Into the Blue (2005) User Reviews (238)

Visually stunning in every respect

[mjw2305 · 7/10 · 14 January 2007]

Four young divers come across a legendary shipwreck that is rumoured to contain millions in gold, but nearby to their lucky find is another more sinister mystery. As rival treasure hunters begin to suspect their discovery, their friendships and loyalties are tested; and they must make haste before they become the hunted along with the treasure.

The story is solid enough, and in truth it was well above my expectations, captivating my interest very early on and remaining suspenseful and intriguing enough throughout the picture. The cast are all good enough, although they were probably chosen as much for their looks as their acting abilities, but who can deny that Jessica Alba and Ashley Scott did add a sexy feel for the male audience, and i guess Paul Walker and Scott Caan did the same for the ladies.

What really made the film for me was the truly fantastic scenery and the underwater camera work; it was flawless and stunningly beautiful in a way that is rarely captured on film, three cheers for the direction and the film crew for that.

7/10

Now that's what I call marine biology!

[TOMASBBloodhound · 5/10 · 18 January 2006]

You almost feel like Rodney Dangerfield from Back to School after watching this movie. The film has some neat underwater photography, some good stunts, and even a twist or two. But ultimately, it's just as excuse to show off some young flesh. Is that entirely a bad thing? The Hound thinks not. A good dosage of Jessica Alba flesh can warm you up on the coldest winter day.

Into the Blue is directed by John Stockwell. Yes, the guy who played Cougar in Top Gun. One may dislike the content of the films he's made thus far in his early directing career (Blue Crush, Crazy/Beautiful), but one cannot deny the fact that the man knows how to shoot young women's bodies. Since there are only two female main characters, that means there are also plenty of young men for the women to feast their eyes on. Paul Walker kind of has the Justin Timberlake thing going on. Seeing him and Tyson Beckford really makes me feel out of shape now that the holidays are over.

Oh, the plot! I almost forgot. It's basically a re-hash of The Deep. We have young treasure hunters in the Caribbean who find not only a sunken ship carrying gold, but a recently crashed plane full of cocaine on the ocean floor. Naturally, the drug dealer of record in the area wants the coke for himself, and doesn't want anyone getting in the way by searching for treasure near by. The resulting action has numerous gun battles, shark attacks, kidnappings, and acts of machismo. The film is a little long, but the conclusion is worth sticking around for.

This film is not to be confused with anything up for an Academy Award this year. It was filmed nearly a year and a half before it was released for reasons I would not dare to speculate on. It did make $18 million bucks in the theaters, but any long-lasting success this film has will depend on if any of these stars goes on to have a long career. There is an extraordinary amount of violence and gore for a PG-13 film. An F-bomb or two here and there, would have certainly given it an R. The acting is pretty sparse. The scenes above water look rushed, and possibly printed on the first or second take. The scenes below water are very impressive, however.

The verdict: 5 of 10 stars. This is a popcorn flick with some decent production values, and a hot young cast. Not much else. Too many bad guys, and a plot that doesn't know when to resolve itself. Here's a little game if you get bored with the movie... see if you can hold your breath as long as these people do in some of these scenes. Some of the time it seems like they go several minutes without breathing.

The Hound.

Good for what it is...

[SPaS · 6/10 · 4 December 2005]

Which is: popcorn. This PG-13 "kiddie-action" gets a solid 6/10 from me. I did have my expectations low but that has nothing to do with the fact that this movie is as solid and tight as Jessica Alba in bikinis! There were more than just a few moments where there was either a twist I didn't see coming or an intense moment that left me thinking "OK, wasn't this supposed to be a PG-13 movie?" On top of those, the overall - checklist looks green: dialog, characters, tempo, photography, editing... All in all, a cut above the rest in its own genre and a "risk-free" choice to rent. Shame it did only 18 million at the box-office because it's as good as "The Fast and the Furious"!

