Movie

Cold Comes the Night

2013 · 90 min

A tense, grimy hostage thriller that keeps you uneasy, with a bleak motel setting and mounting desperation.

Tagline: Sometimes the fight of your life comes in the dead of night.
Overview: 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.
How it feels: Tense, dark, bleak and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Survival, crime, corruption, isolation
Content: Strong violence and language. Mild gore and sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
crime
corruption
isolation
parenthood
Places: small town
workplace
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild