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Best movie of this year hands down!

Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

one of my absolute favorites!

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

I am a big Steven Seagal fans. I loved his early films ("Out for Justice", "Above the Law", "Under Siege") and enjoyed some of the later ones too ("Hard to Kill", "Marked for Death", "Dark Territory", "The Glimmer Man", "Exit Wounds"), but as his career prospered and his weight grew, the quality of the films started to slip as did their box office appeal. Beginning in 2001, Seagal as a writer and producer made direct to video (DTV) films, usually cranking them out at a rate of 3 per year. They were almost universally poor and didn't showcase Seagal's considerable Aikido skills. This is one of those.Production values are uniformly good and the editing is excellent. Seagal plays the familiar role of the mysterious connected agent with a background in special ops and training in the ways of the east. He spouts a lot of the eastern philosophy we've come to expect in a Seagal film.Hard core Seagal fans will be disappointed that the action sequences don't include a lot of scenes of Seagal beating up the bad guys. He uses his usual fast cutting methods to suggest the scene rather than actually portray the action, probably because at this point in his life he no longer has the skills to perform, as he once did. Bottom line – Better than most of the films he made at this time, but not like the old days.

CIA agent Travis Hunter(Steven Seagal)must thwart the efforts of young Yakuza(who have abandoned the "principles" of their ancestors in favor of monetary wealth and prestige)who have aligned themselves with Chinese Tongs in not only trafficking heroine, but monopolizing the trade. Kuroda(Takao Ôsawa)is the young Yakuza who wants to rest all the power from aging boss Ishikawa(Shôji Oki)and his second-in-command Kojima(Eve Masatoh). Travis purposely ignites a turf war in the hopes that Kuroda will be conquered before he gains too much control which could be dangerous for not only Japan, but America as well. But, ultimately, Travis will have a bone to pick with Kuroda after his lady love Nayako(Kanako Yamaguchi)and FBI partner Sean Mack(Matthew Davis)are targeted by the Yakuza and his thugs. While strong on plot, INTO THE SUN lacks enough real action which, I think, will not satiate the appropriate audience this is geared towards. It does have the bloody finale as Travis goes after Kuroda in his Tachikawa Village, with plenty of Yakuza scum for him to slice and dice with his Samurai sword. Davis is the partner who follows leads which implicate Kuroda, but at a heavy cost. William Atherton is Seagal's boss, stationed in Tokyo, his agent Block always trying to keep up with Hunter's whereabouts. There are only two scenes with Seagal engaged in hand-to-hand combat(including a market fight with a few hapless street punks)and one major shootout(at the beginning, which shows Seagal and former Tennessee running back Eddie George in a village with a job to take out some sort of shady character; this is puzzling in that it has nothing to do with anything else in the movie). The ending in Kuroda's village really is the only true action sequence of any true worth. Very mediocre when it could've been far more entertaining..a film which has plenty of Yakuza to kill, you'd think such a plot would provide Seagal with ample opportunities to carve up a body count. Alas, such is not the case..

My wife turned me on to Steven Seagal with Hard to Kill. I have since enjoyed Exit Wounds, Under Siege, Marked for Death, and others including The Glimmer Man.Lately he has been turning out 2 or 3 a year and he seems to be losing that punch in his earlier movies. That is evident in this film where he is involved in one minor scrape with some local punks in the first half. The rest of the time he is traveling and talking, and talking and traveling.Only after his fiancée (Kanako Yamaguchi) is killed does he swing into action with his magnificent swordplay. But, it's not enough action to keep you interested.

If you've been disappointed with some of Seagal's film of late, don't let that stop you from seeing this one. Some people just think Seagal's a joke and hate everything the guy does. But this movie is never boring, it's very violent (like his films back "in the day" were), and the direction by "mink" (huh?) keeps the film moving at a brisk pace. The authentic Asian locations help a lot too.While far from perfect, this movie rocks: it pours on the blood, the fights, the moments of zen "calm" -- all the things one expects from a Seagal film. And this one delivers!Seagal wrote and performs some of the music for the film too. It's great stuff: he's a decent singer and a fine guitarist.Keep crankin' 'em out, Steve!