Daylight (1996)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Chief Kit Latura	Sylvester Stallone	½
Madelyne Thompson	Amy Brenneman
Roy Nord	Viggo Mortensen	½
Frank Craft	Dan Hedaya	-
George Tyrell	Stan Shaw	½
Steven Crighton	Jay O. Sanders	½
Sarah Crighton	Karen Young	½
Ashley Crighton	Danielle Harris	-
Roger Trilling	Colin Fox	-
Eleanor Trilling	Claire Bloom	-
Grace Calloway	Vanessa Bell Calloway	-
Vincent	Sage Stallone	-

Review

A good opening premise leads you to believe that you're in for a good ol' disaster movie, starring a youthful and good-looking Sylvester Stallone, who incidentally talks refreshingly quickly, and what looks to be an intriguing Viggo Mortensen character. Appearances can be deceiving, however, because once Stallone gets himself through all those ventilation fans in exciting fashion, Daylight exposes itself as the cliched melodrama it actually is. From that point on, the film is reduced to banal sentimentality and a very limited, Hollywoodian understanding of the human psyche: Every group of people in a dire situation needs a leader, and the power-struggle for that position is the most important aspect for surviving. Other interpersonal subtleties are quickly thrown out of the window – or the tunnel in this case – along with all the fun and suspense. Director Rob Cohen looks set on replicating The Poseidon Adventure, but fails monumentally.