becky878 This movie has some pretty good action scenes and is full of signature Seagal classic moments. The only problem is that it is about 75% all in Japanese with NO SUBTITLES explaining ANYTHING that is happening! I bought the Amazon Instant Video version, so let that be your warning if you go to buy it. (They refunded me for what it is worth and I bought Urban Justice, great Seagal movie) That is the reason I had to dock it, because I missed all the great quotes that I love in my Seagal movies. Eddie George makes a brief appearance early on. I was like what the hell is Eddie George doing here? Early on Steven pulls a classic move: instead of using his silenced weapon to kill a couple baddies, he shoots one with the silencer, then shoots the other with the first bad guys unsilenced assault rifle! YES! I knew this was starting out right. After some good initial action the rest of the movie is pretty much Steven aka Big Poppa, asking Japanese and Chinese people about who the hell knows what because it is literally all in Japanese, then at the end he kills a bunch of people with a sword and it is just over. You will laugh your ass off when he ends up in the park apparently proposing to this chick out of nowhere. I mean, you see this chick twice, then the 3rd time he's getting married? He literally talks in English in two word sentences and people answer him back with 10 minutes of Japanese for basically the whole movie. So, as long as you don't care that you have no idea what is happening most of the time, go ahead and watch this film. I went back and read the teaser on Amazon after I watched it to see what the hell I had just watched and what the story was supposed to be, and it said something about Steven saving the US from a secret nuclear attack!? WTF? I never once caught wind of that in the movie, which just made it even more baffling. If it was in English or had subtitles it would have been so much better.

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!

MonteCarloMan Action fans no doubt know of Steven Seagal as the ultimate 90s action star who blended bone-crunching martial arts with more conventional use of weaponry & street smarts. In the last 10 years, his star had fallen to the point that he fell out of favor in Hollywood and could only make movies on the very cheap, direct to video labels. He successfully makes a long-awaited and overdue comeback with the release of "Into the Sun". He is essentially back "in his element" fighting the bad guys while appearing invincible. Semi-autobiographical, (Seagal lived for a time in Japan) he successfully blends traditional Japanese sword fighting with his known Aikido skills. "Into the Sun" features a well-written story of Seagal's fight to bring down a young upstart in the Japanese Yakuza mob family. The film goes along at a crisp pace with great music, fight choreography, and brilliant cinematography, successfully put to maximum effect without appearing over the top. This author would dare say that this comeback movie was better than all those big-budget efforts earlier in his career. It definitely hits the mark of the kind of Seagal movie worth watching multiple times. Give it a look and see if you don't agree.

KHayes666 Steven Seagal plays yet another ex-CIA agent and this time he's got Tennessee Titans running back Eddie George with him......for about 5 minutes.In this one, the Japanese Yakuza plans to unite with the Chinese Triad and its up to Seagal to stop them. Sounds simple but it turns out to be very convoluted. First off they credit Eddie George as one of the stars of the movie and they kill him off before the opening credits...wtf? Its always nice to see William Atherton play the jackass because he does it so well. The movie rolls along and as usual Seagal mows everyone over with little resistance along with a female counterpart to save the day.......yawn.Every Seagal movie is the same these days, an ex-CIA agent that goes after an entire mob of ppl and methodically takes them out with little resistance and ends up saving the day. This time though, its the cultural difference thats confusing. At one point during the flick a bunch of punks gather round to attack Seagal, he points out that half are Chinese and the other are Japanese and 10 years ago that would have never happened. Now to us Americans, if you told us someone was Chinese but was really Japanese how the hell would we know the difference? So we're supposed to watch this and be able to point out who's Triad and who's Yakuza? I know the director/writer is supposed to establish an alliance but when the orginizations hate each other how are we supposed to know? Its a cookie cutter movie where Seagal beats up everyone with little trouble but the cultural impact is the river card to the other movies. in Out For A Kill he was against a Triad, simple enough. This time he's got two cultures to deal with and the storyline gets confusing, but by no means is it that bad of a movie. Another thing is Shawn gets killed and Seagal doesn't comment on it until the very end of the movie If you're a fan of the cultures then its worth the 5 bucks to see it, but if not then go see something else. The highlight of the movie is where Sensei asks which Kendo school Shawn went to and he answers UCLA.4 out of 10