Knitted News26.04.22 13:48 25 Nissan Tishpev
(Photo: Katalin Vermes / Lionsgate)
Nicolas Cage’, On all its constituents is a cinematic legend. point. This week saw the release of the film “The Unbearable Weight of a Huge Talent” starring him, and watching it yields one unequivocal conclusion – it is Cage’s best and most compelling film of the last twenty years.
Descend there and ascend
Like Bruce Willis (who retired from the film industry earlier this month due to his medical condition) Cage’s cinematic evolution developed impressively in the 1980s and especially in the nineties. But something went wrong along the way: Since the mid-2000s, his film career has been making a bungee jump so long and deep that it seems that the deeper it goes, the lower and more despicable the level of his films.
Nicholas Cage in the movie (Photo: Katalin Vermes / Lionsgate)
It is too short to list the variety of junkies that Cage has starred in in recent years and not for nothing – he chose, like Bruce Willis, over quantity over quality. This is evidenced by the mass of his films that made him the punching bag of various critics and synonymous with cinematic tragedy. The Razi Awards for which he was nominated further reflected the differences between him and his colleagues who in contrast managed to maintain their status and prestige (see entry Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, George Clooney and others whose relevance only increases).
Now, as he approaches the seventh decade of his life, Cage seems to be deciding to change direction and make lemonade out of lemon. His new film “The Unbearable Weight of Huge Talent” is clearly a show of great courage on the part of the actor who decided to go all out and produce a combination of a parody film about the industry in which he lives and breathes and a film of praise for himself.
The plot of the film
In the lead role, Nicholas Cage, who bears his name throughout the film and who embodies himself fully. The film is actually meant to make fun of all the mockers and haters, and show that Cage does not count them from a shower. One of the main points in the film, in the end, is to show that this is one of the better actors who have been here and who have been wasted for almost twenty years in scribbled and unnecessary films.
(Photo: Katalin Vermes / Lionsgate)
Cage, as mentioned, embodies himself. An actor with a very glorious resume who finds himself irrelevant and fights for his position in the cruel film industry. In addition, his relationship with his ex-wife and daughter is more precarious than ever and his ability to comfort himself comes in the form of participating in tin films. Miraculous self-destruction.
When he begs for another role, he suddenly comes across a surprising offer – a particularly rich and delusional fan (Pedro Pascal, Wonder Woman ’84) offers him a million dollars in exchange for attending his private party in Mallorca. The proposal as it immediately seems, is not as innocent as it seems at all.
The lovable fan very quickly turns out to be a dubious guy with sick and crazy ideas who wants to collaborate with Cage on further and far-reaching fronts. When the CIA agent (Stephanie the Indifferent) makes her way to Cage’s invitation, she enlists him to work for her as an undercover agent in order to expose and thwart the fan’s motives.
From here the film takes a different turn and becomes a full-length action film during which Cage presents many references to his past films (more and less successful) and stretches the plot throughout. During the film, important and relevant issues such as father-daughter relationships, relevance in an industry that does not suffer from ageism and especially a great deal of self-awareness and laughter will arise.
The man who was born again
Nicholas Cage is doing a good job and this film seems to have been the most difficult and not just for him – it is a self-awareness display on the therapeutic frontier which is meant to say that despite all the criticism and criticism he has received over the years – it is still relevant and kicking.
Cage’s gameplay is excellent, compelling and most importantly shows that he is still relevant despite his lame choices over the years. The preoccupation with age within the industry that Cage has lived in for 40 years alongside the preoccupation with fan and star relations and other aspects that arise during the film, make this work one-off and especially a sheer and pleasant pleasure for Cage fans is no less a gift, and for the other audience the soul.
“The Unbearable Weight of Huge Talent” is a rejuvenation of Cage’s career and is seen as a well-crafted and successful attempt to show everyone that he is one of the great players of our generation. If he continues in this way, it is not inconceivable that his star will only rise and maybe we will see him nominated next year in a place that is no stranger to him at all – the Oscar ceremony.
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