Suspenseful, thrilling and well-paced underwater adventure about a divers who locate a a shipwrecked treasure and drug

[ma-cortes · 6/10 · 19 June 2008]

This is a suspenseful and engrossing movie with agreeable performances and good rendering of underwater action. It concerns about an innocent couple(Paul Waker, Jessica Alba) get involved in an underwater search for treasures in the island Bahamas. They descend deep into the big blue without the aid of any kind of breathing apparatus, though sometimes use scubas. The frogmen get excited when they accidentally discover what they believe is a vast sunken treasure. They along with a friends(Scott Cahan, Ashley Scott) find a shipwrecked galleon and a crashed plane plenty of dope . In the process they are threatened and then must to thwart the enemies. The team of divers faces danger when they attempt to retrieve goods from a pirate ship, as they spend time in shark-infested water and compete with treasure-seeker(Josh Brolin) and confront against nasty drug-lord(James Frain). The four divers set off on a perilous expedition in search of legendary treasure of pirate, resting in ocean floor and take back drug into the plane.

The pace moves along nicely and production values are on the high scale. This is an amusing seagoing adventure in which the ocean deep figure prominently , though this time guarding sunken treasure. The action is plentiful with undersea excitement with terrifying underwater sequences. The film is spirited, lively and at times rather frightening light bemusing. Made mainly as vehicle for Jessica Alba and Paul Walker, and they show particularly in the technical excellence of the underwater scenes. They show off their considerable screen presence, both attractive and slender. Lightweight entertainment notable for sunny outdoors and underwater photography as well as Jessica Alba in a bathing suit, a glamorous bikini. Jessica Alba fans will ask no more than the sight of their idol in a swimsuit although Ashley Scott come across as the more likable of the two girls involved in this fast-moving sunken treasure yarn.

Gorgeous cinematography manage to keep this afloat with fab footage maritime by cameraman Shane Hurbut and pulsating musical score by Paul Haslinger. The movie was spectacularly shot in Cayman Island and Nassau, New Providence , Island Bahamas. The motion picture is professionally directed by John Stockwell. He's a good actor with no much success(Christine, Radiactive dreams, My science project) and occasionally successful director(Turistas, Blue crush,Crazy/beautiful, Cheaters).

Jessica Alba saves the movie for disaster

[baodawao · 6/10 · 8 August 2006]

Into the blue is directed by Jhon Stockwell, and stars Paul Walker, Jessica Alba and Scott Caan in the leading roles. The movie isn't very good, but features some of the most beautiful underwater scenes ever caught on video-camera. The actors in this movie is not very good. except from Jessica Alba and Paul Walker who is good enough. The only good thing in this movie is to see the most beautiful woman in the world Jessica Alba in a swimming-suit. Jessica Alba was the only reason in wanted to see this movie. If you want to see a good movie don't watch this, but if you are looking for beautiful bodies and underwater cinematography this is the movie for you.

Great Visuals, Weak Script

[Lechuguilla · 21 September 2010]

The film's first half isn't bad, except for the prologue, which isn't needed. A youthful, photogenic guy with big dreams, accompanied by his photogenic girlfriend, uses a skimpy boat to look for sunken treasure beneath the clear, blue waters off the Bahamas.

The visuals are dazzling, with bright, vivid colors, and some terrific underwater photography that captures images of real sharks and real fish, not fake CGI effects. The plot stays slow, lazy, and realistic. The script then brings in an additional couple, turning the story into a semi-ensemble character setup. As the plot develops, our two photogenic couples find some interesting stuff beneath the waves, which revs up the tension and conflict, and presents characters with moral dilemmas.

But the second half deteriorates into your typical Hollywood assembly-line action flick, with a whole series of super fast edit sequences and silly, totally unrealistic, out-of-control plot points spurred on by peripheral characters that detract enormously from the two couples. Frenetic action, accompanied by irritatingly frenetic background music, ruins the second half, and makes a mockery of the story's premise.

Acting is okay, I guess, given that this is a highly physical film wherein physical attractiveness and agility probably mean more than subtle theatrical skills. If there's a weakness here it's Scott Caan, whose cocky Bryce comes across as a total jerk, with nary a redeeming quality.

"Into The Blue" is very easy to judge. It contains wonderful cinematography, especially the underwater segments. And the strong visuals get support from impressive sound effects. But the story, though it begins well, collapses in the second half. The script is to blame. And yet I can't help but think that the real villain here is some Hollywood producer, typically underestimating the intelligence of viewers, who thinks that the story doesn't really matter if there's enough eye candy and explosive, mind-blowing action.

One man's treasure may belong to someone else.

