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The Cold Light of Day
2012
· Movie
· 93 min
F
MEANRANK
37/100
Every rating
4–56
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 4, highest is Trakt on 56. Critics average 13, everyone else 42.
See the most agreed on films →A young businessman's family vacation in Spain turns into a nightmare when his family is kidnapped during a yacht trip. He discovers his father is not the diplomat he claimed to be but a CIA operative, and he must retrieve a valuable briefcase from his father's enemies to exchange for his family's lives.
Details
- Director
- Mabrouk El Mechri
- Writers
- John Petro, Scott Wiper
- Released
- 4 April 2012
- Country
- Spain, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $20.0M
- Box office
- $16.9M
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