The best actor has become the king of bad movies. After more than ten years of improvement, can the new movie turn the tide?

The story of Nicolas Cage making bad movies to pay off his debts has been played for more than ten years without realizing it.

In the past ten years, whenever a new Cage film is released, if the reputation is good, it will be said to be his turnaround.

I said to myself, Nicolas Cage is not Nicholas Zhaosi after all, and the carp fighting skills are definitely not as clear as Zhaosi.

Besides, Cage is about to reach his 60th year, so it is better to do less difficult movements such as turning over.

Of course, I also understand everyone very well. As the saying goes, love is deep and responsibility is deep. After all, Cage was once too brilliant. People always can't believe that such a man who has acting skills, fame and literary talent can't believe it. In the city of angels, iCarly, Wu Neng bravely ventures to the deadly island, goes to the sky prison to turn the tide, and the man who goes down to the national treasure to explore the cemetery will become a salted fish.

After Cage has persistently contributed more than 30 films with scores of 3 or less and 6 or less, in recent years, he has gradually begun to produce occasional masterpieces.

For example, in 2019, the Cthulhu-themed story "Color of the Stars" received a Douban score of 6.4.

And, in 2021, the 6-episode documentary "The History of Dirty Words" with a Douban rating of 7.3.

Also, in 2021, "Quick Pig Killing" with a Douban score of 6.0 (I have never been able to find out who translated this title. I really want to beat him to death, which makes me always look forward to Kai Qin Neng violently chases pigs for love like Keanu Reeves).

Until recently, another film "The Unbearable Weight of Genius" with a Douban score of 7.1 was released.

Now, let me, little Vincent, show you what the story of Uncle Cage’s new work, which has been highly anticipated by netizens, is about.

Nicolas Cage plays himself in the film. This is actually not accurate. It should be that he plays a version of himself that has been characterized in the film.

The name is the same as his own, and some of the character relationships and mental journeys are also similar to his own, but they are connected together through a brand new story in the movie.

As soon as he appeared on the scene, he lowered himself to get a role that he had long desired, but the director was noncommittal.

Next, he went to his ex-wife's house, where he showed the estrangement between him and his daughter. Here he even complained about why he kept getting bad roles.

Movies are a kind of work, and hard work is a virtue. How come in the film industry, everyone complains about my hard work? Come on, I have bills to pay too!

When communicating with his agent, he refused a private job that paid 1 million to attend a party.

Later, at his daughter’s party, he received the news that the role he had previously dreamed of had been rejected. He drank two glasses of whiskey in a row and made a fool of himself in front of everyone after getting drunk.

When I returned to the rented hotel, the room card had expired due to long-term arrears.

He sat in front of the door that could not be opened, called his agent, and accepted the private job.

Came to Spain, Mallorca.

Cage was hired by a local wealthy businessman: Harvey.

When you see this actor, you may think he looks familiar. Yes, he once played the role of the "Red Viper" in "Game of Thrones", who has outstanding combat power and can fight the Mountain evenly. The following is Just call it the "red viper".

Red Viper is Cage’s number one fan. The way the two greeted each other was very special, using a very Chinese fist-holding ceremony.

Cage originally thought that Red Viper was a vulgar and wealthy businessman with strange interests, but he did not expect that the two of them would have a very happy conversation.

Red Viper admires Cage immensely and knows all of Cage's movies, and their movie-watching tastes are at the level of close friends.

Cage asked The Red Viper to pick out his three favorite films over the past century.

Red Viper was the first to choose "Face" starring Cage, and here they also emphasized that John Woo is a master.

The second choice is the old German film "The Cabin of Dr. Caligari", which is also Cage's favorite.

The last unexpected choice was "Paddington 2". Cage looked surprised and thought about how your taste is so erratic. Finally, after watching "Paddington 2" with Red Viper, After "Dun Bear 2", I called this film amazing.

Just as Cage and Red Viper were enjoying life on the island and discussing making a movie together, the plot took a turn. CIA agents told Cage that the Red Viper was a dangerous criminal who kidnapped the candidate's daughter in order to control the local political scene.

At this point, Cage transforms into an agent and prepares to carry out a rescue mission.

The first task of the agent operation is to secretly sneak into the surveillance system.

Although Cage has filmed various action scenes, he has no actual combat experience. When using a comatose drug, he accidentally smeared it on his forehead.

This plot is really funny. The way the agent uses the coma agent is very strange. It is set to make people faint as long as it comes into contact with other people's skin. But why is it applied on one's own hands? Is it okay?

