I’m kind of overdosing on fashion at the moment, so I took a break to watch the new trailer for Nicolas Cage’s latest movie, Drive Angry 3D. Um… it’s no secret that Nick is hurting for money right now, and that he – much like John Malkovich – is basically saying “yes” to every script that gets sent his way. I get that. But I also get that Nick probably would have said “yes” to this junk even if he didn’t need the money, just because Nick has surprisingly horrible taste in scripts. This one looks absolutely hideous. It goes beyond violence porn. This is an orgy of dumb destruction just for the hell of it. And Nick is bringing down two solid character actors with him: William Fichtner and Billy Burke. Sigh… this sucks so hard, it’s almost funny:
Was Nicolas Cage’s turn as a homicidal, drug-addled, lizard-imagining crooked cop with a heart of gold in Bad Lieutenant just a touch too realistic for you? Well, here comes Drive Angry 3D, and what may be the batshit craziest Nicolas Cage character in a long, proud history of batsh-t crazy Nicolas Cage characters. Our hero plays a muscle-car enthusiast who has to escape hell (literally!) in order to save his infant granddaughter from a villainous cult, and the movie’s new trailer is just chock-full of explosions, creative murders, terrible-on-purpose one-liners, wobbly Matrix-like supernatural visual effects, and all other manners of WTF moments. Does it feel really contrived, like a couple of well-connected producers — after staying up all night drinking soju and watching Wild at Heart over and over again — decided they absolutely had to make a movie where Nicolas Cage pushes his nutso persona to its absolute breaking point, and then worked backward from there? Absolutely! But is that so wrong?
[From New York Magazine]
Seriously, who thinks of this sh-t? What is the pitch? “A man leaves hell to save his granddaughter only to be trailed by one of Satan’s minions, all whilst uttering cheese-tastic lines? Oh, Nick. How the not-so-mighty have fallen even further.
Cage at Comic-Con in July, promoting this film. Credit: WENN.
I still love Nick Cage, balding, cheese factory that he is…this movie looks like a comedy, will definitly see it!
its really sad, actually. National Treasure was his last hit, and that was fun and clever, but ultimately dumb. (I’m not knocking it, I own it, and love it.)
Lets talk about the weave dude…
Ewww. what’s that orange spot on his beard. Did he spill his spagetti?
His hair color is atrocious.
I’m not going to pay money to see any movie he is part of, regardless of who else might be in it.
I don’t feel comfortable “supporting” anyone who wastes millions of dollars.
“cheese-tastic” Brilliant!!
He peaked with Valley Girl.
I’ve always found him to be really really gross. Never a fan.
I thought Kick Ass was his last hit?
Aw yeahhhhhhh. I mean oh noes! I’m so confused! Might actually watch this one.
hihi, the movie is ghost rider 2.0. without the burning motorbike. 🙂
well, it does not look worse than his other movies….
Bleagh. He still looks like something growing on the side of a tree trunk.
I liked several of his movies.. knowing was the last that I liked.
Hope he crawls out of this hole soon..
@kitten – Me too. He has that gross quality about him and when you start learning about his personal life and how weird he is it only adds to it. Yuck.
celebrities are so messed up. they get addicted to fame and lose all sense of reality.
Im totally going to see this, screw anyone else who bashes it. Its Nic Cage dammit!
I refuse to dislike because face off was such a good movie.
TG:
“He has that gross quality about him and when you start learning about his personal life and how weird he is it only adds to it. Yuck.”
Ya, it is either Cage’s weird obsession with Elvis or his marriage to a mail order child bride.
That looks like a particularly bad double episode of Supernatural. That’s not a movie. That’s something you’d see on CW.
Cage just keeps on getting more wierd and jacked-looking as he ages. Let’s all strap on for the ride, it’s gonna be a good one. For the record I still love Moonstruck & Raising Arizona – my favs of his roles.
Stephen Sigal drop out?
It looks awful and cheesy (possibly on purpose) and I have to see it! 😆
This looks like it has the potential to be so awful its (kind of) good and then go on to become a cult classic.
Nic used to be fairly discerning about the roles he chose right up until he won the Best Actor Oscar for Leaving Las Vegas. After that I reckon he felt he’d proven himself as an actor and gave himself permission to just take the pay cheque when he felt like it. However, he still does the occasional good film.
He gives me a skeezy impression. I like him as an actor, but I think personally he’s the kind of guy who would be into creepy stuff.
Haha, I agree, Valley Girl was his best work!
He does seem skeevy-as a ‘real-life’ type guy, and sooo many of his movies absolutely SUCK! Yet we still pay to see him (or wait till it comes to TV and give up precious earth hours).
Would he even have been a ‘star’ if not for his Coppola-ness? I doubt it.
He will survive, I’ll bet there are lot of big H-wood stars itching to do 3D!! 😀
Valley Girl was his best work?
The Weather Man, Adaptation, Leaving Las Vegas, Red Rock West, Wild at Heart and Birdy were all as good or better.
this looks like pure trashy comedy!!will see it!!
I think we’ve seen the whole movie in this trailer…..
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