Film Review - Disclosure Day (2026)

Disclosure Day is the new movie by Steven Spielberg and stars Josh O’Connor as Daniel Kellner a government cyber security contractor who goes on the run from the Wardex Corporation and its head Noah (Colin Firth) meanwhile Kansas City Weather Reporter Margaret (Emily Blunt) starts speaking a strange language while on air and soon enough she gets caught up in the mystery that Daniel is also caught up in.

Disclosure Day despite some wobbles with its ending is a movie that I really enjoyed and the first reason for that is Steven Spielberg’s direction, there are so few filmmakers that know how to move a camera like he does and by that I mean that it feels like a natural extension of his arm and that is on show here with many long tracking shots, energetic action moments and excellent camera blocking that makes you feel like your with these characters on this journey and feeling what they feel.

Januz Kaminski’s cinematography is quite good especially in the films night time scenes, there are so so so so many movies nowadays that make their night time scenes look like washed out pixelated messes where you can’t see a fucking thing but here you can see everything as your meant to in those moments and the streaks of light that sometimes come through windows or the flashes of police lights are used to great effect to add suspense and tension to the scenes.

The film is also littered with great performances, Josh O’Connor works very well here as a classic Spielberg everyman, someone who is good at what they do but have nothing special about them but we instantly feel that certain connection to them, Colin Firth is great as the chief villain and he has a very memorable scene with a table that is great to watch, Eve Hewson is also very good as Jane (Daniel’s girlfriend) and she has some great moments of her own while Colman Domingo is his usual charismatic self while also bringing a warm mentor feel to his character.
And then there is Emily Blunt who honestly deserves an Oscar nomination for her work here, she is much the lead of this movie as O’Connor is and she is simply superb here and she is asked to do a lot with this character and she more than steps up to the plate, sometimes the movies Blunt stars in can be hit or miss (hey it happens) but when she’s this good (and she has rarely let me down performance wise) I won’t complain.

But there is one more person that deserves some love and that is Courtney Grace as a news anchor who has one key scene in the climax but sells it really well and almost steals the entire film.

But if I do have a minor quibble it is in the storytelling, David Koepp isn’t the world’s best screenwriter but for so much of this movie I was intrigued by the mystery, invested in what was going on and wanted to know more about what the truth was Wardex were trying to hide and when that is all revealed I enjoyed it but then it cuts to black and that’s it the movie’s over and part of me can’t help feel that if that moment had been extended a beat or two then it would’ve landed better for me.

And so that was Disclosure Day and it is along with The Drama and Mortal Kombat II one of my favourite films of the year so far, I really enjoyed it, 3 and a half out of 5.