The Nicolas Cage Matrix

Spring is a time for the movie studios to put out their films that don't quite fit as summer blockbusters and also don't really belong with the more dramatic fare of the fall. We've all seen enough movies where the acting was either bad or flat and it seemed like some of those guys were mailing it in. Assuming the script is terrible and they were only in it for the notoriety or the check, you kind of come to expect this from time to time in these situations.

When things take a wildly dangerous turn, Cage is 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. Um, maybe I just haven't seen many Cage movies, but I thought The Rock was excellent.

Like many Cage movies, its reviews have been dreadful And, like many Cage movies, it's a familar-sounding thriller: In this one, Cage plays a loud-mouthed mobster who takes a guy hostage. Nick Cage does a good job in this film staying focused on the treasure chase, and Diane Kruger does most of her own stunt work in a harrowing car chase scene.

Cage's performance is often criticized for being too over-the-top in Wicker Man, but in truth noted misanthrope and misogynist shrunken pygmy heads Neil LaBute's mediocre direction is too under-the-top, and Cage's performance is just right. This is a film starring Nicolas Cage, playing Nicolas Cage.

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent will put Nicolas Cage on your Nicolas Cage to make it more Nicolas Cage. Only a film as gonzo as Color would force a character like Nathan to marinate in misery for so long; only Cage could so believably tap into such primal anguish and fury.

Neon , the U.S. distributor behind Bong Joon Ho's Oscar winner Parasite,” has won domestic rights to Pig,” a revenge thriller from Nicolas Cage and first time filmmaker Michael Sarnoski, Variety has learned. What we love most about Nicolas Cage , though, is when he goes "full Cage" - which means completely and wonderfully bonkers.