anderson and David A. Whittaker). Kit arrives and finds Nord, warning him that the passage could come down at any moment, but Nord dismisses the possibility. Kit makes his way into the tunnel through the ventilation system, risking his life as the massive fans can only be slowed down for a short time. It was also nominated for two Golden Raspberry Awards, Worst Actor (Sylvester Stallone) and Worst Original Song (Whenever There Is Love). A botched mid-air heist results in suitcases full of cash being searched for by various groups throughout the Rocky Mountains. Tough trucker Lincoln Hawk is determined to win back his son and triumph at the world arm wrestling championships. Use the HTML below. Can he get the survivors out before the tunnel fills up? Can he get the survivors out before the tunnel fills up? Professional hit-man Robert Rath wants to fulfill a few more contracts before retiring but unscrupulous ambitious newcomer hit-man Miguel Bain keeps killing Rath's targets.
About to enter the Manhattan end of the tunnel, former New York City Emergency Medical Services Chief Kit Latura (Sylvester Stallone), now working as a taxi driver, witnesses the fireball erupting from the entrance. In upstate New York, a waste management firm loads barrels of toxic waste onto trucks, intending to illegally dispose of them at a site in New Jersey. With Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen, Dan Hedaya. Both the first game of Resident Evil and the movie Daylight were released in 1996 only a few months apart. The movie is The Neverending Story (1984). Daylight 2.
The tunnel sequences were filmed in Rome's Cinecitta Studios, on a set a third of a mile long. Survivors are left in a weakened tunnel blocked at both exits. For the 1996 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards, Stallone was nominated for Worst Actor too. Directed by Rob Cohen. A vulcanologist arrives at a countryside town recently named the second most desirable place to live in America, and discovers that the long dormant volcano, Dante's Peak, may wake up at any moment. Kit realizes he will have to use his explosives to cause a "blow out" and rip the tunnel roof open. Daylight is a 1996 American action thriller film directed by Rob Cohen and starring Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen, Dan Hedaya, Stan Shaw, Jay O. Sanders, Karen Young and Danielle Harris. Latura's Theme 3. | A volcano erupts in downtown Los Angeles, threatening to destroy the city. You know pretty quickly who's going to live and die, and even though Latura is a mere mortal, only he can save those lives.Still, "Daylight" makes a good diversion, and the "good guy really is a good guy" concept works for the most part.
Hence how the movie at times mimics the Poseidon Adventure. This FAQ is empty. A group of the survivors trapped inside band around Nord, who believes he can find a way out through the mid-river passage, a service corridor running between the north and south tubes.
Probably unintentional but, lead character Kit Latura played by Sylvester Stallone appears in rescue equipment similar to Chris Redfield's S.T.A.R.S.
