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2 | [[caption-width-right:350:''[[{{Tagline}} Every treasure has its price.]]'']] |
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4 | ''Into the Blue'' is a 2005 action thriller directed by Creator/JohnStockwell, starring Creator/JessicaAlba and Creator/PaulWalker. |
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6 | The film centers around two lovers, Sam (Alba) and Jared (Walker), who live in the Bahamas. With Jared's pal Bryce (Creator/ScottCaan) and his ladyfriend Amanda (Creator/AshleyScott) they go looking for sunken treasure and find a plane that crashed in the ocean; said plane has lots of drugs on board which some very nasty types want... |
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8 | ...but that's not really point of the movie, which is that the cast, especially Jessica Alba, are visually appealing people, and seeing them in swimwear in a tropical paradise is a balm for the drudgery of normal life. That's how to make a movie that gets a good return on investment. |
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10 | Followed by an InNameOnly DirectToDVD sequel in 2009. |
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12 | !!This movie has examples of: |
13 | * AccidentalHero: They all apply for killing the bad guys, but one almost humorous example is when Sam is fighting one of Bates' thugs in the water and a tiger shark comes along and eats him. |
14 | * BeachEpisode: This is pretty much the point of the whole movie. Swimsuits, ahoy! |
15 | * ExcusePlot: It's no secret that this movie is more concerned with the [[FanService visuals]] than the plot. |
16 | * MaleGaze: |
17 | ** The infamous scenes featuring Alba swimming (which you get to see again behind the closing credits). |
18 | ** Not to mention Ashley Scott on the deck with the camera looking between her legs. |
19 | * MsFanservice: Sam is featured in many shots in just her two-piece swimsuit and sometimes less. |
20 | * PleasePutSomeClothesOn: Amanda is asked to cover up when some Coast Guard types come across her sunbathing topless. |
21 | * RecycledPremise: Not a bad film, but it was better when it was called ''Film/TheDeep1977'': |
22 | ** Young lovers who enjoy diving, hoping to strike it rich by discovering a shipwreck full of treasure? Check. |
23 | ** Finding such a shipwreck, only to find another wreck on top of it packed with [[DrugsAreBad a different kind of treasure]]? Check.[[note]]A World War II cargo ship with a hold full of morphine in ''The Deep'', a crashed plane full of cocaine here.[[/note]] |
24 | ** Local drug lords trying to bully our heroes into helping them recover the stuff? Check. |
25 | ** Big underwater fight against said drug lords, in which some ocean predators dispose of the bad guys? Double check. |
26 | * ToplessnessFromTheBack: Amanda in the scene when the police come up to the boat. |
27 | * WalkingSwimsuitScene: Almost the entire movie for the main characters, though it's mostly justified, considering it's set in the Bahamas. |
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