The slow southern drawl

Rating: 9/10 (5 June 2005)

I really like this movie. No, no, no seriously. I really do. If Nick Cage talks any slower I would . . .fall . . .asleep. But it works perfectly. Okay, obviously this movie was not made with the intention for the movie makers to end up standing behind a microphone thanking their agents. It was simply made to entertain, and that it does. John Malcovich (spelling?) is not his usually stiff self and he really lights up the screen as Cyrus the Virus.
One of the things that makes this movie work is its vast cast of characters from Steve Buscemi as Garland Greene, or Dave Chappelle as Pinball, all the way to John Cusak (YES!) as U.S. Marshal Vince Larkin, not one of his regular roles. I am so glad that he decided to do this movie however, because he really breathes life into this film, er I mean, Movie.
And with all it's explosions, and cheesy action dialog, I still have a hard time not crying at the end. It's like after two hours of movie, they pack more emotion in the perfectly shot, perfectly acted final scene than in the entire movie.
Line that I thought defined the movie: Poe: You tell my wife, I love her. She's my hummingbird. But I couldn't leave a fallen man behind.
My personal favorite: Larkin: "Are you going to lower your gun?" Poe: Sorry, but there's only two men I trust. One of them's me, the other's not you."