Cold comes the night (2013)

Director: Tze Chun

Starring: Alice Eve, Logan Marshall-Green, Bryan Cranston

A struggling motel owner and her daughter are taken hostage by a nearly blind career criminal to be his eyes as he attempts to retrieve his cash package from a crooked cop.

This is one of those films I didn’t find bad, but not special either, and in time probably will be forgotten. It plays like a TV movie or an episode from an 80s detective series. Nothing grabbed me. There are a few twists towards the end, but still nothing to write home about.

Alice Eve was pretty good as the motel owner, but Ursula Parker was very bad as her daughter. Thank goodness she was only in the film a few moments. Logan-Marshall Green was incredible, although we only got to see his full potential during the film’s climax. Bryan Cranston was ok as the villain, but that terrible accent!!! Have mercy on my ears!

The rest of the film was standard fare we’ve seen before with a predictable – yet satisfying – ending. Nothing about the film’s title will make me remember this.