After Cage fainted, he desperately tried to find the antidote before completely losing consciousness and successfully injected it.

In order to rescue the hostages, Cage offered to stay on the island for a few more days, which made his little fanboy Red Viper very happy.

The two started acting crazy on the island.

After getting high, he drove wildly, dreaming about being chased by enemies, causing a lot of farce.

They were like in an action movie, struggling to climb over the wall and almost falling to death, but found that the wall could be bypassed from the side.

The two returned to the Red Viper's manor, and Cage discovered a secret place, thinking it was a place where hostages were held.

It turns out that it actually contains all the collections collected by Red Viper.

There is a slate from the filming of "The Island".

There is a poster for "National Treasure".

There is also a scary Cage head pillow.

And the chainsaw in Mandy.

What’s even more exaggerated is that a one-to-one replica of Cage’s classic double-gun style in “Face/Off” was specially customized.

The two lived a happy life of fans and idols cherishing each other, but they were suddenly broken by a plot twist.

The eavesdropping equipment arranged by the CIA was exposed, and Cage's identity as a part-time agent was revealed.

In order to discuss a wonderful, character-driven movie with Cage, Red Viper also specially found Cage’s ex-wife and daughter, so that Cage could get character inspiration from his family life.

But this seems to Cage to be a threat to him.

I originally thought that the boss was Red Viper, but it turned out that there was actually someone else behind the scenes, and it was Red Viper's cousin: Lucas.

All criminal acts were ordered by Lucas.

Cousin Lucas threatened the Red Viper and asked him to kill his idol Cage himself.

After learning of his dangerous situation, Cage took away the two guns in the statue's hands for self-defense.

Here Cage’s reflection on the glass overlaps with the face of the statue, indicating that he will return to the role and regain his former glory.

The film has now entered its third act, which is the final climax and finale of traditional Hollywood blockbusters.

Cage and Red Viper pointed guns at each other. After a verbal exchange, they gained consciousness and confessed loudly to each other: I love you! Then they share the same hatred and prepare to deal with cousin Lucas.

Running scenes, car chase scenes, everything.

At this time, Cage's daughter was also kidnapped by Lucas.

After some psychological struggle, Cage decided to go into battle personally and bravely rushed into Longtan to rescue the hostages and his daughter.

And the way he used it was his best acting skill.

He used makeup to dress up as Lucas's contact, and Cage's ex-wife also played the contact's wife.

As expected, his acting skills were excellent and he was not seen through.

Cage grabbed the gun and, with the cooperation of Red Viper, finally escaped and rescued the hostages.

Finally, there was a car chase scene. The Cage family of three rushed into the US Consulate with the little girl who was a rescued hostage, and were eventually rescued.

In the cinema, the audience stood up and applauded to pay tribute to Cage. It turned out that this experience had indeed been compiled into a script and made into a movie.

The film ends with a heartwarming scene of Cage and his daughter happily watching "Paddington 2".

In this movie, Cage finally achieved success again in his career, saved his relationship with his family, and finally successfully passed the mid-life crisis.

This film has blurred the boundary between reality and fiction. It is really a bit like Michelle Yeoh's star universe in "The Universe". Even the scene where they watch their own movie being released can be said to be exactly the same. .

It cannot be said that the posters of these two movies are completely unrelated, or they can be said to be exactly the same.

This kind of plot setting seems to be a trend in recent movies. Not only does it break the fourth wall on the camera, but the characters themselves and the plot itself also break the fourth wall.

The current audience really likes this, which is the same as the three insects in "Spider-Man 3: Homeless" that were promoted by fans to be in the same frame.

If you are really a fan of Nicolas Cage, then watching this movie will really be a super refreshing experience. There are too many cute "Easter eggs" in it.

However, if you are relatively indifferent to Nicolas Cage, then this film will be quite boring.

Its classic Hollywood three-act structure is boring; the characters are rigid and rigid; the action scenes can also be seen as being unwilling to spend money, and the filming is superficial and extremely crude; the various reversals are also dull. It's child's play that usually makes people laugh.

Of course, since the creator of the film chose such a somewhat parody subject, these shortcomings are bound to exist.

This is not a movie that you need to watch with a serious attitude. You can just watch it as a relaxed, self-deprecating interview documentary by Cage.

So through this film, has Nicolas Cage turned around?

Sorry to say, not really.

However, I heard that Cage finally paid off his debt starting from this movie.

Perhaps this movie will be a turning point. I really hope that Cage can really succeed in the next movie!

To be honest, there are still many Cage movies to watch. I have selected twelve of them below. Please review them when you have time: