Into the Blue
—1. Overview (multimedia)
—2. Overview Basic (dial up speed)
—3. Reviews and Blogs
—4. Cast and Crew
—5. Photo Pages
—6. Trailers, Clips, DVDs, Books, Soundtrack
—7. Posters
—8. Production Notes (pdf)
—9. Spiritual Connections
The latest Paul Walker flick to hit the big screen is NOT called 3 Fast 3 Furious but it might’ve been, if he had been provided with a faster boat. Unfortunately, Walker’s character Jared is stuck with a fixer-upper and gets fired from his job. Fortunately, Jessica Alba’s character Sam provides him with suitable reason to smile and nod his way through most of the film.
Bahama islanders Jared and Sam are visited by Bryce and Amanda (Scott Caan and Ashley Scott), who they take diving with them, looking for the treasure that Jared dreams of but that Sam knows is almost always out of reach. Jared and Sam are the older, more mature couple—while Jared would chase a dream, Sam keeps him grounded. Bryce is willing to try anything, illegal or not, and Amanda constantly encourages the others to experience danger.
The acting skills shown by all involved are about what should be expected for a September summer movie. Made for MTV might be the best way to describe it, with splashes of surf, picture perfect cast, and plenty of skin thrown in like a music video. Unfortunately, nothing about the plot does anything to really surprise the audience, as for the most part, the give and take has been depicted by others in better crafted ways, before Into the Blue.
In their hunt for treasure, the foursome finds a downed plane filled with drugs. This of course draws the attention of ‘the bad guys’ who are a conglomerate of greedy men, moving in circles of murder, sex and drugs. Fortunately for us, we know that Paul Walker and Jessica Alba are not the kind of actors to be killed off so easily, nor do we actually ever expect them to lose. Like the unknown crewman sent to the unfamiliar planet’s surface in Star Trek, we know someone will get killed, but it won’t be anyone to whom we’ve become attached.
It may be simple instructions from the Action Film’s Instruction Manual, but the temptations that roll down on Jared in waves are non-stop. We see over and over again how Sam’s voice of caution is ignored. We hear the pedantic story of the pirate who sank his treasure for the love of his girl and we know that in the long run, Jared will be forced to make the same choice. What we don’t see is a strong reason to like Jared or Sam, except for maybe their good looks and pleasant smiles. Neither one is a saint but maybe we’re not into sainthood anymore. It might be simply that we want to see our everyday heroes escape unscathed, and that’s what we get in Into the Blue.
Like real life though, greed kills. It comes in the form of drugs, in treasures that exist but appear just out of reach, and in get-rich-quick schemes. It creeps up slowly on the peripheral characters and strikes like a silent assassin, until everyone but the main characters winds up bloody and dead. The deals that Jared and Bryce attempt to strike with the conglomerate of evil bring that death on everyone else but they never pay the price. Bryce obviously has no earthly attachment to anything other than himself and Jared just barely remembers that Sam is worth more than all the treasure in the world. I had hoped that our heroes might learn to put others before themselves!
With an expectation of film to either entertain (and fool me) or teach (and warn me), this action caper proves to be loaded with neither agenda. Instead, I found myself daydreaming about a visit to the Bahamas and diving into the blue myself. But when it comes down to it, we’ve already been warned to store our treasures in heaven, because they can’t be taken away from us. And more importantly, like the pirate, Jesus gave it all up, just to give us the opportunity to spend another day together.
—1. Overview (multimedia)
—2. Overview Basic (dial up speed)
—3. Reviews and Blogs
—4. Cast and Crew
—5. Photo Pages
—6. Trailers, Clips, DVDs, Books, Soundtrack
—7. Posters
—8. Production Notes (pdf)
—9. Spiritual Connections
—2. Overview Basic (dial up speed)
—3. Reviews and Blogs
—4. Cast and Crew
—5. Photo Pages
—6. Trailers, Clips, DVDs, Books, Soundtrack
—7. Posters
—8. Production Notes (pdf)
—9. Spiritual Connections
The latest Paul Walker flick to hit the big screen is NOT called 3 Fast 3 Furious but it might’ve been, if he had been provided with a faster boat. Unfortunately, Walker’s character Jared is stuck with a fixer-upper and gets fired from his job. Fortunately, Jessica Alba’s character Sam provides him with suitable reason to smile and nod his way through most of the film. Bahama islanders Jared and Sam are visited by Bryce and Amanda (Scott Caan and Ashley Scott), who they take diving with them, looking for the treasure that Jared dreams of but that Sam knows is almost always out of reach. Jared and Sam are the older, more mature couple—while Jared would chase a dream, Sam keeps him grounded. Bryce is willing to try anything, illegal or not, and Amanda constantly encourages the others to experience danger.The acting skills shown by all involved are about what should be expected for a September summer movie. Made for MTV might be the best way to describe it, with splashes of surf, picture perfect cast, and plenty of skin thrown in like a music video. Unfortunately, nothing about the plot does anything to really surprise the audience, as for the most part, the give and take has been depicted by others in better crafted ways, before Into the Blue.
In their hunt for treasure, the foursome finds a downed plane filled with drugs. This of course draws the attention of ‘the bad guys’ who are a conglomerate of greedy men, moving in circles of murder, sex and drugs. Fortunately for us, we know that Paul Walker and Jessica Alba are not the kind of actors to be killed off so easily, nor do we actually ever expect them to lose. Like the unknown crewman sent to the unfamiliar planet’s surface in Star Trek, we know someone will get killed, but it won’t be anyone to whom we’ve become attached. It may be simple instructions from the Action Film’s Instruction Manual, but the temptations that roll down on Jared in waves are non-stop. We see over and over again how Sam’s voice of caution is ignored. We hear the pedantic story of the pirate who sank his treasure for the love of his girl and we know that in the long run, Jared will be forced to make the same choice. What we don’t see is a strong reason to like Jared or Sam, except for maybe their good looks and pleasant smiles. Neither one is a saint but maybe we’re not into sainthood anymore. It might be simply that we want to see our everyday heroes escape unscathed, and that’s what we get in Into the Blue. Like real life though, greed kills. It comes in the form of drugs, in treasures that exist but appear just out of reach, and in get-rich-quick schemes. It creeps up slowly on the peripheral characters and strikes like a silent assassin, until everyone but the main characters winds up bloody and dead. The deals that Jared and Bryce attempt to strike with the conglomerate of evil bring that death on everyone else but they never pay the price. Bryce obviously has no earthly attachment to anything other than himself and Jared just barely remembers that Sam is worth more than all the treasure in the world. I had hoped that our heroes might learn to put others before themselves!With an expectation of film to either entertain (and fool me) or teach (and warn me), this action caper proves to be loaded with neither agenda. Instead, I found myself daydreaming about a visit to the Bahamas and diving into the blue myself. But when it comes down to it, we’ve already been warned to store our treasures in heaven, because they can’t be taken away from us. And more importantly, like the pirate, Jesus gave it all up, just to give us the opportunity to spend another day together.
—1. Overview (multimedia)
—2. Overview Basic (dial up speed)
—3. Reviews and Blogs
—4. Cast and Crew
—5. Photo Pages
—6. Trailers, Clips, DVDs, Books, Soundtrack
—7. Posters
—8. Production Notes (pdf)
—9. Spiritual Connections
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