Into the Night

1985

Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller

23
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 49% · 25 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 49% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 14619 14.6K

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Plot summary

Ed Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he met Diana. Now, Ed's having trouble staying alive.

Director

John Landis Photo
John Landis

Top cast

Clu Gulager Photo
Clu Gulager as Federal Agent
Jonathan Lynn Photo
Jonathan Lynn as Tailor
Roger Vadim Photo
Roger Vadim as Monsieur Melville
Forrest J. Ackerman Photo
Forrest J. Ackerman as Man in Coffee Shop
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
974.28 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 55 min
Seeds 10
1.85 GB
1920*1040
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 55 min
Seeds 26

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ccthemovieman-1 5 / 10

A Strange Film

This is definitely a strange film. It offers a good mixture of action and humor yet it's a tough film to get involved with at times because of the convoluted plot. There were also a few roughed-edged characters I just didn't like, frankly. Each time I was ready to give up on this film, something really interesting would happen, though, to keep me watching.I realize this film offers a lot of "inside" stuff with a bunch of directors making cameo roles. Perhaps if I knew who all these guys were, it would make it better. Regarding to the main actors, Michelle Pfeiffer plays her normal somewhat-seedy role and Jeff Goldblum's "Ed Okin" does so many stupid things that a person would simply never do in situations, that it gets ludicrous.All in all, a curiosity piece worth seeing but I am reluctant to recommend it. As the cliché goes, it's probably a film you'll either love or hate. One good thing: John Landis directed it and he has directed a ton of entertaining films
Reviewed by ShootingShark 7 / 10

Funny Offbeat Thriller Of Ordinary Schmoe Caught Up In Glamorous Jewel Caper

Ed Okin can't sleep. His life isn't working out. Late one night he drives out to LAX and inadvertently rescues the mysterious Diana from a quartet of Iranian killers. For the next two days, he is plunged into her bizarre world of international criminals, assassins and sugar-daddies. Ed does his best to help, but he has his own problems ...There are two main aspects to this enjoyable thriller which raise it above others. The first is the character of Ed, who's a world away from the stereotypical action hero / disgruntled cop male lead. Ed isn't stupid but he is boring and non-responsive. A bit like Chauncey in Being There, everybody else assumes there's far more to him than there actually is. Jeff Goldblum pulls this trait off note-perfect, somehow managing to make Ed both dull but still funny and watchable. The other great amusement here is the extraordinary cast; it has some fine actors (Farnsworth, McGill, Papas), some weird people in key parts (French auteur Vadim as a gangster, British writer Lynn as a tailor, a hilarious Bowie as a killer) and an astonishing array of filmmakers in cameo roles (a technique Landis reuses to good comic effect, especially in Spies Like Us and Innocent Blood). The eagle-eyed can spot Jack Arnold, Paul Bartel, David Cronenberg, Jonathan Demme, Richard Franklin, Amy Heckerling, Jim Henson, Lawrence Kasdan, Daniel Petrie and Don Siegel as well as Rick Baker (who is very funny as a drug dealer) and Landis himself as the clumsiest of the four Savak goons. It has plenty more to recommend it though - the story is exciting and has a pleasantly dizzying feel to it, although the comic/thriller tone veers sometimes (as in the scene where Harrold is murdered). It's also a photobook of eighties super-rich, with glamorous Beverly Hills locations and opulent sets by John Lloyd, all gleaming marble penthouse apartments and sky-blue swimming pool mansions. If I have one problem with the movie it's the Diana character, who is required as the backbone of the plot, but is not really very likable or interesting. It's odd that she has a whirlwind lifestyle and Ed has an incredibly boring one, but he's fascinating and she isn't - I think it's down to the actors but I'm not sure. Anyway, this is a terrific thriller, with Landis in fine form, corralling all the crazy elements of his movie together. Written by Ron Koslow, with a great wailing blues score by Ira Newborn and B.B. King. Check it out.
Reviewed by mab8485 7 / 10

entertaining escapism

Plenty to enjoy here in this escapist movie. Goldblum & Pfeiffer are fun in the main roles. Suspend belief and take the exciting journey that Goldblum has with Pfeiffer. Look out for the running joke with many famous directors in cameo roles. Look out for David Bowie and Carl Perkins in a knife fight (is this a metaphor for traditional rock v glam rock?). Although an escape action drama it has plenty of amusing scenes eg. the hoods eating peanuts and breaking candy with their guns.And the title track and soundtrack by the worlds best blues guitarist -BB King.
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