I thought he was incredible in this film. He is so good at being bad, and so good at being good. I will admit, AT FIRST because he is such a likable guy and has played a lot of good roles, and that good person shines through him, during this film I kept thinking he was going to be the "nice bad guy" and ultimately just give Nina back. I even thought he might end up being a good guy before I discovered he took her. Then even when I knew he took her I was like "aw hes such a likable bad guy, hes gonna let them see her, probably give her back, give them food and water, awe that John Cusack" but then he did an amazing job of flipping the switch, and making us realize he has absolutely no good in him, and i started to hate him. I felt BAD for the guy for like 5 mins (not that I think what they were doing is ok in any way I just mean sometimes in movies when you also root or the bad guys and you're not sure why kind of thing) like when I realized he was screwed over and he seemed desperate in trying to get more money, he seemed like his conscience was swirling or something, but then I quickly hated him when he really showed his true colors. He did a good job of showing a lot of different layers of this character. Or maybe not layers but he keeps you guessing as to just how bad hes gonna be. I dont think I was liking him just cause hes a likable guy that is part of it, but he is such a good actor that he literally kept unfolding this character like an onion until you realize ok he really is just as bad as that *beep* that beat up Ryan Phillipe's character at the bar. Thats who I thought was the real evil one, I thought he had some good in him, and was more about the money not hurting/killing anyone and wasnt actually going to kidnap any children. But he was just as vicious if not worse than the other guy. So I am glad hes playing villians! He does it so well. And if he plays a good guy in his next film ill go watch him in that too. Hes just rad.
Also, in the movie "The Prince" that movie honestly was just plain terrible, so don't blame John Cusack if he wasnt too great in it. I think he did the bet he could with some really awful, AWFUL material. They gave him barely any lines, barely any character development to go on, so I think he tried to just make it a character role to make it interesting, and he was interesting to watch in it, but everything about the film was so bad, especially surrounding his specific character there was no redeeming it. And as little of a role h had in that film, he did better in like the 4 scenes he was in that the guy who was unfortunately in the entire film. God that movie was atrocious.
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