[michaelRokeefe · 5/10 · 10 January 2006]

INTO THE BLUE is beautifully photographed and most of the underwater scenes are astounding. Jared(Paul Walker)and Sam(Jessica Alba)are joined by old friend Bryce(Scott Caan)and his new squeeze Amanda(Ashley Scott)as they dive into the shark-infested waters of the Bahamas. Jared and Bryce have dreamed of discovering sunken treasure since they were boys. The foursome discovers a legendary pirate ship rumored to have gone to the bottom with millions in gold. The divers also find a sunken plane containing a cargo of cocaine worth a king's ransom that puts themselves in dutch with the drug lord wanting his illicit property.

Walker proves to be a man's man in this well-paced adventure. And Miss Alba is a beat shy of cardiac arrest. Caan, son of veteran actor James Caan, is one of those method actors that can sometimes be a pain in the butt. Another actor's son is in the cast...Josh Brolin, son of James Brolin. The younger Brolin plays one of those cocky friends that turns out to be two-faced and devious. Miss Scott is attractive in her own way, but her talent seems one dimensional. Expect edge of your seat thrills and more than enough action to hold your attention.

Beautiful Scenery, Moderate Adventure

[BostonScott · 6/10 · 2 October 2005]

Paul Walker and Jessica Alba play a struggling young couple living in the Bahamas. Friend Scott Caan shows up with latest girlfriend Ashley Scott, and when the four go diving they find buried treasure. Not only do they find a recent plane crash filled with drugs, but also a long lost pirate ship rumored to contain gold. "Into The Blue" is wonderfully shot, with beautiful scenery of the water and diving, and it's barely dressed actors. The film drifts around for it's first hour or so without too much going on. Most of the movie at first consists of the two couples arguing over what to do with the lost treasure. Caan and Scott, playing the selfish couple want to take the drugs immediately, while the more responsible couple(Walker and Alba) want to go about things the right way by filing a claim. Then the film really picks up at the end leading to a very exciting, and surprisingly violent final half hour.

Recommended for sight seeing only ...

[nobody616 · 1/10 · 30 September 2005]

Jessica Alba in a bikini: good. The movie itself: bad.

If you want to see Jessica Alba and Ashley Scott in bikinis and other scanty modes of dress then the movie starts out very promising. Unfortunately the writers then tried to add a plot and failed miserably.

I don't want to go into details because I do not want to ruin anything for people who wish to see "Into the Blue". Well, that, and it's too painful to recall.

My recommendation: Go to the bargain matinée or wait until it comes out on DVD.

Better yet, rent "The Deep" and you'll see a much better movie with a similar idea.

The Big Bounce Three Deep Blue Crushes After the Sunset

[bh_tafe3 · 7/10 · 15 July 2009]

Over the years these part oceanic travelogues, part bikini clad star vehicles have produced plenty of films, some of them good, some of them bad, nearly all of them instantly forgettable. All concerned here deserve some credit for producing a film with slightly more substance than many of their predecessors.

There's nothing that interesting or different about the story: a group of deep sea divers searching for a boat of sunken treasure accidentally stumble across a crashed aeroplane filled with cocaine. One of them sees dollar signs, some go along with them, some don't. All of them end up in a world of trouble, especially the attractive female lead who gets kidnapped and held as ransom.

But somehow this one seems to work better than a typical genre film. The production values seem sleeker, the performances more realistic and the leads more likable than a typical stock plot phone in effort. Paul Walker proved his worth as an affable, flawed leading man a long time ago. Alba can still make stupid actions seem intelligent, Scott Caan plays a redeemable rogue and Josh Brolin a grounded but watchable villain.

This is hardly a cinematic masterpiece and follows a plot you've seen a hundred times before, but somehow seems to succeed, almost in spite of itself, where so many similar films have failed.

Delivers exactly what the poster would suggest and with a minimum of fuss. In short, there are plenty of worse ways to spend two hours than Jessica Alba running into trouble in a bikini and continually getting saved by a shirtless Paul Walker.

totally awful.

[awichert · 1/10 · 8 April 2006]

If you want to watch a good movie along this same line go out and watch The Deep from 1977. The bad acting in this movie totally overwhelmed the eye candy of Jessica Alba. This is two hours I will never get back and I am ticked off. Why can't Hollywood make an original movie. Seems like that over half them movies coming out today are just remakes and bad remakes of classic older movies. Here is how I see Hollywood making a movie these days. Find the flavor of the day and a movie that has stood the test of times. Change the name and make sure everybody acts badly add some gratouis nudity and there you go. A block buster.

Better movies now please.

