Connianatu How wonderful it is to see this fine actress carry a film and carry it so beautifully.
Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible
Rexanne It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny
carpener-606-111297 I was actually curious to watch this film. But Nicolas Cage performance as usual is so bad, it makes the experience excruciating. He has few good movies, but indeed not because of him. He truly is one of the worst actors that ever lived. I can´t undestand how he still manages to be cast in movies. Casting directors must be deaf, blind, well paid or don´t know nothing about acting. That Academy Award is still a joke...
Searsino I enjoyed this film from the start. It was truly a hidden gem.Gary Faulkner (Nicolas Cage) is a blue-collar compatriot currently on dialysis for kidney disease. Gary claims to have a vision where God comes to him, urging that he travel to Pakistan and capture Osama Binladen for the good of the American people. This message, combined with a deep-rooted love for his country lead him to do just that! On several occasions police report catching him attempting to cross the Afghan border carrying guns, knives, hash, and even Christian scripture.Larry Charles has directed some fairly controversial material over his lifetime including Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000-2017), Religulous (2008), and Bruno (2009). Everyone likely expected his film to poke fun at Gary Faulkner for loud political biases. But that would have been too easy. It speaks to Larry Charles' directorial authenticity that he did not take the bait with this one and run with it.Cage has a pretty bad track record for the better part of his career. And while this film failed pretty miserably from opening weekend to nearly being a "straight to DVD" title, it was a very enjoyable story.This movie has a striking resemblance to "Adaptation (2002)" (Cage as lead). Both of these have lead characters with a sociopath feel and are coincidentally two of Cage's strongest performances to date.Be sure to stay for the closing credits if you like to see actual imagery about the people and events a film is based depicting. I particularly enjoyed the footage of Faulkner when he is on The Late Show with David Letterman. Avoid (at all costs) going off to research David Faulkner until after watching this. The experience will be all the better for it.----- 8/10 STARS -------- Review by -----
quridley There's Hollywood action star Nic Cage. There's multifaceted, serious actor Nic Cage. And then there's wacky, experimental Nic Cage. Nic Cage goes back to his roots in smaller quirky comedies and explodes off the screen in every scene. He's in almost every scene and, while the script is mediocre, Cage elevates what would've been a forgettable C-movie into a fun and funny B-movie. This is proof that Cage is better than ever and capable of A+ material. Hope this is a sign of a comeback.Its no Raising Arizona or Vampire's Kiss, but its good fluff. I think it was directed well enough but the script was too bare and the editing was a little sloppy. Cage has the most meat with his role and none of the other performers have much to do but react to him, instead of play off him. Would've been great to see Cage riff with these very funny and improv style performers, especially Rainn Wilson. Cage will make more comedies tho.
coleoptera-20518 Do you like Nick Cage? Do you like swords? Then why haven't you seen this movie?In this stellar performance, Nick Cage delivers a knock-out, drop-dead, 10/10 performance. (I'm not even joking.) I don't think anyone could have portrayed his character closer to the actual man than Nick Cage. I've seen a lot of Nick Cage movies. A lot of "bad" ones. I liked them, but I like to get drunk and watch Nick Cage movies. It's somewhat of a pass time. This movie however is actually a movie I would recommend watching with real people. There's a certain awkwardness of the whole movie, the type of awkwardness you've come to expect from a movie with Nick Cage in it, but it actually fits this time. I mean hell I even felt bad for the lady (his girlfriend/chick from Reno 911). The whole situation is ridiculous and she just goes along with. Just like me watching a typical Nick Cage movie. But this isn't a typical Nick Cage movie. This is on National Treasure levels, and I'm serious when I say that. Now sure there's stuff that doesn't work. It kind of seems lazy that there's a narrator for example, but you should still see this movie. Everyone should see this movie. Half the time I'm asking myself what the hell is happening. And I look at the screen and I get the feeling Nick Cage is asking himself the same question. 10/10 would watch again.
