![]() ![]() ![]() In Kick-Ass he may not have played the young lead hero, but ended up with a far more interesting character in Big Daddy/Damon Macready, though it’s the latter that I loved. Imagine Cage’s patience then, as time and time again he was linked to a stream of comic book movies that never happened. ![]() It’s an uneven film at best, though thoroughly enjoyable for all the wrong reasons.īearing in mind that the former Nicholas Coppola, took his screen surname from comic book character, Luke Cage, it was gratifying to see the comic geek in Nic Cage finally get to appear in an adaptation that was so critically acclaimed, especially after the mixed reception that Ghost Rider received.īack in the nineties, I was so close to getting a comic book film that would have potentially embraced a holy trinity of Cage, Tim Burton and Pierce Brosnan, under the guise of a Superman film, and I’ve never forgotten about it. It would seem wrong not to include Vampire’s Kiss, though it’s the only film of Cage’s that I watched specifically for this list, mostly due to a friend’s ardent passion for it and because it contains a large amount of the material that frequents the YouTube compilations mentioned. “You just put it in the right file, according to alphabetical order! Y’know A, B, C, D, E, F, G!” The list is, of course, based on my personal highlights, but also serves to illustrate the point that, no matter what the current preconceived notion of his work is, he has an incredibly varied and strong body of work and one which I’ll always be excited to see grow (not least with the incoming, and awesome-looking, Drive Angry 3D next month).Īnd as for The Wicker Man? Well, I think that speaks for itself.ġ0. Some of his more underappreciated and less geek-centric films will be noticeable by their absence, but I’ll hopefully be addressing those in a future article. They’ve all affected me in different ways over the years, so maybe they’ll do the same for you (though don’t blame me if you develop a drinking problem after watching Leaving Las Vegas). But maybe try a couple of the films on this list. ![]() So, let’s try and tone down the Cage bashing. ![]()
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