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Into
the Blue 
(4
popcorn buckets out of 5)
Best
Price $19.99 Buy
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Release
Date: December 26, 2005
Rated: 
Starring: Paul
Walker
(Jared), Jessica
Alba
(Sam), Scott
Caan
(Bryce), Ashley
Scott
(Amanda), Josh
Brolin
(Bates)
Directors: John Stockwell
Studio: Sony Pictures
Run Time: 110 min (original
theatrical or airing runtime)
Tagline: Treasure Has Its
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Editorial Review
Stunning
tropical scenery and gorgeous athletic movie
stars may not make a movie great, but they sure
don't hurt. Jared (Paul
Walker,
The
Fast and the Furious) dreams of finding
sunken treasure and making millions, but his
girlfriend Sam (Jessica
Alba, Fantastic
Four, Sin
City) is content with their poor but idyllic
life in the Bahamas. Still, when they find artifacts
from a 19th century pirate ship, she gets caught
up in the excitement--until they also find a
crashed plane full of smuggled cocaine.
Naturally,
someone's going to want that cocaine back...
From there, Into the Blue is a surprisingly
well-plotted action movie, unpredictable in
its specifics if familiar in its broader outlines.
Even more pleasant, the action itself stays
plausible and genuinely engaging throughout.
Jared seems able to hold his breath for a preternaturally
long time, but aside from that the movie is
meticulous about the dangers and threats the
characters face and is all the stronger for
it.
Add
to this its unabashed ogling of Alba and Walker
(both of whom are astonishing physical specimens)
and you have a solid romp. Also featuring Scott
Caan
(Ocean's
Eleven), Tyson
Beckford
(Biker
Boyz), and Josh
Brolin
(Flirting
With Disaster) as a slimy rival treasure
hunter. -- Bret Fetzer at Amazon.com |
