In this film, Ridiculous Cage plays a man who It's honestly hard to tell at this point if Cage has become self-aware or if the man really will just take any movie pitched to him.
Don't get me wrong, I kind of want to see this movie (and not just for Amber Heard). The trailers give the impression of that intentionally ridiculous action flick along the lines of Crank. But for that feel to work, Nic Cage has to be knowingly along for the ride. And I think he is. Not just for this movie, though not for all of his movies, but I just can't believe that these scenes show a man legitimately trying to give a good performance (good in academy terms, not hilarity).
Whatever Cage is trying to accomplish in his films, you have to at least give him credit for the effort. Not his acting effort but the sheer volume. I really can't fathom how he has time to be in all of these movies; it seems as if he's in a new release every other week. Not everyone is willing to bust their ass like that to pay back millions in unpaid taxes.
I realize I haven't said much about the movie itself, but I haven't seen it yet. Even if I had, there's probably not much to say about it; Nic Cage, vengeance, fast cars that don't look like a cereal prize, Amber Heard, and a title with as much effort as Snakes on a Plane. Did I mention Amber Heard?
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