Well-paced fun

[Spellvexit · 8/10 · 8 October 2005]

I was astonished at the dismal rating for this film, which at the time of this writing was 4.8. Into the Blue never demonstrated any pretense of becoming the next academy award winner, and instead faithfully executed its focus -- beautiful ocean scenery, beautiful bodies, and a significant degree of tension and action to carry the plot. I found the characters believable, especially given the target audience of the movie: the dialog was fairly cleverly humorous, but serious when it needed to be; the characters were adequately conceived, including the intentionally unlikeable 4th party woman who "wasn't family." Most of all, I enjoyed the pacing of the movie. Some slow underwater scenes were accompanied by peaceful music belying the increasingly perilous situations the characters found themselves in. Halfway through the movie, the tension never fully dissipates, as each event flows into the next as the stakes rise. The badguys are dealt with intelligently, and there are enough twists to convincingly carry the instability and danger of the situation.

I went into this movie wanting to enjoy it, and I wasn't disappointed. Though its premise wasn't the most intellectual of premises, I don't feel as if it were dumbed down as much as many action movies do, and instead carried out is plot with due respect given its expectations. I'd recommend this movie as a good post-summer adventure flick!

Predicable But Entertaining Adventure

[claudio_carvalho · 6/10 · 17 June 2006]

In Caribbean Sea, the diver Jared (Paul Walker) and his girlfriend Sam (Jessica Alba) have a simple life, aiming at finding a treasure, but without money to buy the necessary ship and equipment. When Jared's friend, the egocentric and selfish young lawyer Bryce (Scott Caan), and his new girlfriend Amanda (Ashley Scott) arrive in the island to spend a couple of days with them, they dive together and accidentally find a wrecked airplane loaded with cocaine, and evidences of a sunken boat with a treasure. Afraid of losing the treasure for the arrogant hunter Bates (Josh Brolin), Bryce tries to convince Jared and Sam to negotiate a small part of the drug to raise the necessary money for the expedition, but the correct couple does not accept the proposal. Bryce and Amanda decide to deal themselves with a drug lord, jeopardizing the life and integrity of Jared and Sam.

"Into the Blue" is a predictable but also entertaining adventure. The underwater scenarios and the locations in the Caribbean Seas are stunning and worth the movie. Jessica Alba exposes her wonderful sexy body in a bikini and certainly is another attraction. Paul Walker also performs a good job. The plot begins warm, but has a very violent conclusion. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Mergulho Radical" ("Radical Diving")

Austin Movie Show review

[leilapostgrad · 2/10 · 10 October 2005]

Are you expecting to see lots of close-up shots of a near naked and very tanned Jessica Alba swimming underwater for two hours? If so, then you won't be disappointed by Into the Blue. In fact, if you're expecting nothing more than to watch a bunch of very toned and tanned bodies swimming underwater for two hours, then you won't be disappointed either. You'll only be disappointed if you expect to be entertained. I was bored… by god I was bored! Jessica Alba plays Sam, a shark-loving scuba diver who spends her sun-filled days swimming in the glistening Caribbean Sea with her equally-tanned-and-toned boyfriend Jared (Paul Walker). While looking for buried treasure, they come across a sunken airplane filled with cocaine…and wackiness ensues. Yes, there are hot people to look at, but looks will only take you so far, and an hour "Into the Blue" and you're going to start wishing for an interesting and captivating story line. But you're not going to find one.

Don't expect Shakespeare, but take your sunglasses

[neil-476 · 7/10 · 2 November 2005]

I put forward two words to describe this film - attractive and undemanding.

It looks good - the scenery is pleasing, the leads are all very attractive, the underwater sequences are vivid and spectacular. And, if you put your brain on hold, the story marches along well enough - when it flags there are, at least, attractive things to look at.

The idiot lawyer (Scott Caan) really irritated - I could forgive the plot much, but not for asking me to accept that this complete chump belonged to a profession which, like 'em or loathe 'em, does require its members to use their brains.

And, having established the maverick nature of his girlfriend as well as her unknown provenance, I felt the plot could have made more use of her as opposed to her ultimately disposable function in the story.

And the editor should be shot for letting the same extra wander through the airport checkout twice.

But I wasn't expecting Shakespeare. Attractive, undemanding escapism - that's what I was demanding, that's what I got.

