I think one of the devil bikers fires a gun at Cage before he gets run over.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 6 June 2023 20:47 (eleven months ago) link
Watched this a second time recently with my kids, who hadn't seen it. I think I enjoyed it even more the second time, just sinking into the spacey lunatic vibe.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 6 June 2023 20:51 (eleven months ago) link
Probably make a good double feature with that Nic Cage Lovecraft movie.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 6 June 2023 20:56 (eleven months ago) link
It's just, how do I put this, a confluence of all the aesthetics I like and it's the film that really made me appreciate Cage
― Do I look like I know what a jpeg is? (dog latin), Tuesday, 6 June 2023 21:06 (eleven months ago) link
I'm still on the fence about him. I just read "The Age of Cage" and couldn't come to any conclusion other than: sometimes his stuff works, sometimes it doesn't, it really has little to do with the quality of the film he's in, and I'll miss him when he's gone. There were a couple of really specific things in this one that I suspect he inserted, like references to the Carpenters and Galactus, and honestly, I found them distracting enough (however fleeting) to take me out of the movie a bit. I also thought he was maybe a little too old for the role, but when you're one of one there aren't a lot of alternatives. Though the bad guy gave some serious Cage vibes himself.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 6 June 2023 21:25 (eleven months ago) link
Cage was originally going to play the bad guy. I admit I'm so-so about the Carpenters thing because, much as I get what he's trying to do, the idea that you'd have to be a narcissistic psychopath to enjoy them doesn't chime well with me
― Do I look like I know what a jpeg is? (dog latin), Tuesday, 6 June 2023 22:55 (eleven months ago) link
I liked this a lot more in the first half than the second - still great to look at but the slow creeping dread was much more interesting than the bloody revenge flick.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 11 February 2024 05:03 (three months ago) link