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- 2014
- R
- Samuel Goldwyn Films
- 1 h 30 m
- 2014
- R
- Samuel Goldwyn Films
- 1 h 30 m
Summary A struggling motel owner (Alice Eve) and her daughter are taken hostage by a nearly blind career criminal (Bryan Cranston) to be his eyes as he attempts to retrieve his money from a crooked cop.
Directed By: Tze Chun
Written By: Oz Perkins, Nick Simon, Tze Chun
- 2014
- R
- Samuel Goldwyn Films
- 1 h 30 m
- 2014
- R
- Samuel Goldwyn Films
- 1 h 30 m
Cold Comes the Night
37
5.9
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Summary A struggling motel owner (Alice Eve) and her daughter are taken hostage by a nearly blind career criminal (Bryan Cranston) to be his eyes as he attempts to retrieve his money from a crooked cop.
Directed By: Tze Chun
Written By: Oz Perkins, Nick Simon, Tze Chun
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
37
17% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
56% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
28% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Chun treats the material with a sophistication that brings its pulpy scenario down to earth. Not even Bryan Cranston with a cheap Slavic accent can stop him.
The real revelation is Alice Eve, who gives a strikingly direct and affecting portrait of a woman in a desperate situation. Still, after too many pat plot twists and one nauseatingly slow death, I wished the film surrounding her were a little fresher.
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Chun admirably attempts to make each thriller-y motion mean a little bit more. But oftentimes he fails, and the back half of the movie is filled with perfunctory suspense set pieces, doused in blood and full of trauma, that leave little impact.
While the actor lends his formidable presence to the proceedings, this rote thriller mainly succeeds in squandering his talents.
As the screws turn, and the double crosses begin, the film sinks under the weight of its own ridiculousness. (The ever-reliable Cranston’s thick Euro-villain accent actually turns out to be one of the least ludicrous elements.)
The Breaking Bad star — who looks here not unlike the Heisenberg of last season — can’t buoy material so thin that it would’ve barely supported an episode of "The Killing."
Tze Chun's film exudes no flair in rehashing the violence and suspense of its predictable noir-thriller material.
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• 1 Nomination
