Pointless, ad hoc movie!

Rating: 3/10 (14 November 2009)

Save your money and your time. This movie looks like it was written as it was filmed. Nicolas Cage has never been my favorite actor, but his movies were usually a 5 or so; Worth watching on pay-per-view if nothing better was on, but not worth the price and trouble of seeing them at a theater. However, this is a new low for Cage. I'm guessing that the plot and script were written on the fly as the picture was filmed, and then pasted together in the editing room to try to make some sense out of the material. Why, I asked myself, why so bad? Then I read about his current financial problems and realized that he's probably cranking out movies as fast as he can to stay ahead of the IRS and creditors, and regain his losses. Understandable, but a definite problem for the paying audience. Now, i just read he has 5 more movies (yes, five!!!) in the works for the next year!!! Come on, how can anyone possibly make 5 movies in 1 year and maintain any kind of quality? If this movie is a taste of what's coming up in the next 5, then you best go somewhere else for your theatrical entertainment.