According to IMDB, this apparently isn’t a joke. Nicholas Cage, like so many celebrities before him, has made the decision, instead of just announcing his retirement from acting, and drifting off quietly into obscurity, to end his epic journey through the Hollywood system with a tremendous, career-ending bang… Yes, he will be stepping into the evolution-disbelieving shoes of the great Christian actor Kirk Cameron
Here, if you’re unfamiliar with the Cameron films, or the delusional books which spawned them, is a bit of overview from the site of the Cage helmed reboot.
Without warning, millions of people around the globe simply vanish.
All that remains are their clothes and belongings… and an overwhelming sense of terror. The vanishings cause unmanned vehicles to crash and burn.
Emergency forces everywhere are devastated. Gridlock, riots and looting overrun the cities. And there is no one to help or provide answers. In an instant, the earth has been plunged into darkness.
For RAY STEELE, the pilot of a jumbo jet, it means trying to calm his hysterical passengers who saw loved ones vanish before their eyes.
It also means trying to land his damaged plane when every airport is jammed with burning wrecks, all while wishing that he could talk to his family one last time.
For BUCK WILLIAMS, the world-renowned journalist trapped at 30,000 feet, it means a struggle to understand the incomprehensible, the most devastating event in history.
And for CHLOE STEELE, Ray’s daughter back on the ground, it means trying to find her mother and brother…
Maybe it’s too early to call it career suicide. Cage has rebounded before. He bounced back from Wicker Man to do Kick Ass, which was pretty good. The truth is, however, it’s been a hell of a long time since he did Peggy Sue Got Married, Raising Arizona, and Moonstruck back-to-back. His career for the past 20 years or so has been little more than a desperate sprint from one derivative big box office project to the next, in hopes of paying down his considerable debt, without much thought of quality. I guess you could say that Cage is to action movies of late, what Adam Sandler is to comedy. They both aim squarely for the lowest common denominator, they cash their checks, and they move on. In this case, though, I just don’t see him bouncing back with another Adaptation or Leaving Las Vegas. I think this is him resigning himself to the inevitable. He’s scraped bottom for so long that all he’s got left is making straight-to-video fantasy films for a cultish far-right subset of the evangelical movement… folks who daydream about the glorious day that God will call them up to heaven while condemning the rest of us to eternal torment in lakes of fire.
Here, if you don’t believe me as to how bad this will be, is the new trailer.
I should also add that there is a chance it could be awesome, in the same kind of way that Snakes on a Plane was awesome. I don’t think, however, that Cage will commit enough effort to make that happen, though. I suspect that he’ll just walk though it, and won’t really embrace the stupidity of it all. Still, though, it’s possible.
update: According to the website for the film, the producers are now accepting song submissions for use in the film… If I don’t blog very much over the coming week, you’ll know what I’m up to.
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Once you put on that uniform, there’s no turning back. It’s end stage crazy.
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On the positive side, Riff Trax will get ahold of it and do their usual magic.
As this movie only has a $15 million budget, my guess is that he’s getting paid on the back end, so it could be quite lucrative, assuming it makes money on video. Evangelicals eat this stuff up.
It’s hard to feel sorry for him after he took my money for Con Air.
Did Cage find Jesus?
I don’t know… the first time I socialized outside of work with my now long-term partner was at a Nic Cage movie. So I kinda feel bad for him. My only hope is that he gets all Vampire’s Kiss at some point during this.
The reviews are in.
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