In Cold Light

Name: In Cold Light
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: January 23, 2026
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 49

2026

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Saban Films | Release Date: January 23, 2026 | R

Summary: Fresh out of prison and burning to reclaim her shattered empire, Ava (Maika Monroe) sets out to take back control of her once-thriving drug operation. But her plans implode when she is framed for a killing that puts a target on her back from both the police and the city’s ruthless crime boss (Helen Hunt). Suddenly caught in a dangerousFresh out of prison and burning to reclaim her shattered empire, Ava (Maika Monroe) sets out to take back control of her once-thriving drug operation. But her plans implode when she is framed for a killing that puts a target on her back from both the police and the city’s ruthless crime boss (Helen Hunt). Suddenly caught in a dangerous criminal underworld even she can’t navigate, Ava is forced to confront the ghosts of her past, including old wounds from her father (Troy Kotsur), while dodging bullets and fleeing for her life as her fight for survival becomes a reckoning.… Expand

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 96 min

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RogerEbert.com Sheila O'Malley

Jan 23, 2026

A lot of thrillers are exciting but empty. “In Cold Light” is thrilling but very full in unexpected and complicated ways. Read full review

Liz Braun

Feb 26, 2026

None of it makes any sense, alas, and you’ll stop caring about what happens or who it happens to, fairly early on. There seems to be a lot of pseudo-Freudian yammer in the middle of this crime drama, or perhaps there’s a lot of drug-trade-related violence in the middle of a psychological family study; either way, it’s mystifying as hell. Read full review

The Travers Take Peter Travers

Jan 23, 2026

Maika Monroe plays a drug dealer facing off with her rodeo champ dad Troy Kotsur in a by-the-numbers thriller minus any real thrills. It’s the hints of a better film—fiercer, funnier, more attuned to a woman’s point of view—that nag at you. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Jan 22, 2026

A depressing, downbeat thriller that hustles from one violent act to the next with only the flimsiest of narrative throughlines, the latest from the French Canadian director Maxime Giroux is an unfortunate misfire. Read full review

Richard Whittaker

Jan 22, 2026

In Cold Light is far better constructed and executed than its generic, straight-to-video title might imply, but it’s too monotonous – in the literal meaning of the word – to reach its aspirations or to really use its cast. Read full review

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