Into the Sun

2005
4.3| 1h37m| R| en
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After the assassination of Tokyo's Governor by Yakuza members, the CIA bureau chief (William Atherton) for Tokyo puts out a call to an agent (Steven Seagal) that had been raised in Japan and trained by ex-Yakuza. Using his former ties, he quickly determines that a war is brewing between old-guard Yakuza members and a young, crazed leader (Takao Osawa) with ties to the Chinese Tong.

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KnotMissPriceless Why so much hype?
Ehirerapp Waste of time
Griff Lees Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
Candida It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
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!
lost-in-limbo I like Steven Seagal. Who doesn't like Steven Seagal? If you didn't I guess you wouldn't be reading this, yet alone watching the straight-to-DVD film "Into the Sun". The quality of his latter-career is nothing to talk about, and mostly disappointing and forgettable, but despite that I do find it hard not to sit there and be enthralled by the man. Even when his not kicking arse, and sadly I found "Into the Sun" (which Seagal co-wrote and produced) to have too little of it. More time spent sleep walking through it; however its glorious climax is indeed a bloody treat with Seagal going samurai. Chopping and slicing left and right, before breaking out the pistol. Even the editing stands-up better, as it's not choppy as hell (like some later films ala "Against the Dark"). We can "clearly" see him in action. It's too bad he spends more time looking good in his long black leather trench coat while simply wandering or strolling about; listening and talking… then listening some more… and then chatting away. You know; investigating (following up on leads and gathering info) and other things on mind like falling in love. He does take his sweet time, as his investigative partner grows impatient… maybe so the audience. Some times the language barrier (Japanese) keeps it distant, because you don't know what the characters are on about. No sub-titles, so it must be trivial. The narrative can get ponderous, but it's quite choppy too. There's a certain sharp slickness to the production, where it sets up some unnecessary computer images of locations. Fancy, but pointless. The performances are standard, decent enough. A blotchy, muddled Steven Seagal vehicle.
Comeuppance Reviews "Into the Sun" is one of Seagal's better efforts of late. The plot: Travis Hunter (Seagal) goes to Japan to stop the Yakuza. This time he has a partner named Sean (Davis). They uncover a drug ring bigger than Seagal himself.Most Seagal movies nowadays are shot on the cheap in Bulgaria. But this time around they shot it in Japan. That was a good choice because the colors are bright, and there's a lot of breathtaking sights. Seagal puts in his routine performance, but he smiles!.... On second thought, It's probably a stunt smiler. There's also a few scenes where Hunter speaks Japanese but the townspeople don't. That was weird. I guess only "reported egomaniac" SEAGAL can speak the language. He does put some energy into the fights though, and the climax with the samurai swords was cool."Into The Sun" had a $35 million dollar budget and was supposed to debut in theaters. I don't know why it didn't, it's not a masterpiece but it's just as good as "Exit Wounds".For more insanity, please visit: comeuppancereviews.com
Samiam3 Mr. Seagal is getting a little old for the job. He's put on a little weight too I think. So what does Into the Sun offer us that hasn't been done before. Well we get to see Seagal wield a Katina and go apes**t on a bunch of Japanese criminals, and we get to see him act in a different language, but his fluency in Japanesse has little effect on the overall quality of his performance. It's just different is all. No folks, Seagal is pretty much the same guy he was ten fifteen years earlier, only he'd getting tiresome. With that in mind, If I am gonna recommend one film from the latter Seagal, this might be it. despite It feels a bit more epic than anything he has done in that decade, It has some nice shots, and even features a couple of Seagal's songs. He ain't too bad.The script could do with a few less clichéd lines, and a few more one liners. Steven Seagal looks pretty bored on screen, and the signs of age are certainly taking their toll, but he ain't dead yet.