Distributor:
Universal Home Entertainment Certificate: M15
Director: John
Landis | Available to Buy Release Date:
Extras: Yes
ANYONE
IN IT WE KNOW?
Jeff
Goldblum, Michelle Pfeiffer
WHAT’S
IT ABOUT THEN?
Ed
(Jeff Goldblum) is an insomniac
who has discover his wife is
having an affair, whilst on a
midnight drive around LA Airport
he has life changed when he
rescues Diana (Michelle
Pfeiffer) from a quartet of gun
toting Iranians (who want back
some priceless diamonds she has
in her possession stolen from
the Shah of Iran).
Over
the course of a night Ed and
Diana try to dodge not just
Iranians but also a French jewel
thief and a British hitman.
SO
IS IT ANY GOOD?
Despite
not being as well known as some of John Landis’s other movies (An
American Werewolf in London, The Blues Brothers, Trading Places etc)
Into The Night is easily up to their standards, a very entertaining
chase comedy thriller with nice performances from Goldblum and Pfeiffer
and a movie that makes great use of LA by night. Into The Night is also
full of surprising cameos and injokes, there are appearances from David
Bowie, Abbott and Costello, Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney, Jr., Richard
Farnsworth, Dan Aykroyd, Jonathan Demme and Jim Henson. Also watch out
for the two appearances of the phrase “See You Next Wednesday” this
appears in almost every John Landis film and here takes the form of
posters in an office. Well worth a look.
ANY
SPECIAL FEATURES?
B.B.
KING: Into The Night is a great featurette (20 minutes) looking at how
B.B. King came to contribute to the soundtrack to Into The Night,
featuring some great live footage (and even some vintage material) of
B.B. in action. Worth buying the DVD for this alone.
