Into the Night (1985)

Into the Night (1985, USA) C-115m. *** D: John Landis. Starring Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dan Aykroyd, David Cronenberg, Richard Franklin, John Landis, Bruce McGill, Daniel Petrie, Paul Mazursky, Paul Bartel, Carl Perkins, Don Siegel, Jim Henson, David Bowie, Art Evans, Jack Arnold, Amy Heckerling, Roger Vadim, Lawrence Kasdan, Richard Farnsworth, Vera Miles, Irene Papas, Clu Gulager, Jonathan Demme. Popular thriller comedy about luckless Goldblum, who helps out mysterious blonde Pfeiffer one night, and gets drawn into mad-cap adventure, where they mostly run from bumbling Arab terrorists. A typical Landis contrivance, only this time it lacks the spirit of BLUES BROTHERS (1980) or the edge of AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981). Goldblum and Pfeiffer are good, though, and there are a lot of directors to spot in cameo roles.


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