In Cold Light

2025

Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 54% · 37 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 54%
IMDb Rating 5.2/10 10 549 549

Plot summary

Fresh out of prison, Ava's attempt to reclaim her drug operation collapses when she witnesses a brutal crime, forcing her to flee into a nightmarish underworld where allies are scarce and enemies multiply by the minute.

Director

Maxime Giroux Photo
Maxime Giroux

Top cast

Maika Monroe Photo
Maika Monroe as Ava Bly
Helen Hunt Photo
Helen Hunt as Claire
Geena Meszaros Photo
Geena Meszaros as Older Amy
Allan Hawco Photo
Allan Hawco as Bob Whyte
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885.69 MB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
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1.78 GB
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English 5.1
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1920*872
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1 hr 36 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by 5 / 10

Unflinching Crime Drama - that needed to flinch a little

Gritty, relentless crime story of a woman on the run. It has good acting, believable dialogue (mostly) and a decent plot.There were only two other people in the audience, at my showing, and they both walked out! I suspect the reason is that the movie never lightens up. I personally have a thing for bad girls but even I never got to like the main protagonist. Except for some maternal instinct, she has no soft edges -- she never laughs or shows kindness. The movie would still have been plenty gritty, even if they had seeded in some lighter moments.I'm a long-time fan of Helen Hunt but her short performance was inexplicable. I think it was meant to show the self-absorption of a sociopath or maybe it was meant to be funny. I'm not sure.But this didn't ruin the movie for me: the somewhat rambling plot held my attention throughout; I think it correctly catches the ethos of oil field Alberta; the characters are compelling, even if not likeable; and the ending is redemptive.
Reviewed by 7 / 10

Could have been better

This is a pretty good story and could have been a much better film with another director. Maxime Giroux made some mistakes that a film school newbie might have made, despite his long list of films to his credit.The shaky cam work has proven to be an effective way to screw up the finished product, as has the point of view shot from the perspective of a character who has been drugged or knocked silly by a blow to the head.Another bad filming practice is filling the screen with images from a heat sensor camera, which is OK for a shot with a monitor showing that image, but filling the screen with that imagery and keeping it there for anything other than a few seconds is a mistake.Giroux blunted the impact of several scenes with these amateur moves. The script lays out a fairly straightforward story that is interesting by itself, without a director trying to make some kind of point that doesn't help the story along.Maika Monroe is excellent in this kind of role, the kind of character that isn't a superwoman who beats several guys at once and shoots bad guys down with a pistol from 100 yards. That's the kind of character that gets an actor typecast as unserious.I liked the story and enjoyed the film overall, while hoping that Maxime Giroux settles down a little in future projects.
Reviewed by 3 / 10

Not well thought out.

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