Into the Sun





An open letter to Steven Seagal

Dear Mr. Seagal,

This is where I would normally be writing a snarky movie review, complete with pictures adorned with silly captions, of your recent film Into the Sun (2005). Sadly, I can’t muster up the enthusiasm to start such a project. Into the Sun is not really a movie. Sure, it’s about 90 minutes long and tells a story of a sort (something about the Chinese and Japanese crime organizations making an alliance in Tokyo), but your performance as the main character (secret agent Travis Hunter) is so apathetic that Into the Sun barely registered with me at all. Not that you have ever been the most dynamic actor, but as the above-the-title talent you have a certain responsibility to put some kind of effort in to engaging viewers in the story, and you failed to do this.

Besides your non-acting acting, your inactive action scenes are becoming a big problem. Obviously, you aren't in shape. You hardly move, and you wear clothes to obscure your figure. I realize you're getting on in age, but that means you should stop pretending and start making a different kind of picture. Movies like Into the Sun are the last thing you should be doing.

Thank you for listening,

Scott Hamilton

Posted: Fri - January 6, 2006 at      

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