Into the Sun (2005)

Note des utilisateurs:

4.2/10   

Réalisateur:

mink

Writers (WGA):

Steven Seagal (story) &
Joe Halpin (story) ...

Release Date:

20 mai 2005 (South Korea)

Genre:

Action | Aventure | Thriller

Accroche:

Only one man can stop the Yakuza.

Plot:

When a government official is killed, an American operative with experience in the Yakuza culture is brought into investigate.

Plot Keywords:

Yakuza | CIA | FBI | Swords | Japanese Mafia

Avis des utilisateurs:

S10 Reviews: Into the Sun (2005)

Ensemble

Steven Seagal	...	Travis Hunter
Matthew Davis	...	Sean Mack
Takao Osawa	...	Kuroda
Eddie George	...	Jones
William Atherton	...	Agent Block
Juliette Marquis	...	Jewel
Ken Lo	...	Chen (as Ken Low)
Kosuke Toyohara	...	Fudomyo-o
Akira Terao	...	Matsuda
Eve Masatoh	...	Kojima (as Masatoh Eve)
Pace Wu	...	Mai Ling
Chiaki Kuriyama	...	Ayako
Kanako Yamaguchi	...	Nayako
Namihiko Ohmura	...	Takeshi
Daisuke Honda	...	Kawamura

Autre(s) titre(s):

Yakuza (USA) (working title)
L'honneur des Yakusa (France) (TV title) [fr]
Piège au soleil levant (France) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, language, some sexuality and nudity.

Durée:

97 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais | Japonais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Classification:

Germany:18 | Iceland:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:R (certificate #41247) | Portugal:M/12 | Netherlands:12 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:18A (Manitoba/Ontario) | Finland:K-15 | Singapore:M18 | South Korea:18 | UK:18

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Bangkok, Thailand

Company:

Cine Bazar

Anecdotes:

Some of the songs on the soundtrack are written and performed by Steven Seagal.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Kuroda is informing his men of Travis Hunter's existence for the first time, the henchman with the brown hair and goatee is holding an MP3 player and leans forward while his boss speaking. In the shot that immediately follows, however, he has a cigarette to his mouth and is reclining with his back against the couch.

Guillemet:

Travis Hunter: [Travis pulls out a sword and says in Japanese] This one is so sharp. I'll use it tonight. This kills very well.

Movie Connections:

References Out for Justice (1991)

Soundtrack:

Opening Night

S10 Reviews: Into the Sun (2005)

Steven Seagal once again return to straight-to-video hokum as a high-level American operative who is lent out to Japan to investigate a Yakuza hit on a top Japanese government official. Is the new generation of Yakuza out for world domination since they seem to no longer be content with just the drug trade? Will Seagal be able to defeat them all on his own and most importantly will you care or bother to continue watching?

Sadly Seagal's career is pretty much DOA. I really enjoyed many of his older films (Above the Law, my personal favorite Hard to Kill, Marked for Death and Under Siege). But sadly his films of late (The Foreigner, Belly of the Beast and now Into the Sun) just don't cut the grade. Never the most energetic and kinetic action stars, Seagal of late seems to have slowed down further and at times appears to be way out of shape. The scripts represent the dartboard method of writing with tired combos that fall flat.