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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022) – T. Gormican
It’s a trifle but
amusing enough for a mindless night in.
Nicolas Cage plays a fictionalised version of himself (called “Nick”, a
telling giveway), at a point in his career where his star is fading and he
needs a hit. He’s recently divorced with
a teenage daughter with whom he is struggling to connect. After missing out on
another plum role, he takes a $1M gig to attend a wealthy Spanish guy’s
birthday party. They bond but soon Cage learns that his host Javi Gutierrez (Pedro
Pascal) is suspected of being an arms dealer by the CIA and responsible for a
politically motivated kidnaping to boot. Cage is corralled into helping the CIA
(led by Tiffany Haddish). To stay close to Javi, he suggests working on a film
together, a film about their friendship…and about a kidnaping. The film moves
gradually from a character study to a male-bonding relationship piece to a
full-on comic action thriller. It’s all very “meta” and if you are a Nic Cage
fan, then you’ll enjoy all of the references to his films (he also talks
regularly with his younger self, circa Wild at Heart). But apart from Cage
hamming it up in a variety of classic situations, this is basically substance
free viewing – yet amusing.
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