I love Nicholas Cage but this was by far his worst performance ever

Rating: 1/10 (19 July 2008)

I liked the first one, but this movie, like so many of it's contemporaries, was so lacking in artistic sensitivity that to sit through the entire thing would have been pure torture. The script was very mechanical and utilitarian. You get the sense the the movie and it's plot is just being thrown at you. There is no excitement from the actors and hardly any sort of convincing rhythm to the scenes either. What happened to the talented film makers who use to inhabit Hollywood? I think films need to start coming with a money back guarantee. How many different ways are there for me to tell you that if you have an IQ anywhere over 120, you will be bored to tears by this film? I seriously think that Cage was on vacation during the filming of this movie. And who can blame him? He's Nicholas Cage and he pretty much doesn't have to show up to work unless his heart really wants to. Anyway, until the next film comes out that I feel compelled to comment on . . . :(