Daylight

(Universal Pictures)
Director: Rob Cohen
Producers: John Davis, Joseph M. Singer, David T. Friendly
Executive Producer: Raffaella De Laurentiis
Screenwriter: Leslie Bohem
Director of Photography: David Eggby

Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen, Dan Hedaya, Jay O. Sanders, Karen Young, Claire Bloom and Barry Newman

QUICK REVIEW: Toss The Poseidon Adventure and Cliffhanger together in a tunnel, and you have DAYLIGHT. Fortunately, we're spared the Shelley Winters character. (Here, the same needs are filled by the much less emotive Claire Bloom.) A traffic tunnel under a city river is blown up. Survivors are trapped.
Sly, who was once the head of some kind of emergency squad, is driving a taxi in disgrace when it happens, but he immediately gets back into action -- and official gear -- when his replacement is conveniently killed. What follows is Stallone trying to get a frightened, suspicious group of people out of danger. The special effects are excellent. The star is admirably restrained. All that's missing is any tension whatsover, except for the saftey of a dog -- which got spontaneous applause from the audience when he made it. It's all pleasant to watch and worth the ticket price for that, but that's as far as it goes.

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