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Daylight [DVD] [1996]

DVD ~ Sylvester Stallone
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen, Dan Hedaya, Jay O. Sanders
  • Directors: Rob Cohen
  • Writers: Leslie Bohem
  • Producers: David T. Friendly, Herb Gains, Hester Hargett, John Davis, Joseph Singer
  • Format: PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Uca Catalogue
  • DVD Release Date: 1 Jan 2008
  • Run Time: 110 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004D2ZY
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 7,411 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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This echo of 1970s disaster films stars Sylvester Stallone as the disgraced former head of New York City's Emergency Medical Services, a loser who is nevertheless a compulsive rescuer of people in danger. When the Holland Tunnel is sealed off after a fiery explosion and car passengers are trapped within, he goes inside and leads a group of survivors (a mixed group allegorically representing America's diversity) through all manner of pestilence toward safety. Directed by the imaginative Rob Cohen (Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story), Daylight finds Stallone outrageously (and to almost campy effect) pushing the envelope of his martyr persona to near-religious levels. He throws himself, quite literally, into this part and between that entertainment factor and the unnervingly convincing effects, this is a pretty watchable film.--Tom Keogh

Special Features

1.85 Anamorphic Wide Screen
DVD 9
Czech\German\Hungarian
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital 5.1 English German\Dolby Digital Surround Czech Hungarian
Dolby Digital 5.1
Dolby Digital Surround
Production Notes
Cast And Filmmakers Biographies
Theatrical Trailer
Danish\Dutch\English\Finnish\Norwegian\Spanish

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Not your average action film, 15 Mar 2000
By stef_nz@hotmail.com (Asheridge, Bucks) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Daylight [VHS] [1996] (VHS Tape)
Another American disaster flick. I am a Sylvester Stallone fan so I thought I should watch this film. Even though it is predictable, it was action packed and the action shots set in the tunnel are spectacular. I recommend this movie to all even if you do not like Stallone it is not all about big action and muscle there is actually not a bad story to follow.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars standard disaster formula that works well, 14 Dec 2003
By Deborah MacGillivray "Author," (US & UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Daylight [DVD] [1996] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
Disaster flicks are very very formula, so you know going in what you will get. The hero who risks all to see the trapped, scared people get out. The band of people will be a mixed bag, some good, some bad, and some really rising to the occasion and a few being more than they thought they could be. If you don't like this sort of flick, then give it a pass, because there is nothing really new. However, you if you enjoy edge of the seat thrills or daring do, well this is a pretty good time.

Stallone dons the mantle of hero properly and gives you nail biting scenes as he goes in to rescue people trapped in the Holland Tunnel after it is sealed off after a fiery explosion. Rob Cohen's (Dragonheart) direction is taut and fast paced, not living a lot of time to get to know these people, but it works.

A lot of good supporting work from solid actors, of note Viggo Mortensen (Aragon of Lord of the Rings for those who have been sleeping of late), makes this a rather enjoyable action film.

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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Formula But Very Entertaining!, 24 July 2005
By no1filmaddict (UK) - See all my reviews
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Yes, most disaster movies are very formula and so you will know whats going to be in them before you even know anything about it other than its a disaster movie. This can sometimes make them very predictable for example you know theres going to be a big disaster where theres a few survivors and one brave hero will risk his/her life to rescue them. While this formuale does apply to 'Daylight', it works well and Stallone is well cast as the hero to lead the trapped survivors to 'daylight'.

When some criminals who have just stolen a car collide with a truck illegally carrying highly flammable waste through the Holland Tunnel, a huge explosion causes it to collapse at both ends and a fireball rips through leaving only a handful of people alive. They're a mixed bunch, a few criminals, an old couple, a younger couple with a daughter, a police man, a pretty young woman and a moutain climber.

Meanwhile Kit Latura a cab driver and former head of New York City's Emergency Medical Services is on hand outside to give advice on what to do, although no one will listen, and so decides to go in alone, and bring out any survivors, which he believes may be trapped. However the 'way in' isn't so easy and once in there, Kit has to find a way out, which looks to be an impossible task, with the river above slowly filling up the tunnel and a huge fire at one end using up what little oxygen they have down there.

Being a big fan of Stallone i am a little biased, but he is very good in this film as Kit Latura, and after seeing him as the hero in countless other films, its nice to see him as the hero of a disaster movie i.e without the guns etc, just brains and a will to keep the people he has come to save, alive at all costs. Amy Brenneman stars as the pretty woman that the hero 'falls for' while Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn in the Lord of the Rings movies) plays Roy Nord, a mountain climbing expert who tries to find everyone a way out himself.

Overall, 'Daylight' whilst being pretty formula is still a very good film, with a good cast and a high entertainment factor that makes it very watchable. If you don't usually like disaster movies then you probably won't like this one (unless your a fan of Stallone), however i still recommend that you give it a try and see what you think. Unfortunately no extras other than filmographies, production notes and a trailer on the DVD, but maybe in the future we can expect a new release with some featurettes or something.

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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars DAYLIGHT
IT IS ONE OF SLYS BEST FILMS,ACTION ,EXCITEMENT AND SHEER TERROR OF BEING TRAPPED IN A TUNNEL FILLING UP WITH WATER.
Published 6 months ago by R. Lloyd

3.0 out of 5 stars DISASTER MOVIES
WELL SLY DID HIS BEST BUT SOME OF THE SUPPORTING CAST DID BETTER!
IT WAS FUN GUESSING AT THE START WHO WOULD SURVIVE AND WHO NOT.....I GOT MOST OF THEM RIGHT! Read more
Published 10 months ago by Mr. J. E. Thorpe

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
the service was quick meaning it arrived a couple days later after i ordered it and it was in good condition
Published 12 months ago by Mr. N. Wilson

5.0 out of 5 stars The Forgotten Disaster Movie
In the late 1990's there was a small spat of disaster movies that all came out with about a year of eachother. Read more
Published on 1 Nov 2007 by S. Smith

3.0 out of 5 stars UNBELIEVABLE
Sorry Sylvester, the story didn't work.

The Manhatten Island road tunnel gets plugged at both ends, following a multiple pile-up and a series of explosions. Read more
Published on 27 Sep 2007 by Nevs

4.0 out of 5 stars Quick Reviews!
Since everyone was making disaster movies in those days, and being trapped underground in the sewers wasn't a subject that had been tackled yet, Daylight was made... Read more
Published on 16 Sep 2007 by carlosnightman

3.0 out of 5 stars Refrains from becoming silly or over-sentimental.
Stallone acts a redeemer in this film. An accidental explosion rips through a tunnel beneath the Hudson river, sealing off both ends trapping the survivors inside. Read more
Published on 13 May 2007 by Jay

2.0 out of 5 stars Formulaic disaster movie stuff
This film was meticulously crafted to the established disaster movie recipe. That recipe demands a handsome but misunderstood hero, a pretty girl for him to rescue, a good but not... Read more
Published on 22 July 2000 by John Peter O'connor

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