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The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Expected so much from the Bruce Willis / Sigourney Weaver camp but the movie failed to deliver. Henry Cavill was lead. Yet his co-star half-sister seemed to be more man at getting stuff done. Cavill just got beat up every other 10mins.Henry Cavill shows us why he wears the red underwear, just wish they make it more frilly and lace in his next sequel coz that's what he portrays throughout the film. I hate car chases when they seem inconsistent and poorly done and this movie didn't come close. Henry Cavill appeared to be a newbie behind the wheel of a BMW which seemed to weave at just about every corner while Sigourney Weaver in a Range Rover appeared calm as if the SUV was on rails. So much for German engineering. Maybe he should stick to flying.Overall not a memorable film. I could warn friends and family not to waste their time but why should I be the only one to endure the misery.

Totally underrated at 4.9. Action from start to finish. Story line not dumbed down. And even the acting is okay. Is this in the action genre? I'm not sure what people are looking for anymore. I mean if Speed back in 1994 can have a rating of 7.2, a hijacked bus which keeps speeding around the whole movie coupled with mediocre acting... You get my point. If you want spy drama, and underdog, an action thriller, well worth a watch.

Fails on every level and whoever wrote the script kind of guessed or knew that well.The only way this film keeps you watching is some general kind of suspense about what anything means in it - what anything is for. Does it have any purpose? As it turns out - it all means nothing, or the unsaid, and it isn't possible to care in any event.A serious, serious, serious avoider. It doesn't even pretend to make any much sense by the end.This must be one of the worst films I have ever seen. The budget must have been huge also - Willis, Weaver, but it isn't even in the world of failed A-list films. I doubt it even makes it into failed D-list films, so the Hollywood A- list cast inclusions and budget for the Spanish locations just leaves you utterly bewildered.Why on earth? Who would do this?If this is on TV it will waste hours of your life if you watch. Whatever you do, don't exchange any money for this film, streaming or disc.

I remember seeing the DVD cover for The Cold Light of Day many times in the last couple of months I worked at Blockbuster, I knew it was probably going to be typical run of the mill stuff, but easy entertainment all the same. Basically Will Shaw (Man of Steel's Henry Cavill) is a financial adviser from San Francisco, he is reluctantly visiting his family during summer break for a holiday in Spain, including with his father Martin (Bruce Willis), an adviser for the government. Following a minor sailing accident, and the family squabbling, Will swims ashore to get medical supplies and take some time to cool down, when he returns the boat is missing, after informing the police, he is taken to Zahir (Roschdy Zem), he knows where his family is. Will senses something is wrong and tries to make an escape, then Martin shows up and beats up the police officers, he reveals he is a CIA agent and that the family were taken hostage because of a briefcase he stole. They travel to Madrid where Martin meets with his CIA team leader Jean Carrack (Sigourney Weaver), Will stays in the car and watches them talk, Martin does not believe her when she says she no longer has the briefcase, Martin returning to the car is then shot dead by sniper Gorman (Joseph Mawle). In panic Will takes Martin's phone and gun, he is chased through Madrid by police and Gorman, he manages to escape, and makes a call on the phone to the kidnappers, they demand the briefcase in exchange for his family, he is given a meeting point and a deadline of 21 hours. Will arrives at Diego's office and meets receptionist Lucia Caldera (Verónica Echegui), who he spoke to on the phone, they are targeted by agents and escape across the rooftops, but Will is shot, Lucia takes him to a nightclub rather than a hospital, to a friend with medical experience, Lucia also reveals she is in fact Will's half sister, being Martin's daughter by another woman. Lucia comes up with a plan to lure Carrack out, Gorman is caught by bouncers and tortured for information, he gives nothing away, but Will suggests making him believe he has escaped and to follow him, this works and they find Carrack, she leads them to an underground car park, the two sides end up in a big car chase going through Madrid, with the roles reversed and Carrack chasing them. When the cars finally crash Lucia is seriously injured, Carrack is about to shoot Will, but a sniper shoots her, Zahir retrieves the briefcase, Lucia recovers in hospital, and gets to meet her half relatives as Will is reunited with his family, Will is offered a job in the CIA, it is unclear what his decision is. Also starring Jim Piddock as Meckler, Hook's Caroline Goodall as Laurie and Óscar Jaenada as Maximo. Cavill is only reasonable as the confused guy caught in the middle, Weaver does well as the treacherous CIA handler, Willis only gets a little time to be stern, it is a predictable story of a ransom and double-crossing over something vital you never get to see in a briefcase, and it is filled with the expected shoot-outs, punch-ups and chase sequences, I will admit some of these got my attention, but overall it is a very average action thriller. Okay!