Daylight
Daylight is a 1996 disaster film, starring Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen, Dan Hedaya, and Danielle Harris. It was directed by Rob Cohen and released in theaters on December 6, 1996.
When an explosion blocks New York's Hudson Tunnel at both ends, ex Emergency Medical Services Chief Kit Latura (Sylvester Stallone) is the only one with the know-how and experience to save the day. Risking his life to join the survivors in the tunnel; he finds a feisty writer, an elderly couple, a famous action-man, a quarreling family, some young hoodlums, a security guard and even a Weimaraner dog. Can he put his own past tragedies behind him and bring this desperate group to safety?
This film provides examples of:
- Air Vent Passageway
- Bury Your Disabled: George is left to die because of his broken neck.
- Chase Scene: What ends up causing the explosion in the tunnel.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: The reason why they're dumping the illegal waste in New Jersey by driving through the tunnel.
- Disaster Movie
- Hero With Bad Publicity: Latura is this in-universe.
- Jerkass: Nord
- Noodle Incident: Why Latura stopped being an EMT and is now a limo driver.
- Obstructive Bureaucrat: The city officials that want to open the tunnel right away even though that means it will kill the survivors.
- Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: An elderly couple, a jerkass action guy, several ex-cons, a family, a failed playwright, a security guard, a dog, a family and an ex-EMT chief.
- Retirony: George, the security guard guy.
- Title Drop: George telling Kit to take the survivors to back to daylight.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes: When rats start pouring into the gang's temporary shelter, LaTonya freaks out and can barely move.