A few people may quietly utter the words "Seagal's comeback!" under their breaths for this one but despite the fact it looks far more professional than his recent works, this is still a lame dog, totally eclipsed by the comebacks of fellow action men Van Damme (Wake Of Death) and Dolph Lundgren (The Defender, which is best of the lot by far!).
This had a good budget and to add to that, Seagal seems more enthusiastic to say the least, but enthusiast still doesn't hide the fact he is clearly to past it to carry on these types of movies. Credit goes to him for adding a minimal amount of character to his performance, whereas other films we see Steven being dubbed by someone else and half asleep. For all that Into The Sun looks pretty polished it still reverts back to tried and tested Seagal plot lines. Seagal here isn't cop or environmentalist he is a CIA man once again. The story is nothing new or remotely interesting but thankfully steers clear of that horrible preachy vibe some Seagal films can have. What the film really lacks though is the most important element of this type of flick, action! The action is pretty sparse. After the obligatory opening the film never steps into high gear until the last 20 minutes when we are treated to some nicely done, but all too brief Sword play. We realise Seagal can't run about as much as before but this is ridiculous. If the sparse action was more than merely competent than it could perhaps be forgiven but there are no stand out action scenes, which is disappointing considering the budget. You watch Lundgrens upcoming Defender, that filming is virtually all action for the entire last hour, and decent action to boot. That was shot for 6 million dollars!
Although Into The Sun marks a step up for the big man, it is still a let down. Seagal is slowly chugging away to last chance saloon and with Submerged also pretty lame he has a possible 3 new films out this year that have to pull something out the bag. If at not even one of those is half decent his fans will eventually walk out on him. **
This had a good budget and to add to that, Seagal seems more enthusiastic to say the least, but enthusiast still doesn't hide the fact he is clearly to past it to carry on these types of movies. Credit goes to him for adding a minimal amount of character to his performance, whereas other films we see Steven being dubbed by someone else and half asleep. For all that Into The Sun looks pretty polished it still reverts back to tried and tested Seagal plot lines. Seagal here isn't cop or environmentalist he is a CIA man once again. The story is nothing new or remotely interesting but thankfully steers clear of that horrible preachy vibe some Seagal films can have. What the film really lacks though is the most important element of this type of flick, action! The action is pretty sparse. After the obligatory opening the film never steps into high gear until the last 20 minutes when we are treated to some nicely done, but all too brief Sword play. We realise Seagal can't run about as much as before but this is ridiculous. If the sparse action was more than merely competent than it could perhaps be forgiven but there are no stand out action scenes, which is disappointing considering the budget. You watch Lundgrens upcoming Defender, that filming is virtually all action for the entire last hour, and decent action to boot. That was shot for 6 million dollars!
Although Into The Sun marks a step up for the big man, it is still a let down. Seagal is slowly chugging away to last chance saloon and with Submerged also pretty lame he has a possible 3 new films out this year that have to pull something out the bag. If at not even one of those is half decent his fans will eventually walk out on him. **