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That was an excellent one.

A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

This was a pretty decent action-disaster movie. It watches sort of like the 'Poseidon Adventure' with the survivors here trying to get out of the Holland tunnel after a huge explosion/fireball/cave-in blocks both exits. The group must then make their way through multiple obstacles as they get picked off one by one along the way. Its one of those movies where it becomes a guessing game as to who's going to get out of the movie alive. Always fun.Sylvester Stallone is our hero, playing an anti 'Rambo' normal everyday guy sort of character (albeit a disgraced EMS rescue-city planner- never did quite figure out his job title) but he doubts himself, makes mistakes and shows fear as he scrambles to save a dozen people from flooding, fire, dangling electrics, metal debris, rubble and general stupidity.The cast is made up of the usual suspects: older couple dog, young family with panicking mother, hero cop, some juvie criminals on their way to jail (sigh Sage Stallone) a rock climbing adrenaline junkie Viggo Mortensen (nice) and the love interest Amy Brenneman, a writer having a very bad day.'Daylight' is formulaic but its a fun watch and some of the stunts are pretty cool especially the one involving the fans (exhaust system) which was exciting. You could do worse. 12/22/15

A so-very-'90s disaster film that's excellent at everything except the acting. After trucks carrying toxic waste explode in a tunnel under the Hudson River, former Emergency Medical Services chief Stallone has the instinct to put himself in danger and go down to rescue any potential survivors. The explosion alone is worth watching, and there are plenty of other SFX that hold up to this day. Unfortunately, there are just way too many obstacles to keep the intensity fresh on top of the pedestrian acting—it's hard to tell if it's the cast or the script that's to blame. The nostalgia of it all will give it some brownie-points for replay value.★★½ (out of four)

Daylight is a surprisingly good action/thriller movie. Stallone turns in a strong performance as the ex-head of an emergency service branch serving NY City. He's now driving a taxi, and ends up trapped in this tunnel connecting Manhattan and New Jersey.The acting and directing were both pretty good for a smaller budget film. The director manages to achieve a decent amount of tension, and Stallone is able to show enough acting ability to make you believe he really is one of these calm heroes in emergency services who knows what he's doing. The cast is interesting enough with a mixture of a family, an elderly couple, a young girl, an action hero (Vigo Mortenson), a cop, and several young convicts. The movie at times seems like Poseidon Adventure, except the ship is this tunnel. The water is seeping in, things explode, electricity shocks you, the survivors try to escape. All good stuff. Then the ending is Hollywoodian, but I expected nothing less - this is a Stallone film, so just go with it, and you'll enjoy this easy 100 minute crowd pleaser. Enjoy.

Stallone's one and only disaster film is perfect popcorn entertainment. Like the great disaster films of yore, there are fun parts in the supporting cast, regarding those trapped in a tunnel to New Jersey after a "toxic explosion", with former EMS Chief Stallone trying to lead them out of harm's way as numerous hurdles present themselves causing one terrible situation after another, sacrifices made, courage needed by all if they are to survive. Sure the music telegraphs and manipulates the audience telling us when we are to gasp, to cry, to cheer, but Daylight really establishes just the kind of movie star Stallone is. Battling the elements, like cold water, collapsing debris from with inside the tunnel, constant explosions and quakes, heroism and suspense are in great supply. This movie is designed to toy with your emotions as most disaster movies, infighting and outbursts, death and the proposition of death, trying to find a way out when all hope seems lost, and the rescue of a trapped policeman, caught under a car, as well as, having to accept loss and regretting decisions made when no other options seemed available—Daylight provokes response from the viewer in a way disaster movies often do. Stallone has a demanding role, especially asking of his physicality, including scenes where he must incite belief from the bickering multitude of survivors to keep the faith even when events transpiring seem to indicate certain doom.Cast includes Amy Brenneman (who has a harrowing scene involving a loose cable shooting off electrical sparks), Viggo Mortensen (as a cocky climber celebrity who oozes charisma, but his confidence gets the best of him despite Stallone's warnings to leave a dangerous area certain to avalanche), Dan Hedaya (as Stallone's superior who triggered his firing), Jay O Sanders, Karen Young, and Danielle Harris (as a family under tumult), Claire Bloom (The Haunting) and Colin Fox (as an elderly couple still mourning the loss of their son), and Stan Shaw as George, the policeman who has a gut-wrenching emotional scene where his fate is sealed, causing Stallone to make a devastating choice. There are other characters like prisoners from a bus carrying them, and the various people involved in trying to find a way to get the trapped out of their predicament. Built as a roller-coaster, edge-of-your-seat entertainment, and succeeds, I believe. One of Stallone's more unappreciated 90s films, along with "Cop Land" and "Assassins". As what occurs in other disaster pictures, there are casualties, not surprising considering the situation itself.