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The Cold Light of Day

2012·Action·1h 33m
6.7
★
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.
Directed by Mabrouk El Mechri
government
espionage
kidnapping
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Cast

Henry Cavill
Henry Cavill
Will Shaw
Bruce Willis
Bruce Willis
Martin
Sigourney Weaver
Sigourney Weaver
Jean Carrack
Verónica Echegui
Verónica Echegui
Lucia
Joseph Mawle
Joseph Mawle
Gorman
Caroline Goodall
Caroline Goodall
Laurie Shaw
Rafi Gavron
Rafi Gavron
Josh
Emma Hamilton
Emma Hamilton
Dara
Michael Budd
Michael Budd
Esmael
Roschdy Zem
Roschdy Zem
Zahir
Jim Piddock
Jim Piddock
Meckler
Óscar Jaenada
Óscar Jaenada
Maximo

Crew

Mabrouk El Mechri
Mabrouk El Mechri
Director
Scott Wiper
Scott Wiper
Writer
Lucas Vidal
Lucas Vidal
Original Music Composer
Valerio Bonelli
Valerio Bonelli
Editor
Remi Adefarasin
Remi Adefarasin
Director of Photography
Scott Wiper
Scott Wiper
Executive Producer
Steven Zaillian
Steven Zaillian
Executive Producer
Trevor Macy
Trevor Macy
Producer
Garrett Basch
Garrett Basch
Co-Producer
Shira Scott Astrof
Shira Scott Astrof
ADR & Dubbing
Mark DeSimone
Mark DeSimone
ADR Mixer

Popular Reviews

66 reviews
daniehur01
daniehur01
7.0★ · 06/01/26
The Cold Light of Day
Just ok. Sigourney Weaver was bad ass tho!
Just ok. Sigourney Weaver was bad ass tho!
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Dahlia
Dahlia
4.0★ · 03/21/26
The Cold Light of Day
This whole movie was just Henry cavill getting his ass kicked and eating shit, not bad
This whole movie was just Henry cavill getting his ass kicked and eating shit, not bad
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Silentluminary
Silentluminary
2.0★ · 02/02/26
The Cold Light of Day
Halfway through this I was tempted to just read the plot summary on Wikipedia
Halfway through this I was tempted to just read the plot summary on Wikipedia
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Callmedandelion
Callmedandelion
7.0★ · 09/16/25
The Cold Light of Day
Ya know if they’d taken his physique in this movie and just had him do arms for superman I think it would have been the perfect superman. Also he needed a better director and writer but this movie is an alright action movie I guess
Ya know if they’d taken his physique in this movie and just had him do arms for superman I think it would have been the perfect superman. Also he needed a better director and writer but this movie is an alright action movie I guess
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Sydney Conger
Sydney Conger
2.0★ · 09/02/25
The Cold Light of Day
Watched this while searching my feet for leeches (Lyssa if you’re reading this I know you already scoured my feet but I was still nervous)
Watched this while searching my feet for leeches (Lyssa if you’re reading this I know you already scoured my feet but I was still nervous)
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