YouHeart
I gave it a 7.5 out of 10
PiraBit
if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.
Frances Chung
Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
namashi_1
Mink Directed 'Into the Sun', turns out to be A Good Watch. A Nicely Written Screenplay, along-with Stylish Direction & A Super-Cool Performance by its lead-Star, All-Time Bad-Ass, Steven Seagal, just adds to its glory.'Into the Sun' Synopsis: When a government official is killed, an American operative with experience in the Yakuza culture is brought into investigate.'Into the Sun' has an interesting start, an okay middle & a killer end. The Screenplay Written by Seagal himself, is mostly interesting. Mink's Direction is completely Stylish. Cinematography is perfect. Editing is mediocre. Art Design is fair. Action-Sequences are top-notch.Seagal's Super-Cool Performance is among the merits of this film. And Like Always, his fight-scenes are a pleasure to watch. He's an All-Time Bad-Ass! On the whole, 'Into the Sun' works. A Must See for Seagal Fans!
TheLittleSongbird
Steven Seagal's best film will always be Under Siege to me. Not all his films are a waste of time, but over the years especially the case with Out for a Kill and Submerged his films have taken a nosedive in quality, and have ranged from just okay to very poor.Into the Sun does have a good soundtrack and some decent moments, but overall it was just adequate for me. Into the Sun occasionally looks good, but there are a lot of scenes where the editing looks messy, and the direction is a very uneven mix of occasionally decent to sorely lacking.The characters are little more than walking clichés(that's my opinion of course), with Seagal's partner very underused in particular. I have no better news about the acting, Steven Seagal looks unkempt and gives another quite lazy performance, while William Artherton seemed bored.The fight sequences are not well-edited and don't make much sense within the plot. Speaking of the plot, it is very thin and derivative complete with a pace that is monotonous and sluggish and a script that at best is very weak.Overall, not one of Seagal's finest hours. 3/10 Bethany Cox
Delandro Drodro (BDelandro)
Actually, I don't even know what kinda stars to give this thing honestly. I mean, if I could replace the stars with a smiley face or a can of vienna sausages then I would do it. I just figured I'd splash this review with a little color and if you're colorblind it probably won't make much of a difference anyway.Okayokay, backup. Basically what we have here is like, "Brotherhood of the Wolf" storytelling, a "Black Rain" plot, a "Street Fighter" script, and "Lost in Translation" cinematography, plus Seagalia. See where I'm coming from here? This is like the movie version of that drink you sip at the gas station when you just mixed all the fountain beverages together (including the cherry and vanilla syrups and maybe a hint of cappuccino blast). You don't know whether to say it tasted bad, it tasted how it should, or maybe you just shouldn't have made it in the first place.Anywho, see, I just watched this on TV not too long ago. Compelled every minute to see how the heck it was gonna wrap up. When you see Seagal's face, okay, put it straight, you know you're in Seagalia. Population trench coat. The country of Seagalia basically sticks to three main practices: 1) Cattle Farming (lady friends and needless sidekicks) 2) Border Patrol (hand based usually) and 3) Deportation (usually via windows). In this movie, you not only got the quintessential Seagalia, but you also learn how Seagal + yakuza + vending machines is a good combination to go to before you sit down for the next Yomiuri Giants game! Education is a Seagalian tradition.However, what you don't get, is a point to the plot, unless you count the chopsticks. So, this at times goes from moments of total hilarity, to moments where you wonder if that's Andrew Zimmern in the background making better use of his camera time in beautiful Japanland. Basically, characters show up, one of them gets shot, then the shooter gets shot, then they go have some beers, one almost shoots himself, then they have tea, then that guy says "KISS MEE", suddenly everyone carries a sword, and uuuhh yeah, someone gets shot, then Seagalia declares independence from the microphone a few times and you can't hear what he's saying. Finally, you wrap it up by discovering how NEW BLOOBERRY PUDDIN' POPS WITH GUYS IN THE THINGS THAT YOU PUT ON A STICK AND SHOOT THROUGH THE HOSE is real and could be in your house right now. I mean, this could be one of the most brilliant socks ever to type down a buffalo. We just can't know for sure.Ah whatever, I think I'm going nuts. I'm done. Watch the movie though, I dare you. Compared to Seagalia, we're all just third world countries.
KHayes666
Steven Seagal plays yet another ex-CIA agent and this time he's got Tennessee Titans running back Eddie George with him......for about 5 minutes.In this one, the Japanese Yakuza plans to unite with the Chinese Triad and its up to Seagal to stop them. Sounds simple but it turns out to be very convoluted. First off they credit Eddie George as one of the stars of the movie and they kill him off before the opening credits...wtf? Its always nice to see William Atherton play the jackass because he does it so well. The movie rolls along and as usual Seagal mows everyone over with little resistance along with a female counterpart to save the day.......yawn.Every Seagal movie is the same these days, an ex-CIA agent that goes after an entire mob of ppl and methodically takes them out with little resistance and ends up saving the day. This time though, its the cultural difference thats confusing. At one point during the flick a bunch of punks gather round to attack Seagal, he points out that half are Chinese and the other are Japanese and 10 years ago that would have never happened. Now to us Americans, if you told us someone was Chinese but was really Japanese how the hell would we know the difference? So we're supposed to watch this and be able to point out who's Triad and who's Yakuza? I know the director/writer is supposed to establish an alliance but when the orginizations hate each other how are we supposed to know? Its a cookie cutter movie where Seagal beats up everyone with little trouble but the cultural impact is the river card to the other movies. in Out For A Kill he was against a Triad, simple enough. This time he's got two cultures to deal with and the storyline gets confusing, but by no means is it that bad of a movie. Another thing is Shawn gets killed and Seagal doesn't comment on it until the very end of the movie If you're a fan of the cultures then its worth the 5 bucks to see it, but if not then go see something else. The highlight of the movie is where Sensei asks which Kendo school Shawn went to and he answers UCLA.4 out of 10
