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Awful, Shameless, Pointless

posted 10 years ago by HereItIsYourMomentOfZen
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I thought after "Joe" Cage might have decided to be more careful about which roles he chose. Nope.

With turds like this I normally would've stopped watching after the first 20 mins, but I was strangely curious to see just how bad it could get.

Basically it has no redeeming features; its painting by numbers, spouting off cliche after cliche, at one point I thought Glover would utter "I'm too old for this s**t". Really pointless plot, bad acting, lots of comically bad shaky cam during dull car chases and fights in the hopes that they could disguise how poorly it was choreographed and setup.

Another shameless heap of crap with Mr.Cage.

Oh yeah, Peter Stormare actually plays an Irishmen in this. Honestly its impossible to tell if its just one big joke. I mean why bother casting him when he sounds anything BUT Irish?

[–] mike172728 10 years ago

I agree totally, critics are ten a penny, I've seen great films that have been panned, I've seen cr@p that has been lauded.... it's a personal preference :)

[–] gunslinger92557 10 years ago

I liked it, I rented it on DVD. I liked seeing the alternate extended beginning which I think helped put some things in perspective.

My only real issue is the use of actors that looked nothing like the main actors in the scene showing Cage's crew in the past. I hope that makes sense. I was trying to figure out who was who.

[–] JrnlofEddieDeezenStudies 9 years ago

My only real issue is the use of actors that looked nothing like the main actors in the scene showing Cage's crew in the past. I hope that makes sense. I was trying to figure out who was who

Overall I loved Rage, but this would be my one complaint. I was also trying to figure out who especially the heavyset guy with the bushy hair was in the flashbacks--For much of the film I was thinking maybe he was a fourth guy the others had lost contact with, and I kept wondering why they weren't suspecting him, haha.

Anyway, re loving it, I particularly liked how the twist basically made it a karma film that emphasized the folly of making and especially acting on hasty assumptions.

[–] MarkInArizona 10 years ago

..and add BORING to the title of this thread.

Also, I love Peter Stormare but he could not do an Irish accent in this movie.

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[–] torydude 9 years ago

"Awful, Shameless, Pointless"

"Nick Cage" says all that, and more.

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