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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for intense sequences of action violence, drug material, some sexual content and language
Starring Paul Walker, Jessica Alba, Scott Caan, Ashley Scott, Josh Brolin, and James Frain
What begins as a carefree treasure hunt turns into a deadly battle over an ancient shipwreck in the Bahamas.
| GENRE(S): | Action | Adventure | Crime | Suspense/Thriller |
| WRITTEN BY: | Matt Johnson |
| DIRECTED BY: | John Stockwell |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: December 27, 2005 Theatrical: September 30, 2005 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 110 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | USA |
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The average user rating for this movie is 5.4 (out of 10) based on 17 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Jeff M. gave it a7:
I have seen Heaven, and it is Jessica Alba's ass in a bathing suit. Besides that, it's a good popcorn flick, Scott Caan is reasonably funny and...there's sharks! Can't go wrong with sharks.
Craig M. gave it a10:
An absolutely fabulous film, great action, stunning scenes, romance, great theme music the list goes on. Its a film for all ! men, women, boys and girls it has a bit of everything ! and absolutley THE Best star in Jessica Alba ! Simply Gorgeous, (nearly as good as my wife !) and my wife also liked Paul Walker so a winner all round!
Mike J. gave it a5:
The only reason that made give this lousy movie a 5 was because of jessica alba. She's hot, and goes in the water a lot. So that's the only good thing. Other than that, this movie isn't even the least bit entertaining, crappy effects, pretty bad acting, and lackluster presentation all add up to the movie not to see this year.
Scott E. gave it a7:
Let's just say, it's better than expected. That being said, I wasn't expecting much.
Darkmage gave it a7:
Kept a bus of 50 high school students on their way to a ski resort quiet for the 2 hour drive, so there's definitely some "watchability" to it. At first I thought their attention was due to Jessica Alba in a bikini, but there's more to it than that. Let's face it, everyone likes a good treasure hunt movie. Many here have said the movie is just a mindless watch, but I found the conflict faced by the protagonists -- namely whether to use the funds of selling a discovery of cocaine to finance their underwater search for REAL treasure -- to be particulary interesting. Of course, they fall deeper and deeper (no pun intended) into trouble, which makes for a good moralistic argument as well.
Mark B. gave it a6:
Even though John Stockwell's dippy but not totally disposable underwater booty-and-booty epic wasn't actually released until October of 2005, it's really the purest mindless summer junk to come out that year. It's not trying to be postmodern (like The Dukes of Hazzard), or lazily imitative (like The Longest Yard) or trashily noisy (like Four Brothers) or slick but totally nonnutritious (like Mr. and Mrs. Smith). It really tries to tell a serviceable story involving two kinds of buried treasure (one legit, the other not so much); the underwater photographers really earned their paychecks and then some; the four leads fill their skimpy suits effectively, although Scott Caan and Ashley Scott are far better actors than topliners Paul Walker and Jessica Alba and therefore get to have all the moral ambiguities. In short, Into the Blue is to cinema what Garfield's nemesis Odie is to comic strip canines: really pretty dumb, but its energy and enthusiasm make up for a lot without totally letting you forget that it's really pretty dumb. The same goes for walker's performance; the Fast and the Furious star is a terrible actor, but his overcaffeinated dudespeak is something to behold. As for Alba (Sin City, Fantastic 4), she delivers the goods she was essentially signed on to deliver, which means that this DVD will be sold to lots of 13-year-old boys and lonely middle-aged men who want to...study her performance further. During the sections of the film in which the stars are required to put some clothes on for a change, Stockwell (who also did the Kate Bosworth surfing flick Blue Crush; the man gets more mileage out of the color blue than any entertainment figure since Bobby Vinton) keeps his viewers awake with some decent car chases, torture sequences and shark attacks, but ultimately spoils his movie by being just a bit TOO eager to please; few movies are destroyed in the last two minutes, but Stockwell tacks on a "have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too" coda that totally negates the central "which is more important, love or wealth?" question that actually if temporarily lent the movie some thematic weight. But then, I already DID say this movie was really pretty dumb in the first place, didn't I?
Brian G gave it a0:
Imponderably predictable. Simply listening to Paul Walker is annoying enough to make one throw up their innards. This was the first time I have ever fallen asleep in a movie theater since Lord of the Rings Fellowship.
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