Cage + Comic book = Fun

Rating: 10/10 (19 February 2007)

Its a Comic book silly ! (said like Captain Jack Sparrow says "Pirate"). For Marvel comic book fans, Nicolas Cage fans and action adventure fans this movie is just downright fun. I always have a good laugh as a decent movie get's eaten up by "artistic" reviewers and then cast, crew and investors cry all the way to the bank. There are some folks who just lose the kid inside where you forget what it was like to invite a good friend over to the house, listen to tunes, read comics, gossip and eat candy and slurp down some sodas. I don't know about you, but I think it would be wicked cool to ride a flaming bike like that up the side of a skyscraper. Sure Traffic, Million Dollar Baby and American Beauty are good movies. You also leave them wanting to jump off of a bridge. I've always loved Sam Elliot and his narration and then portrayal of a key Texas Ranger like character couldn't be better. I liked seeing Peter Fonda again as the devil. Fonda isn't as good as his sister but it was still good to see him in a film again. Eva Mendez was good but I would have liked to see them beef up her part a bit....and I don't know how they squeezed her into her outfit. And of course Cage does all of the Cage type of things that we have come to love and expect. The special effects are fun but I certainly wouldn't rate them as A list.
So don't go see this movie with adult types (people who have forgotten how to think like kids). Just bring your best buddy (or budette), get some candy and cokes and sit back and enjoy a fun (and yes light hearted)comic book romp. And yes....I still want one of those bikes!!!!