Oh Nic Cage, why?
This guy is probably the weirdest actor to somehow randomly have become a marquee player, but he seems to sleepwalk through nearly every role he gets now (cough, Next, cough National Treasure 1 and 2, cough).
There was a time when Nicolas Cage stunned with his bizarre, rangy performances as twins in Adaptation. It seems that time has passed, at least temporarily.
As Cage continues to do one goofy looking attempted blockbuster after another, you start to lose patience.
It used to be fun to see Cage at least play against the machine by being weird in these huge movies, but he doesn’t really do that so much anymore, at least in the last few movies of his I’ve seen (which sadly includes Next, I’ll never get that time back).
The good news is Alex Proyas (director of the magnificent Dark City) is on board.
The bad news is this looks a lot like The Number 23 with Jim Carrey.
That’s not a good thing.
Check the trailer here and judge for yourself:
One response to “Nicolas Cage Knows He Should Be Doing Better Movies”
The number 23 was awful. I really hope it doesnt turn out that way. I really think his career went down hill after his performance in the wicker man. It’s sad really, why cant we see more Cage films like Lord of war?