After the relative success of Pig and The Unbearable weight of Massive Talent I thought I'd give a resurgent Cage another chance, in the hope this wouldn't be a return to his "phoned in" low budget roles of late.
I'm genuinely baffled how he manages to act so sublimely in one movie then be so utterly atrocious in others. It seems like it must take more effort to ignore all his talents, training etc and act in such a wooden, almost spooflike fashion. That sums up his violent stoic man trying to be good role here though.
As for the rest of the movie, it's so chocked full of tropes that it seems like a highlight reel of outtakes from low budget campy westerns.
I'm struggling to find a single redeemable moment, I suppose the cinematography is ok. That's about as positive I can be.
I'm genuinely baffled how he manages to act so sublimely in one movie then be so utterly atrocious in others. It seems like it must take more effort to ignore all his talents, training etc and act in such a wooden, almost spooflike fashion. That sums up his violent stoic man trying to be good role here though.
As for the rest of the movie, it's so chocked full of tropes that it seems like a highlight reel of outtakes from low budget campy westerns.
I'm struggling to find a single redeemable moment, I suppose the cinematography is ok. That's about as positive I can be.