The Cold Light of Day

There are some action films where you leave feeling that it would have been a decent film if only somebody had shot the cameraman early on in proceedings, or at least given him some tranquilisers. The Cold Light of Day is not one of those films for two reasons - (1) I doubt you'll get more than thirty minutes in without wishing something nasty before whoever is responsile for the unbearably shaky visuals on the screen and (2) even without the migraine-inducing camerawork this would still be a bad film.

Will (Henry Cavill) is on holiday with his family in Spain when he returns to their boat to find them missing. Going to the police seems to land him in more trouble, until his dad (Bruce Willis) turns up to sort things out, tell his son he's really a CIA agent and then promptly get shot, leaving Will to try and put all the pieces together, aided by some Spanish girl he picks up along the way who turns out not to be the romantic interest (thankfully, given one of the plot twists) and by this point I'd given up caring enough to bother with much more of a plot summary.

On the positive side - Henry Cavill shows some potential as at least watchable in the leading role, let's just hope Superman gives him more decent material to work with. And Sigourney Weaver makes for a badass villain at times. And that's about it. Bruce Willis looks like he can't really be bothered. There are so many continuity errors and nonsensical plot twists that you'll be continually scratching your head and going 'If they really are that, then why are they doing that? And more importantly, why should I care?'

Overall - 4.5/10 A good case study in how not to make a thriller, the most entertaining aspect of watching this film is spotting all the things wrong with it.