Into the Sun (1992)

Director:

Fritz Kiersch

Writers (WGA):

John D. Brancato (written by) &
Michael Ferris (written by)

Release Date:

31 January 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy

Tagline:

At Mach 2, you have two choices; win or die.

Plot:

Pilot Paul Watkins is stationed in the Mediterranean area to fly patrol and to protect the air space...

Plot Keywords:

Arabian | Desert | Aviation | Independent Film

Cast

Anthony Michael Hall	...	Tom Slade
Michael Paré	...	Capt. Paul Watkins
Deborah Moore	...	Maj. Goode (as Deborah Maria Moore)
Terry Kiser	...	Mitchell Burton
Brian Haley	...	Lt. DeCarlo
Michael St. Gerard	...	Lt. Wolf
Linden Ashby	...	Dragon
Jack Heller	...	Commandant
Ted Davis	...	Yosef
Hunter von Leer	...	Lt. Col. Reynolds (as Hunter Von Leer)
Casey Stengel	...	Technician
Melissa Moore	...	Female Sergeant
Chino Binamo	...	Soldier #1
Richard Epper	...	Soldier #2
Raffe	...	Enemy Guard #1

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:12 | UK:15 | South Korea:All | USA:R

Filming Locations:

California City, California, USA

Company:

Trimark Pictures

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Dragon was taking off to pursue Shotgun and Slade, the stock footage was of an Israeli Mirage with a star of David on the side.

Fairly amusing (well, now they're not the only one saying it's a comedy!!!)

STAR RATING: ***** The Works **** Just Misses the Mark *** That Little Bit In Between ** Lagging Behind * The Pits

Air Force member 'Shotgun' Watkins (Michael Pare) has a new, completely unexpected assignment- to assist highly famous movie star Tom Slade (Anthony Michael Hall) into research for his up-coming part. It isn't long before Slade really begins to rub him up the wrong way- doing everything better than him, starting up a relationship with his ex etc.- and to really give him an experience of what it's like, he plunges him head-first into an aerial battleship war. But they are forced to crashland- and drawn into a battle behind enemy lines that will test their limits to the maximum.

Having re-seen Seagal's Into the Sun last week, I thought it only appropriate that this week I give this 1992 airborne actioner a go.

It's the first movie head-billing video action star Michael Pare that I've seen. He's a credible action presence, a heavy Loren Avedon alike with a smattering of Dolph Lundgren and even a little dash of Bruce Willis. He has good support from Michael Hall and together they form a fairly effective camaraderie.

But, for an action film, there's decidedly little of it going on. And really, who cares about it??? **