The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, Nick Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan. Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative and forced to live up to his own legend, channeling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters in order to save himself and his loved ones.
- Released: 2022-04-20
- Runtime: 107 minutes
- Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
- Stars: Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Neil Patrick Harris, Tiffany Haddish, Lily Mo Sheen, Sharon Horgan, Jacob Scipio, Paco León, Ike Barinholtz, Alessandra Mastronardi, Nicholas Wittman, Joanna Bobin, Demi Moore, Mario Perez, David Gordon Green, Anna MacDonald, Luke McQueen, Katrin Vankova, Jaime Ordóñez, Enrique Martínez, Manuel Tallafé, László Szívós, Ricard Balada, Rebecca Finch, Jackson Serafim, Jesus Armando Campos Flores, Christine Grace Szarkó, Caroline Boulton, Paula Parducz, Tamás Buza, Mario Perez, Francisco Grey, Kristian Flores, Björn Freiberg, Eli Jane, Cesare Taurasi
- Director: Tom Gormican
Comments
- bk753 - 20 June 2024
What's not to like?? So much fun...
Seriously. It's Nic Cage playing Nick Cage doing all sorts of Nicholas Cage stuff from Nicholas Cage movies... AND it features Nicolas Kim Coppola playing Nicky, a young Nic Cage (very "Wild at Heart") hanging out with Nick Cage (unsurprisingly played BY Nicholas Cage!). And Pedro Pascal is in it, playing a Nic Cage fanboy, who might or might not be an International gun smuggling kidnapper.
(I actually think I got that first part exactly right!). This movie was fun... the situation was ridiculous, but the film is smart and funny, with lots of Nicholas Cage references, some cool action scenes, a hysterical on-screen bromance, and some sappy family stuff, because as they say in the movie, you gotta have "something for everyone!"
I loved it!! - daddybear-80283 - 20 April 2024
Clever, witty and unapologetically nick cage
This film takes you on a ride and has you wanting more by the end. Some of the comedy is slapstick and others are suttle and incredibly well written. The plot that keeps the flow of the movie moving is an odd third person take on them wtiting the film together. This keeps you interested as the film plods along. What sold it for me was the chemistry between cage and pascal as its not only heart warming but its also believable. I watched it expecting another nocholas cage vanilla film and I am glad I watched it as its been too long since I watched a clever funny film. In the end this is up there with face off and The Rock for me. Oh and paddington 2 is a great movie.