Better than I expected

[hawk-93 · 7/10 · 1 October 2005]

I don't know what everyone out there is expecting from this movie? I was expecting a movie targeted at teenagers and generation x, with a lot of skin and fast boats. While it definitely had a few close ups of Jessica and Paul underwater and some professional waverunner stunts, it was also a pretty good story with a "leave you hanging" ending. In fact, the storyline was much more dominant than the skin and fast boats. Although billed as the lead of the movie and clearly the largest star, Jessica Alba (and her character) played a backseat role to Paul Walker whose ethical and moral dilemmas were the heart of the movie. Maybe it's the same theme in many movies? Young bright people with everything going for them are introduced to bad influences and they are tempted by these outside forces. They make a few bad decisions, learn from them, and then make the right decision. Or do they? Into the Blue follows the same premise, but at least this premise dominates the movie, not selling out for the teenage box office. At least not overtly. This movie isn't going to win an Oscar, but it was definitely worth $10.

major plot malfunction

[rwl1964 · 4/10 · 3 February 2006]

This movie has some wonderful diving scenes, and the girls are nice to look at. All the elements are present that make a movie "fun". The premise of treasure hunting in the ocean is always intriguing. I can accept bubble gum plots, and a trite story line under many circumstances. I can accept many many things that make a movie mindless fun. The worst thing about this movie is that it has a flaw so bad it ruined even the mindless "fun".

Here is what makes this movie truly a stinker: You have 12 hours to save your lives, and the ones you love, but instead you take a ship out you don't need to recover cocaine. But, You don't go and get the cocaine instead you go after the treasure. You could always return for the treasure later after you returned the drugs to the stupid drug lord, but noooooo, you go after the treasure. I can't figure out why anyone would take this course of action. It makes no sense at all, The whole movie has stupid acts I am willing to look past in the name of fun. This one just went too far for me.

I can't see past this obvious story flaw. I vote 4 out of 10 stars. I am being waaaaay to kind.

Actually quite enjoyable and slick nonsense full of beautiful people

[bob the moo · 11 December 2006]

Jared is a modern treasure hunter who scours the seabed looking for old ship wrecks that could give up valuables. His girlfriend Sam works in an aquarium but also supports him since his "career" hasn't really taken off yet. Jared's friend Bryce and new girlfriend Amanda come from New York to visit and, on a dive, discover pieces of treasure that point to a bigger stash. They also find a small plane, loaded with bricks of cocaine. Although Bryce and Amanda want to consider the possibility of recovering the drugs for sale, Jared and Sam are against it and want to focus on the treasure and identifying the shipwreck before then doing the right thing and informing the authorities.

The good thing about online DVD rental services is you don't have to deal with chavs in blockbuster and don't have to put yourself out to get films. The downside is that occasionally they will kick a film off the very bottom of your list – one you may even have just put there to fill out your list. And so it was that the next thing in my queue (United 93) was replaced in my letterbox with Into the Blue – a film I'd forgotten I'd even known the name of far less cared to see. But regardless I had to watch it now I had it and so I did. The first thing that strikes you is the beautiful cast and they are all (with the exception of Caan) beautiful people in a beautiful setting living beautiful lives. If anything this is good because it sets the film in a fantasy world where drug-smuggling, pirates and treasure don't seem that out of place.

The plot is solid even if it is nothing special. It is nicely tense and cosmetically very good value for the type of product it is. As a basic (but glossy) matinée adventure, characters aren't really taken beyond the cardboard cutouts we get from the start. The cast can live with this though as it mostly plays to their strengths. Walker is sexy and can cope well with basic emotions and actions and as such he fits the film well. Alba's performance is like most of her career in the way that it very much depends on how great her body is. Luckily her body is great and director Stockwell knows it – rarely missing an opportunity to have her in a skimpy bikini. Her performance is pretty vapid but her ass is great. Caan is not pretty so instead he is the "slightly bad boy" one of the cast and he delivers this well enough I suppose, while Scott seems to have been cast because she is sexy without ever threatening Alba and also to act as a plot device to move things forward. Brolin is reasonably good in his role. In fairness, although nobody is that good, they do all suit the film and deliver good-looking performances that match the glossy delivery. Stockwell does work well with the underwater action and the whole film does look great – whether it is the underwater action scenes or the camera virtually stripping Alba bare.

