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Cold Comes the Night

2013 · Movie · R · 90 min · ★ 5.5 · 41% critics

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A struggling motel owner trying to keep her family together is pulled into a dangerous night when a nearly blind career criminal takes her and her child hostage. Forced to act as his guide, she must navigate a seedy town and a crooked cop while he tries to recover a missing cash package.

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Details
Years
2013
Release date
2013-09-20
Language
English
Rated
R
Runtime
90 min
Critic score
41/100
TMDB rating
5.5/10 (263 votes)
About

You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a gritty, small-scale crime thriller with hostage pressure, moral gray areas, and steady suspense; Not for you if you dislike bleak settings, violence, or familiar genre beats like The Hunted.

Pros: steady tension; strong lead performances; brisk runtime | Cons: familiar crime tropes; uneven accents; predictable turns

Themes

  • motel
  • police corruption
  • criminal

Cast & crew

Directed by Tze Chun