Libramedi Intense, gripping, stylish and poignant

Seraherrera The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Leofwine_draca INTO THE SUN is a Japan-set adventure for Steven Seagal, playing a typically tough American operative who must step in when Chinese Triads and the Japanese Yakuza team up to create a new drugs empire in the Far East. Seagal hooks up with a comic relief young partner and the twosome go around beating up informants and contacts before they finally tackle the main villains at the climax.Despite the location photography and presence of Asian stars in the cast, this is a disappointing affair let down by some extremely poor direction from a guy who credits himself as 'mink'. I'll let that speak for itself. Seagal isn't as overweight or wooden as he is elsewhere in his career, but the fight choreography is poor despite some heavy violence here and there.Mostly I played 'spot the star' as I watched the movie. BATTLE ROYALE's Chiaki Kuriyama pops up in a pointless cameo early on, but there's better news in the form of Ken Lo (DRUNKEN MASTER II) who at least gets to fight Seagal as a Triad leader. The main bad guy is the Japanese actor Takao Osawa (ICHI) and he's good value. William Atherton (GHOSTBUSTERS) plays Seagal's typically acerbic superior. Seeing all these faces takes your mind off the monotony of the plot a little, but only a little.

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!

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

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.