Review – Into the Night

Here we have something that was popular two or three decades ago: a movie in which everyone with a speaking role is played by someone famous or semi-famous. Only this time around it’s being helmed by John Landis (who gives himself what might be described as an “extended cameo”) rather than Robert Altman. Hey, at least Landis appears to be using a script. Sadly, it isn’t a very good one. Jeff Goldblum stars as an office drone suffering from insomnia brought on by his boring life and cheating wife. Enter a young, cute Michelle Pfeifer on the lam from a gaggle of criminals intent on regaining the McGuffin she’s smuggled into the country. Hilarity ensues. Or to be more precise, it might have been hilarity if the caper comedy wasn’t awkwardly stirred in with some genuinely brutal violence (including a pointless dog killing and a massacre finale worthy of Sam Peckinpah). The blend of funny and shocking that would suggest chocolate and peanut butter in American Werewolf here comes across more like chocolate and mashed potatoes. If you’re a big fan of cameo roles, this is probably a must-see. Otherwise it’s barely watchable. See if desperate