#6 Snake Eyes
Year: 1998
Director: Brian De Palma
MPAA Rating: R
Epic Co-stars: Gary Sinise
Running Time: 98 minsCage Time: ~85%
Cage Kills: 0
Cage Flip-outs: 3
James' Review: In Snake Eyes Nick Cage plays Rick Santoro, a highly annoying municipal police officer that any person not hopped up on cocaine wouldn't want to spend for than 5 seconds with; perfect Nouveau Shamanic material. The film starts out with Cage excited as hell about a big time boxing matching and getting to watch it with his "best friend" Kevin Dunne (Gary Sinise) but things quickly go south as a very high ranking government official is shot and Santoro is left to decode several suspicious and somewhat nonsensical events that occurred leading up to the crime.
As with many great Cage films, relationships such as "best friend", "wife", and "kids" are thrown into the plot in an attempt to convey the idea the the characters are fully mature human adults, but they come off as somewhat 1-dimensional on screen. But let's be honest here, nobody gives a shit about that. We just want to see some fine Cage Mega-Acting, and we're in luck for at least 50% of the movie. While the middle half of the movie feels like a bit of a slump when it comes to eccentric Cagness, as the plot plows on and Cage is left in more and more precarious situations we see the Cage that we've come here for.
Snake Eyes brings a somewhat complex, well thought out crime scenario and some highly creative (yet poorly executed) cinematography to make it worth it's 98 minutes. As the film reaches it's climax, Nicolas Cage is in top form as a battered hero alone in the world with not a chance of survival. Unfortunately, not even some top notch mega-acting could distract from the horrific script that almost seems like a parody of so many B-rate action / suspense films that have paved the path to this point. Fortunately, anyone who has made it this far is no longer watching for the story, but watching to see Nicolas Cage transcend the realm of reality and entertain like only he can. I'm happy to say we have not been let down.
As with many great Cage films, relationships such as "best friend", "wife", and "kids" are thrown into the plot in an attempt to convey the idea the the characters are fully mature human adults, but they come off as somewhat 1-dimensional on screen. But let's be honest here, nobody gives a shit about that. We just want to see some fine Cage Mega-Acting, and we're in luck for at least 50% of the movie. While the middle half of the movie feels like a bit of a slump when it comes to eccentric Cagness, as the plot plows on and Cage is left in more and more precarious situations we see the Cage that we've come here for.
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| Nic Cage plays one of the most convincing loud annoying assholes I've ever seen. |
Snake Eyes brings a somewhat complex, well thought out crime scenario and some highly creative (yet poorly executed) cinematography to make it worth it's 98 minutes. As the film reaches it's climax, Nicolas Cage is in top form as a battered hero alone in the world with not a chance of survival. Unfortunately, not even some top notch mega-acting could distract from the horrific script that almost seems like a parody of so many B-rate action / suspense films that have paved the path to this point. Fortunately, anyone who has made it this far is no longer watching for the story, but watching to see Nicolas Cage transcend the realm of reality and entertain like only he can. I'm happy to say we have not been let down.
Movie quotability: 2/5
Plot Holes:- "You see where your hand is? That a FELONY!"
- "And that's what she was there for, to give you a boner. And you got one, congratulations you're human."
- Mystery chick is seemingly unaffected by her gunshot wound.
- SPOILER: Even though the cops learned about the murders the city still decides to use pillers with dead bodies in them.
CAGEamatic
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Cinematic
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| Skyler |
Outstanding
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Acceptable
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| Shauna |  |
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| James |
3.77/5
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2.88/5
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| Martine |
!Enjoyed her Kindle in the Cage!
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