Doomtomylo
a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.
Ariella Broughton
It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
Fatma Suarez
The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
Norton S
Night, as we know, "is dark and full of horror", but night also allows you to escape from jailers, guarding your prison cell during daytime. Night - time of escapes, time of escapists. "Into the Night" - a movie for escapists. Who are very bad people, according to the unanimous opinion of jailers.If you suffer from insomnia at night and falling asleep in the office during the day on your important but hateful work, when colleagues don't understand you, when your wife is cheating you with some cock, innocently asking "how can I help, dear?" while throwing away your breakfast, maybe you should look up for yourself at night? Maybe there is a reason why you suffer from insomnia.And you make a night raid at the airport, hoping for... you don't know what for, in sleepless Las Vegas. You realize the folly of your action at parking and about to return to your usual prison cell, attempting to start the engine, when blonde beauty jumps into your car, chased by bearded types of Middle Eastern appearance with big guns. Your budget Toyota instantly start up and carries away you and your strange companion Into the Night.No matter how beautiful girl is, but you just don't want to get into any troubles in this strange and unknown world of the night, you want to go home - into your familiar and comfortable prison, to your treacherous wife and hated work. Maybe you'll be able to sleep? And yet, how can you refuse to give this girl a ride home? So, step by step, looking at the strange girl and her pictures at her home, you became more and more involved into the unusual world of night freedom in which future is uncertain and nobody knows what the next hour will bring.Perhaps someone will be confused by uncertainty of this film genre - it is not clear if you watch a domestic drama, a black comedy, a social satire, a thriller or a detective. Perhaps all these genres are represented in "Into the Night". There are numerous cameo of directors, including John Landis himself in the role of the hapless Iranian thug experiencing problems with opening doors. There is really a lot humour in this movie - from grotesque Charlie Chaplin-like slapstick (constant war of the Iranians with doors, Ed's misadventures with props on the set, limousine theft) and social satire ("it's all because of property"?), to the witty dialogues and black irony - everything is there, except the vulgar humour. Humour in the film is not misanthropic, cold and arrogant, like Cohens', on the contrary - the director lovingly refers to his characters. There is also a detective story and a thriller, and even gunfights - even though the main character (who does not want to be a hero) never pick up's any guns. But is genre purity so good? In which genre, for example, you live your life? Certainly it has elements of domestic drama and comedy, melodrama, and sometimes detective and thriller, if you, like the movie's protagonist, ready to run "into the night."Perhaps, "Into the Night" includes all what a real escapist appreciates: a cold-blooded hero who does not want to be a hero (always detached and ironic intellectual Jeff Goldblum fits as he was born for this role), but finally decided to exchange his comfortable prison of day to dangers of freedom of night; beautiful and strange girl (Michelle Pfeiffer is truly beautiful in the prime of her beauty) - witty beauty who is living an easy life and at last acknowledged the existence of something more valuable than money; escape from prison of everyday life and compromises with your conscience into freedom and suspense of the night; fighting with challenges of destiny and overcoming your fear; lack of misanthropy; subtle humour, sometimes, however, turned into slapstick of classic comedies of the 1920th; music of B.B. King; retribution for the crimes of those who committed them, and a happy ending for those who do right. However, I suspect that the jailers will not appreciate "Into the Night". But I give it 8 out of 10.
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Here's another movie, let down by it's story, as if a desperate excuse for an action adventure comedy, which I still enjoyed. The movie hardly raised a laugh at all, although I did enjoy this slow moving flick, first seeing it a fifteen. Goldblum has many problems, like he does in other films, whether around flies, or being tall guys, whatever. He can't sleep, and his wife is cheating on him. He confides in his work colleague Ackroyd, who does ask him while in gridlock, "When was the last time you f...ed your wife?", and Goldblum's wife is pretty hot. Taking a midnight drive out to the airport, trouble comes crashing down on his hood in the form of sexy and fiesty Diana (Michelle Pfeifer), a struggling actress, who's taken of with these diamonds. The film, which was something different at the time, still manages to be very entertaining, but is just let down, of the weak strength of the story. Bruce Mcgill was kind of interesting as an Elvis impersonator, shouting some Elvis related while out at character, at Diana, that was unforgettable, as was Goldblum knocking down a fake wall on a film set. The film is an oddity, which does stand alone, where we really see a few directors act, but it such a shame the quality of the film suffers from it's unoriginal lightweight and story.
TheHrunting
This is a film about finding adventure in your life and taking a risk doing it. "Into the Night" unfolds into a string of events from a chance meeting of two people who compliment each other as companions, even if they have different personalities and come from completely different backgrounds.Ed Okin--a bored urbanite with a dead end job and nothing new going on with the day to day, apart from his cheating wife--goes out for a neighborly spin in his car in the middle of the night and finds trouble in all the right places with a blond named Diana on the run from crazy Iranians and other goons looking to get back precious jewels she has. A partnership is made with one, Goldbloom, looking for danger and the other, Pfeiffer, trying to run away from it. This is the type of story that goes with the flow, neither aiming towards a set-in-stone direction, which gives the viewing experience of seeing new complications, characters and locations a spontaneous and unpredictable feel.This is a fun adventure story with mystery, action and some laugh out loud gags. There's candid violence, brief nudity and car chases to get the pulse pumping. This has trendy '80s music, including wild guitar solos and popping bass rhythms that doesn't help the movie step outside of 1985. "Into the Night" is a basic big-budgeter that doesn't serve a major purpose except to maybe sell the audience a this-could-be-you-if-applied-yourself fantasy. It's an entertaining movie to spice up a bored evening and escape with, as anything more and you might be disappointed.
witz-2
It has been over a decade since I have seen this film. I remember just a few bits of the details. But I do remember it as a very entertaining movie. A bit of escapism.The cast was tremendous. All through the movie you'll recognize people. Hey isn't that...? I recognize her. Wow, that is the guy from... At the time that I first watched it I didn't realize that so many directors had parts in the movie.I liken this movie to "After Hours" with Griffin Dunne (of American Werewolf fame) and Teri Garr. These would be a fun double feature together.It has been years since i have lived in So. Cal, but this movie brings back memories. The atmosphere, the weather at night in LA was very well represented. The various locations were familiar. And who could forget Cal Worthington and his dog Spot?!Time to go look this one up on Netflix.
