The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (feat. Nicolas Cage)

You've probably heard of this movie, the one in which Nicolas Cage plays himself. What a gimmick! But the meta quality of this film provides a depth of context that wouldn't otherwise be possible. Cage could play a great and famous actor, but there's only one Nicolas Cage, and the fact that characters in the film an reference his work tells much about who they are.

So in the film, Cage is having trouble maintaining his self image, relations with his family, and his finances. In fact, he's so into acting it's hard for him to keep in touch with everything else. When he doesn't get a role he was going for, he decides to perhaps retire, and to settle his debts, takes a gig for a million dollars just to attend a wealthy fan's birthday party.

But he doesn't expect this wealthy fan to become his new best friend, or for the FBI to rangle into a dangerous task of finding a woman this new friend (Javi) is said to have kidnapped in order to ransom favor for his criminal enterprise. Furthermore, I won't spoil the rest.

In this gripping film, you never entierely know what's going on, but the relationships are touching and the action sequences are hilarious. Javi can't help himself but pretend he's in a movie with Nick at every chance he gets, and the directing follows every cue without flaw. This film ranks up there with The In Laws as a perfect buddy action comedy, and it is all the hype. Don't snooze on it.

  1. Raising Arizona

  2. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

  3. Leaving Las Vegas
  4. Red Rock West
  5. Adaptation
  6. Pig
  7. Birdy
  8. Wild at Heart
  9. Joe
  10. National Treasure
  11. Guarding Tess
  12. Snake Eyes
  13. Mandy
  14. Dog Eat Dog
  15. Color Out of Space
  16. Mom and Dad
  17. World Trade Center
  18. Peggy Sue Got Married
  19. Zandalee
  20. Prisoners of the Ghostland
  21. City of Angels
  22. Willy's Wonderland
  23. Captain Corelli's Mandolin
  24. Bangkok Dangerous
  25. Drive Angry
  26. Army of One
  27. Lord of War
  28. Gone in 60 Seconds
  29. Matchstick Men
  30. Vampire's Kiss
  31. Con Air
  32. Face/Off
  33. Trapped in Paradise
  34. The Boy in Blue
  35. Honeymoon in Vegas
  36. Deadfall
  37. Amos and Andrew
  38. Moonstruck
  39. Tokarev
  40. The Sorcerer's Apprentice
  41. Knowing
  42. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
  43. Bringing Out the Dead
  44. The Family Man
  45. Stolen
  46. It Could Happen to You
  47. The Wicker Man
  48. 8mm
  49. The Frozen Ground
  50. Left Behind
  51. A Score to Settle
  52. Pay the Ghost
  53. Primal
  54. Dying of the Light
  55. Grand Isle
  56. Looking Glass
  57. Arsenal
  58. Between Worlds
  59. Ghost Rider
  60. Trespass
  61. The Humanity Bureau
  62. Next
  63. The Weather Man
  64. 211
  65. Fire Birds
  66. The Croods
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