The King Of Weird has gone full tilt psycho for his new film.
There was a time, back in the 90s, when Cage was pretty much the King Of Hollywood.
He could go from Oscar-worthy performances in Leaving Las Vegas or Bringing Out The Dead, to kick-ass blockbusters like The Rock, Con Air or Face/Off, and be equally good in both of them.
Then … the rest of his career happened.
We’ve always hoped for a comeback, and once or twice it looked like he has heading that way, like with Kick-Ass or Bad Lieutenant or Adaptation, but lately the bad has seriously out-weighed the good.
Army Of One, Vengeance, Southern Fury, The Trust, Controlled Strike, Dying Of The Light, Left Behind, Outcast, Drive Angry, Trespass… all movies he was in in just the last few years, but how many have you seen? Have many have you even heard of? Did you even notice that we made one of them up? (It was Controlled Strike, that one doesn’t exist … yet.)
However, we may yet be getting a late-in-the-day resurgence, and it comes from none other than the bonkers director of Crank.
Yep, the guy behind that amazing Jason Statham action-thriller and its equally amazing sequel has made a horror movie with Nic Cage, and that movie has just screened at the Toronto International Film Festival where it was greeted with rapturous applause.
Mom & Dad deals with a teenage girl and her younger brother trying to survive the night when an unknown virus turns their parents (Nic Cage and Selma Blair) – and ALL other parents in the world – into murderous hysterics who only have one thing on their minds… to kill their own children.
About to watch a movie where Nicolas Cage goes nuts and tries to kill his children, which is the Nic Cage-iest premise since FACE/OFF.
— Matt Singer (@mattsinger) September 10, 2017
“This movie has mental problems, and if you’re seeing it then you also have mental problems” -Brian Taylor introducing MOM AND DAD #TIFF17 pic.twitter.com/EtZyd8sr8K
— Ben Scanga @TIFF17 (@BenScanga) September 10, 2017
Mom and Dad was a love letter to an out of genre Romero. It’s 1 part The Crazies and 1 part Freddy Krueger. Loved it. #TIFF17 #momanddad
— The Smash List| tiff (@thesmashlist) September 10, 2017
MOM AND DAD: Nic Cage goes full Cage. I mean FULL Cage. He sings the Hokey Pokey while destroying a pool table with a sledgehammer. #tiff
— Matt Singer (@mattsinger) September 10, 2017
Nic Cage on whether he’s planning to show the crazy demented Mom and Dad to his own son. #TIFF17 pic.twitter.com/CTLy5ZgiV5
— Yahoo Movies (@YahooMovies) September 10, 2017
MOM AND DAD is the new standard for Cage Rage: “I was 100 percent sex!” Cage himself laughed like a loon throughout the screening. #TIFF
— Joshua Rothkopf (@joshrothkopf) September 10, 2017
MOM AND DAD is required viewing for fans of manic, scenery-eating Nic Cage. It’s a giddy, gross blast. And such a great premise. #TIFF17
— Tasha Robinson (@TashaRobinson) September 10, 2017
MOM ? AND ? DAD ? Don’t even hesitate to watch this because of the subject matter. It’s crazy good. @mmadnesstiff #TIFF17
— Synthia T. (@synthiat) September 10, 2017
There is no set release date for Mom & Dad in Irish cinemas (or any cinemas, anywhere, for that matter), but off the back of these reviews, we expect that’ll be fixed quite soon.
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