To me, this movie is perfection.

How sad is this?

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Night, as we know, "is dark and full of horror", but night also allows you to escape from jailers, guarding your prison cell during daytime. Night - time of escapes, time of escapists. "Into the Night" - a movie for escapists. Who are very bad people, according to the unanimous opinion of jailers.If you suffer from insomnia at night and falling asleep in the office during the day on your important but hateful work, when colleagues don't understand you, when your wife is cheating you with some cock, innocently asking "how can I help, dear?" while throwing away your breakfast, maybe you should look up for yourself at night? Maybe there is a reason why you suffer from insomnia.And you make a night raid at the airport, hoping for... you don't know what for, in sleepless Las Vegas. You realize the folly of your action at parking and about to return to your usual prison cell, attempting to start the engine, when blonde beauty jumps into your car, chased by bearded types of Middle Eastern appearance with big guns. Your budget Toyota instantly start up and carries away you and your strange companion Into the Night.No matter how beautiful girl is, but you just don't want to get into any troubles in this strange and unknown world of the night, you want to go home - into your familiar and comfortable prison, to your treacherous wife and hated work. Maybe you'll be able to sleep? And yet, how can you refuse to give this girl a ride home? So, step by step, looking at the strange girl and her pictures at her home, you became more and more involved into the unusual world of night freedom in which future is uncertain and nobody knows what the next hour will bring.Perhaps someone will be confused by uncertainty of this film genre - it is not clear if you watch a domestic drama, a black comedy, a social satire, a thriller or a detective. Perhaps all these genres are represented in "Into the Night". There are numerous cameo of directors, including John Landis himself in the role of the hapless Iranian thug experiencing problems with opening doors. There is really a lot humour in this movie - from grotesque Charlie Chaplin-like slapstick (constant war of the Iranians with doors, Ed's misadventures with props on the set, limousine theft) and social satire ("it's all because of property"?), to the witty dialogues and black irony - everything is there, except the vulgar humour. Humour in the film is not misanthropic, cold and arrogant, like Cohens', on the contrary - the director lovingly refers to his characters. There is also a detective story and a thriller, and even gunfights - even though the main character (who does not want to be a hero) never pick up's any guns. But is genre purity so good? In which genre, for example, you live your life? Certainly it has elements of domestic drama and comedy, melodrama, and sometimes detective and thriller, if you, like the movie's protagonist, ready to run "into the night."Perhaps, "Into the Night" includes all what a real escapist appreciates: a cold-blooded hero who does not want to be a hero (always detached and ironic intellectual Jeff Goldblum fits as he was born for this role), but finally decided to exchange his comfortable prison of day to dangers of freedom of night; beautiful and strange girl (Michelle Pfeiffer is truly beautiful in the prime of her beauty) - witty beauty who is living an easy life and at last acknowledged the existence of something more valuable than money; escape from prison of everyday life and compromises with your conscience into freedom and suspense of the night; fighting with challenges of destiny and overcoming your fear; lack of misanthropy; subtle humour, sometimes, however, turned into slapstick of classic comedies of the 1920th; music of B.B. King; retribution for the crimes of those who committed them, and a happy ending for those who do right. However, I suspect that the jailers will not appreciate "Into the Night". But I give it 8 out of 10.

Jeff Goldblum plays a man with a boring job, a cheating wife, and insomnia. One night beautiful Michelle Pfeiffer enters his life on the run from trouble of her own. The two have a wild night ahead of them as they run from irate Iranians. That makes more sense than it sounds, trust me. Lots of cameos from directors such as David Cronenberg, Jonathan Demme, and Don Siegel. Also a fun cameo by David Bowie. Goldblum and Pfeiffer are great. A solid comedy from John Landis; good escapist fun. Great soundtrack including the title song from B.B. King. Also worth checking out for a very rare (but brief) Pfeiffer nude scene.

(Credit IMDb) Ed Okin's life is somewhat out of control. He can't sleep, his wife betrays him and his job is dull. One night he starts to drive through Los Angeles and he finally ends in the parking garage of L.A. Airport. Moments later a beautiful young lady jumps onto his bonnet and he finds himself being chased by four Iranians. What follows is a wild chase through the streets of Los AngelesI saw this a few months back. I found it to be very enjoyable, filled with great cameos, and a perfect balance of action & humor. I'm not sure if casual viewers will get as much out of this as I did, but for movie buffs, it is a real treat. Jeff Goldblum is both funny and entertaining as the lead. Michelle Pfieffer's mysterious part always had me glued to the screen. Her beauty is out of this world. Goldblum's chemistry with Pfieffer is one of the main reasons this movie works so well. Dan Aykroyd also has a part as Goldblum's friend. Overall, check it out! It is a really fun movie7.5/10

The plot here about a woman (Michelle Pfieffer) who has six emeralds that a bunch of murderous heavies want to get their hands on is pretty silly, but what rescues the film is some brilliant direction from John Landis, and I mean brilliant. It would not surprise me if they study this at film school. He takes every banal scene and adds a touch of comedy, clowning, in-jokes (more cameos of famous people and film directors than you could believe), or just tension. There is not a flat moment in the whole film. The choice of upmarket locations in Los Angeles too is a constant dazzle. Overall this pacing overcomes an average input from the love interest of Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfeiffer who do not really gel.