Into the Blue

2005 Action/Adventure

Greed turns an idyllic vacation into a nightmare in this action drama. Jared Cole (Paul Walker) makes his living salvaging wreckage from ships off the coast of the Bahamas. He shares a rattle-trap trailer home with his girlfriend, Samantha "Sam" Nicholson (Jessica Alba), a shark expert who works at a nearby resort. While both are happy with their lives in the islands, Jared dreams of finding a major score and living the high life. One day, Jared and Sam are paid a visit by Bryce Dunn (Scott Caan), a childhood friend of Sam's who is now doing very well as a lawyer. Bryce and his girlfriend, Amanda (Ashley Scott), have come to the Bahamas for a few days of diving and fun, and Sam and Jared show them the waters while making use of his yacht. While diving with Sam, Bryce, and Amanda, Jared discovers the wreckage of a plane used to smuggle drugs, and thinks he may have found the big score he's always dreamed of. While Sam persuades Jared that the cargo is too risky to move, Bryce and Amanda think there's a fast buck to be made, and team up with Primo (Tyson Beckford), a local underground entrepreneur, to fence the contents of the plane. However, Bryce and Amanda have underestimated just how dangerous Primo and his henchmen can be, and now Sam and Jared must come to their rescue. Into the Blue was directed by John Stockwell, who previously took filmgoers to the seashore with the surfing drama Blue Crush. more..

Director: John Stockwell

Starring: Paul Walker, Jessica Alba,Scott Caan, Ashley Scott, Josh Brolin

Reviews

  • Offers modest pleasures. It is not an essential film, but if you go to see it, it will not insult your intelligence, and there's genuine suspense toward the end.

    Roger Ebert - The Chicago Sun-Times

    26 April 2013

  • Into the Blue is as much a mesmerizing aquatic expedition as it is a reasonably suspenseful action adventure.

    Wesley Morris - The Boston Globe

    26 April 2013

  • Mad props to Peter Zuccarini, who headed the team of ocean-bound photographers and captured some remarkably vivid footage, and also to the actors, who spend plenty of time looking cool, calm and collected swimming with the predatory fishes.

    Allison Benedikt - The Chicago Tribune

    26 April 2013

  • Walker is supposed to be lured by the buried treasure, but the actor, wearing Brad Pitt's bristle cut, is like Pitt with his sexy appetite sucked out.

    Owen Gleiberman - Entertainment Weekly

    26 April 2013

  • The makers of Into the Blue know what the audience wants. And they deliver a little bit more.

    Peter Hartlaub - The San Francisco Chronicle

    26 April 2013

Awards

  • Golden Trailer Awards (2006)

  • Worst Actress

    Razzie Awards (2006)