---
title: 'The Cold Light of Day (2012)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mabrouk El Mechri'
released: '2012-04-04'
runtime_minutes: 94
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
  - 'Spain'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-cold-light-of-day-2012'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1366365/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Cold Light of Day (2012)

2012 · 94 min · Action, Thriller · United States, Spain


## Synopsis

The Cold Light of Day is a 2012 action thriller film directed by Mabrouk El Mechri and distributed by Summit Entertainment. It was written by Scott Wiper and John Petro and stars Henry Cavill, Bruce Willis, and Sigourney Weaver. The story follows Will (Cavill), who finds that his family has been kidnapped by foreign agents searching for a briefcase stolen by his father (Willis), which forces him to take matters into his own hands to find them.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mabrouk El Mechri](https://cinepixo.com/people/mabrouk-el-mechri)
- **Screenplay:** [Scott Wiper](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-wiper)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Lucas Vidal](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucas-vidal)
- **Producer:** [Kevin Mann](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-mann)
- **Director of Photography:** [Remi Adefarasin](https://cinepixo.com/people/remi-adefarasin)
- **Editor:** [Valerio Bonelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/valerio-bonelli)

## Cast

- [Verónica Echegui](https://cinepixo.com/people/veronica-echegui)
- [Rafi Gavron](https://cinepixo.com/people/rafi-gavron)
- [Óscar Jaenada](https://cinepixo.com/people/oscar-jaenada)
- [Simón Andreu](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-andreu)
- [Jim Piddock](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-piddock)
- [Michael Budd](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-budd)
- [Joe Dixon](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-dixon)
- [Roschdy Zem](https://cinepixo.com/people/roschdy-zem)
- [Joseph Mawle](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-mawle)
- [Caroline Goodall](https://cinepixo.com/people/caroline-goodall)
- [Sigourney Weaver](https://cinepixo.com/people/sigourney-weaver)
- [Colm Meaney](https://cinepixo.com/people/colm-meaney)
- [Emma Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/emma-hamilton)
- [Fermí Reixach i García](https://cinepixo.com/people/fermi-reixach-i-garcia)
- [Henry Cavill](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-cavill)

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