Daylight (1996)

This echo of 1970s disaster films stars Sylvester Stallone as the disgraced former head of New York City's Emergency Medical Services, a loser who is nevertheless a compulsive rescuer of people in danger. When the Holland Tunnel is sealed off after a fiery explosion and car passengers are trapped within, he goes inside and leads a group of survivors (a mixed group allegorically representing America's diversity) through all manner of pestilence toward safety. Directed by the imaginative Rob Cohen (Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story), Daylight finds Stallone outrageously (and to almost campy effect) pushing the envelope of his martyr persona to near-religious levels. He throws himself, quite literally, into this part, and between that entertainment factor and the unnervingly convincing effects, this is a pretty watchable film. --Tom Keogh Amazon.com

HD DVD is nothing special

This is a particular hi-def release that shows some improvement, but lacks the sparkle or brilliance of similiar aged catalog titles on HD DVD. Good for someone looking for a popcorn flick in reasonable quality, but not worth the upgrade in my opinion. April 9, 2008

Great Movie and Great Disk

Daylight is a High Definition DVD, and the picture is awesome. While, some people complain about grain, but it was filmed on film, so grain should be there. What I truely enjoy is that with the many explosions, there isn't any compression artifacts. It looks as HDTV should look. A big plus in my book. The Movie is great too. The store is based much on facts even if the story is fiction. The root nugget is a chemical explosion in the Holland Tunnel from the 1940s. I fully enjoyed the movie and even watched the commentary. High Recommend. October 28, 2007

What if those tunnels under the water collapse

Sly Stallione at his best again. A under-water tunnel collapses and Sly has to save the day. He is up against flooding water, bombs, at group of people who all depend on him to save the day and he is just as overwhelmed as they are but he rise to the occassion and wins the day. Wonderful movie, except for the death of certain loved ones in the movie. You laugh for happiness, cry for unexpected tradgey and cheer for the ending.
A great movie. September 29, 2007

Daylight

Excellent old classic. Was real happy to see it again on a big plasma TV and surround sound. It rocks!! May 10, 2007

Absolutely nothing new here,but it sure was fun

I count this one as a guilty pleasure. It's a run of the mill disaster movie, but it's told with such visual style and gusto that it's easy to over look the weak spots. Even Sly kicks his game up a notch or two and sells the movie.
It seems that a very bad chemical company wants several truck loads of explosive waste taken away but doesn't want to pay the cost of getting rid of it the right way, so they hire some guys and ship it out on trucks that have to drive through New York City to get rid of it. Add jewel thieves in a high speed chase from cops and the Holland Tunnel and before you can say Irwin Allen you have a spectalular explosion and people trapped in a flooding tunnel with no way out and the walls coming down around them. Enter Sly as a former EMT(disgraced but it really wasn't his fault) and you know who's going in to save the day.
Like I said nothing new but Sly keeps this one on track and the director keeps the pace so tight that it pulls you in(at least it did me). Top flight action scenes and a pretty good cast make this one a very good rainy day movie. April 6, 2007

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