Overall then an enjoyably glossy and silly adventure that delivers just what the target audience will expect. The story sets it up well and the action scenes are slick as they come off a good sense of tension built up during the film. It isn't really for grown-ups though and the actors are mostly there for their looks rather than their skills but, if you can meet it on this level then it is actually quite enjoyable and slick nonsense.

Not great, but not bad

[TheJags · 6/10 · 18 November 2007]

"Into the blue" isn't a classic by any stretch of the imagination. However if you, like me, were expecting little more than another poor cheese-fest, you may well be surprised. Cheesy it is, but not sickeningly so, and while the acting will never win any Oscars, it's of an acceptable level for the most part.

However, the film's real strength lies in it's eye candy. Now, I'm not just talking about Alba in a bikini (although, phwoar) or the obligatory sixpack with a mouth (in the form of Paul Walker here), because the of the beautiful Bahamas and ocean life are just fascinating.

The story itself tries to be that bit more than your average yarn of this type, however, it doesn't really succeed in doing anything more than linking each diving/action set piece (which, in fairness, are usually executed with aplomb). However, everything that's required to pull off a rather brainless action adventure is here, and it's worth watching if sounds like your sort of thing.

Sweet candy wrapped around stupid tripe

[Skapare · 1/10 · 20 July 2006]

This movie has two things going for it, and most of those things are found around chest height on Jessica Alba. The diving scenes are rather beautiful, and one cannot deny the beautification increasing effect of Alba in a bikini swimming by the camera.

But after a while the movie devolves into A1 formula action. Not necessarily a bad thing, and it's kind of well done, except when the fight sequences show three (or was it two?) fights between different people cut together. I for one could not follow the events on the screen.

All that however fades into insignificance beside the monumental stupidity displayed by the movie's hero, Jared. He makes one awful decision after another - alienating his girlfriend while failing to inform her she's threatened by a gangster, giving up the secret treasure for no good reason, abandoning said girlfriend to dive into the sea with his hands tied behind his back to randomly destroy the drug shipment that might keep the gangster happy and so on. It goes beyond stupidity into absurdity and one is left to wonder if the movie is supposed to take place in this world and if its makers understand the basic idea of characters the audience can identify with.

the potential for a good movie was there, but they didn't see it...

[christopheschelfaut · 6/10 · 19 September 2005]

Yesterday, I had the the chance to see the preview of "into the blue". I didn't expect a lot from it. I thought it would be another summer flick about youngster getting in trouble by finding drugs. Fortunately, the story is more than that, perhaps a bit too much. The director,john stockwell, obviously doesn't know which way to go with the story. The movie starts promising, but after about half an hour, he loses his grip on the actual story and starts focusing on the characters. There was a lot of potential in this movie, but he didn't use it. This movie COULD have been a sort of "national treasure" under water... But don't let this remark spoil the fun, the movie is still really enjoyable. Paul Walker & Scott Caan are a dynamic duo and the appearance of jessica alba,... Conclusion: if you want to chill an evening this is your movie, but if you expect to have a good story and an intriguing plot, chose another one!

Poor storyline

[Jason_the_psycho · 3/10 · 2 September 2006]

This movie basically has a great cast. The filming technique is great. However, the storyline is really really bad.

As mentioned in some other posts from some other viewers, we expect only Jessica Alba wearing that Bikiniand have some sex with Paul Walker, do a little bit diving and thats all. Right, that's all!!

Maybe some of you may disagree with me, but seriously, read about what's it's all about first.

Spoiler starts from here.

OK. There's was a man called Jared (Paul Walker) and a woman called Sam (Jessica Alba). They love each other very very much. One day, someone who is called Bryce (Scott Cann), who's a friend of Jared. He used to be rich before he loses a case. Jared doesn't know about this until later in the movie. Anyway, Bryce had a girlfriend, who he treats her like another girl. Her name is Amanda (Ashley Scott).

That Bryce guy still have the properties (inc. a boat or something). They took that boat out to the ocean and did some diving. Later on, one of them found out a shipwreck-it the wreckage of Zephyr. Next to it is a plane filled with expensive cocaine. Bryce wants the cocaine and had an argue with Jared. Later on, Bryce and Amanda get to the place where the plane wreckage was and took some of them. They tried to sell some of it to a drug lord. Actually, the cocaine belongs to the drug lord. The drug lord is not happy and made Bryce and friends get back all of the cocaine. They managed to get all of the treasure but only a small amount of cocaine using a boat filled with equipments they need, with a certain amount of money ranged from $10,000 to $30,000.

