For the first (and so far only) time in his career, Sylvester Stallone tackles the disaster movie genre with "Daylight" and crafts a surprisingly effective and poignant film.For a basic plot summary, "Daylight" focuses on the collapse of the New York-New Jersey tunnel. When the tunnel collapses due to a chemical explosion, only Kit Latura (Stallone) has the knowledge/skills necessary (as the former transportation chief) to breach the collapse and try to rescue a small band of survivors.What really works in this film is the character development. Before the main plot is set in motion, viewers are given some background information on each of the characters that ultimately will battle to escape the collapse. Thus, by the end, you'll truly be rooting for the characters to succeed in their monumental task.About the only thing that fails to work in this movie is director Rob Cohen's attempts to create un-needed drama. The underlying backstory of Latura only serves to create unrealistic, reactionary drama, while a Die Hard-like theme of "greedy, arrogant police chief" permeates the drama/action. All of this would have been completely unnecessary, and actually drags down the overall effectiveness of the film, as a few scenes will make you roll your eyes.Overall, though, is is a solid film that is one of Stallone's best. A more accurate rating would be 3.5 stars, but I'll give it the benefit of the doubt for the thrills and emotional moments it provided me.

Disaster in a New York tunnel as explosions collapse both ends of it. One hero tries to help the people inside find their way to safety. Starring Sylvester Stallone Daylight is a 1996 Action, Adventure, Drama that as usual critics hated cause Sly plays a Taxi Driver that happens to be there when the Tunnel collapsed that's like saying that John McClane played by Bruce Willis was a dumb character because he was at the building the time when people started getting shot that makes zero sense this was an action movie same goes for Daylight which is a very good action film with a really good performance by Stallone and overall the whole cast did nice job, the action sequences looked nice the same goes for the cgi but by far the best death in the film was Viggo Mortensen's character i just couldn't stand that guy he thought he was some big shot and crap like that guess what you fool Gandalf wasn't there to protect you was he? Like i said this is a very good film, powerful and also good when Drama is needed and you should totally give it a 2nd look it's worth it forget the critics judge for yourselves!!

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)

A bunch of people are trapped in a tunnel underwater when a toxic waste fire manages to block both ends! Good thing that Kit Latura (Sylvester Stallone) is there to help them.I don't disagree that this movie is utterly predictable. All the stock characters are in place (the elderly couple; the teenagers; the dysfunctional family; a policeman) and we have the square-jawed hero to save them. So I knew what was coming every step of the way...but I didn't care. It's VERY well-done! They have a good script that moves fast, top character actors in the minor roles (even Claire Bloom is there!), nonstop action, GREAT special effects, plenty of explosions and some incredible stunt work. Also (for once) the comedy in a film like this that is actually funny:) This was just dismissed as just another stupid Stallone film which is too bad because it's very good. If you're an action film fan u have to see this. Recommended.