Yeah this is a really bad script and directed movie mostly intended for TV on a boring sunday afternoon. From the credits to the ending, the movie just fails. It's a cast of washed up and discount actors, Amy Brenneman can't act. As for Sylvester Stallone, I'm sorry, the guy can't speak fluent english. I had to put on the subtitles ! I just don't understand what he's saying and it's not the only aspect of this movie I don't get....I don't understand the entire movie !Between the poor characterization, the generic stereotypes which tells you the writer really didn't fetch far his ideas -- the fact that they are all introduced the wrong way but yet somehow the lead actor doesn't have any ! We have no idea who Latura is and where he comes from, there's no background on this guy and we discover along the way bits and parts of his character. Bad writing.The direction is bad -- the scenes are poorly shot. The stunt of the car driven by thieves that crashes into the truck full of chemical explosives is terribly shot -- we don't really see how the car managed to fly into the tanks. There's too much use of replay, quick movement or slow pace. There's no soundtrack. The quality is quite dusty, cinematography mediocre at best, the movie looks more like it was made in 1986 rather than 1996. Then the plot is weird, this character police security officer George appears from the beginning but he dies half way point ! Why ? Why spend all that time with him and then kill him half way point, makes no sense. So many elements make no sense. Why do some cars explode including the windows but others don't, how is it possible that some survived in such an accident and of course naturally a former super trained rescuer is right on the location of the accident, how fortunate. But I don't get it, he says he knows a way out, then he tells Madelyne he never had a plan and simply jumped in to rescue them and hoped to freelance a way out. For what ?! To go between four ventilators and all this trouble ? That makes no sense. But then he actually remembers of a chamber they can reach to, manages to fall off a ladder and then retreats backwards and I don't know, finds a way to escape on the surface of the river ! The best part however, is perhaps witnessing Latura and Madelyne fighting with electric current ! I don't think I've seen a movie where electric current was so easily wrestled down, considering there's fuel and water all over the place. There's only a few feel-good moments to kind of make-up for a totally improbable unrealistic picture. Just try and think about the number of people in the world who could actually do what Latura does in it without any help or equipment. It's ridiculous. Add to that lousy acting where all the characters take turns to speak and Latura pleading George to breath into an artificial tube and then funny-haha ending where he says "Yeah but let's make sure we take the bridge this time!"But the biggest disappointment is that once again, this movie is a big budget, and the potential was never materialized. It's just a waste of money and time. Just another proof Stallone can't write, can't direct and can't act.

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 textbook example of how a disaster movie should be, this has plenty of outlandish situations, a varied range of hazards threatening our group of survivors, action by the bucket load and a typical B-movie cast, including: the token black guy; the resourceful heroine; the stressed out father; the old couple; the dog; and Stallone himself as the muscular, caring hero of the piece. All are present and correct, making this pic solid enough entertainment.Okay, so the plot is pretty basic, and consists of characters escaping from one danger to another, and another, but with this budget what do you expect? The cast are all adequate, with Mortensen probably being most memorable as the cop. Stallone basically sleepwalks through his role, but it's the mumbling action man persona his fans know and love, and it's good to see him as an actual human hero (he's gasping and clutching his chest through exertion).There's plenty of excitement to be had from numerous explosions, the old staple of the trapped survivors being in a location filling up with water, and also you get the opportunity to play the "who's going to snuff it?" game, where viewers place bets on who will be the next one to die. Let me say, it's not the dog, but then you could probably have already guessed that. With good SFX and some exciting, tense scenes, DAYLIGHT amicably passes the time if you want a film to relax and unwind with.

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.