Later on the cocaine was gone, half of Amanda's body was eaten up by those sharks. She died. By this time, Bryce told Jared about his financial problems and things like that. Jared is angry. Anyway, they tried to do a deal with the drug lord by giving him the leftovers of the Zephyr. Th drug lord however was killed by his partner, who was actually mentioned early in the movie. Jared's friend, the chief of police, who Sam asked for help from, is also a bad guy working for the drug lord. He died too, killed by the drug lord's partner (predictable, eh?).

In the end, the partner died, his men died. The folks kept all the treasure AND the boat, destroyed all cocaines. happy ending (predictable too!).

That's why I hate this. This is just too predictable. I'm not saying happy ending are always bad, this movie's, ending in fact, is not that bad. But the story's is just, over predictable.

call me crazy

[cody-63 · 8/10 · 22 October 2005]

I'm pretty critical of most pop films, but I thought this was one of the best ones to come out in awhile. The underwater cinematography was amazing - totally worth the matinée price and cheaper than diving- the kind of film you need the bigscreen to enjoy.

Sure I love much more clever crafted films , but for the MTV generation this film had just enough, maybe the fact that I am an ocean person, have a thing for treasure, the romance of lost properties and jessica alba- i was totally enjoying it.

I thought the casting was great- sure Paul really cant act, but he reminded of more than a handful of people I went to highschool with - so I could believe it- his obnxious pompous buddy was classic and some of the underlying subplots of human greed are so universal that I actually felt something for these morons.

The real star is the ocean here and the good guy/ bad guy looked like my step brother and fit the bill. Anyhow i doubt this film will do very little justice on a small screen, but overall the script was solid and the sea animal work was mind blowing.

Maybe I was just in the mood - but i enjoyed it and watching alba swim, god she is gorgeous. Didn't change my life, but I was entertained to the end.

Good and entertaining action drama that twists with cat and mouse games of blackmail, plus nice eye candy with Jessica!

[blanbrn · 7/10 · 18 December 2017]

Really not a big fan of these type of movies, yet from time to time I do watch these action drama types that involve criminals and good against bad with plot twists of mind games! And this picture "Into the Blue" has all of that.

The story is simple it involves a plane crash, and a ship or boat type that have sunk into the deep blue waters of the Bahamas, already present and living like two love birds are two straight arrow types Jared(the late Paul Walker)and Sam(Jessica Alba who's so cute and sexy!)who welcome some old friends Bryce(Scott Caan) and Amanda(Ashley Scott)who's morals are a little dirty and questionable.

Along the way a tale of cocaine and treasures unfold with divers and drug dealers involved as it's high action and rocky drama on the waves of the Bahamas! Also Jessica Alba has a damsel in distress moment as she's kidnapped and taken hostage by the bad drug dealers as she has her mom taped with duct tape. Overall it has all the elements and themes of action drama movies like adventure and bad against good and rescue and the search for better goods! Give it a watch not really a bad movie and you will enjoy like me, if your a Jessica Alba fan.

Into the Gutter.

[anaconda-40658 · 3/10 · 30 November 2015]

Into the Blue (2005): Dir: John Stockwell / Cast: Paul Walker, Jessica Alba, Scott Caan, Ashley Scott, Josh Brolin: Below average thriller about the temptation of danger. Simple plot regards the discovery of a sunken plane that contained a massive amount of cocaine and the danger surrounding the site as smugglers close in. Director John Stockwell wisely concentrates on the relationships and details the structure but the conclusion is unrealistic and action oriented. The big downside is that the characters are mainly cardboard props with little personality and exist mainly to narrowly escape getting their asses handed to them. Paul Walker is given the role of hero who will ultimately conquer because that is what we expect. Jessica Alba plays his girlfriend involved in the marine life. She gets kidnapped and plays damsel throughout most of the movie. Scott Caan plays an old friend who becomes greedy. He is the one who lands their asses in trouble because he is dumber than sh*t. Ashley Scott plays Caan's five day girlfriend who is more trouble than she's worth. She is also dumber than sh*t. We have a lot of stupid people in this film whose prime talent is making all the wrong decisions. Action fans will enjoy its impressive marine footage but story is thread bare and drowns in silly action and much nonsense that spirals the script into more than the blue. Score: 3 / 10