Into the Blue

Name: Into the Blue
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Crime
Released: September 30, 2005
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 45
Cast: Ashley Scott, Jessica Alba, Paul Walker, Scott Caan

2005

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Sony Pictures Releasing | Release Date: September 30, 2005 | PG-13

Starring: Ashley Scott, Jessica Alba, Paul Walker, Scott Caan

Summary: What begins as a carefree treasure hunt turns into a deadly battle over an ancient shipwreck in the Bahamas.

Director: John Stockwell

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Thriller, Crime

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 110 min

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Roger Ebert

Offers modest pleasures. It is not an essential film, but if you go to see it, it will not insult your intelligence, and there's genuine suspense toward the end. Read full review

Rick Groen

Stockwell takes an especially leaden screenplay, floats the dull thing up from the depths of mediocrity, and makes it cinematically buoyant. Within limits, that is. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

The cast is little more than the sum total of golden skin, firm flesh and blindingly white teeth, but in a film that demands them to be half-naked and soaking wet most of the time, looks trump technical acting skill every time. Read full review

Matt Singer

Granted, the cast has a certain rumpy charm, and setting four-fifths of the movie underwater keeps the pesky surfer-speak to a minimum, but the film is less about thrills than punishing the wicked. Read full review

J.R. Jones

Accommodates some great water photography. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

This undiluted nonsense is best suited to DVD-rental desperation. Still, aficionados of cheap cinematic thrills involving beautiful and stupid young people will be happy to learn that while the film fizzles far more than it sizzles, its director, John Stockwell, is a connoisseur of the female backside, which he displays to great and frequent advantage. Read full review

Nathan Rabin

Laughably awful. Read full review

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ONxPlayer

Dec 14, 2019

Into the Blue never demonstrated any pretense of becoming the next academy award winner, and instead faithfully executed its focus -- beautiful ocean scenery, beautiful bodies, and a significant degree of tension and action to carry the plot. I found the characters believable, especiallyInto the Blue never demonstrated any pretense of becoming the next academy award winner, and instead faithfully executed its focus -- beautiful ocean scenery, beautiful bodies, and a significant degree of tension and action to carry the plot. I found the characters believable, especially given the target audience of the movie: the dialog was fairly cleverly humorous, but serious when it needed to be; the characters were adequately conceived, including the intentionally unlikeable 4th party woman who "wasn't family." Most of all, I enjoyed the pacing of the movie. Some slow underwater scenes were accompanied by peaceful music belying the increasingly perilous situations the characters found themselves in. Halfway through the movie, the tension never fully dissipates, as each event flows into the next as the stakes rise. The badguys are dealt with intelligently, and there are enough twists to convincingly carry the instability and danger of the situation.

I went into this movie wanting to enjoy it, and I wasn't disappointed. Though its premise wasn't the most intellectual of premises, I don't feel as if it were dumbed down as much as many action movies do, and instead carried out is plot with due respect given its expectations. I'd recommend this movie as a good post-summer adventure flick!… Expand

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DEEPVALLEY

Jan 15, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. While it's a little generic, Into the Blue is an entertaining and sexy crime thriller. The story follows an aspiring treasure hunter and his friends who discover a possible shipwreck near a crashed plane full of drugs on the sea bed, and must work secretly to uncover the ship's location before others get to it first or the drug cartel comes looking for their lost plane. Starring Paul Walker, Jessica Alba, Ashley Scott, and Scott Caan, the film has a good cast. But the characters are poorly written and the plot is really convoluted. Still, there are some nice action sequences and the underwater scenes are beautifully shot. It's gratuitous and silly, but Into the Blue is also kind of fun.… Expand

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bfoore90

Mar 31, 2020

Obviously one of the main selling points here, as was demonstrated in the film's marketing campaign if I remember correctly was you get to see plenty of Jessica Alba in a bathing suit. Its a decently acted thriller, Josh Brolin can read the phone book and make it entertaining and JessicaObviously one of the main selling points here, as was demonstrated in the film's marketing campaign if I remember correctly was you get to see plenty of Jessica Alba in a bathing suit. Its a decently acted thriller, Josh Brolin can read the phone book and make it entertaining and Jessica Alba is easy on the eyes. Let's just say this , it's better than expected. That being said, I wasn't expecting much.… Expand

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groundfisher

Oct 29, 2005

The trailer didn't do this movie justice. The movie is well-paced and the narrative, not as simplistic as the trailer led me to expect, is coherent and somewhat interesting. The performances from the actors are mixed, however, and the gratuitous, lingering shots of the sexy bodies on The trailer didn't do this movie justice. The movie is well-paced and the narrative, not as simplistic as the trailer led me to expect, is coherent and somewhat interesting. The performances from the actors are mixed, however, and the gratuitous, lingering shots of the sexy bodies on display are distracting in a bad way! Some of the underwater scenes are well-shot. The central theme of a man's integrity and the value of love and of wealth is adequately handled until the end, when the movie really lets itself down. There are some aspects of the plot which are unlikely but not enough to spoil it. The movie is not without charm and I was happy to sit through it. I wouldn't watch it again, however.… Expand

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worleyjamers

Jun 7, 2013

A guilty pleasure movie. It probably takes itself a little too seriously at times, but come on...who doesn't like Jessica Alba in a bikini for 2 hours!?

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SusanM.

Oct 4, 2005

Bland and forgettable.

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BrianG

Nov 2, 2005

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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