Rage

2014's Rage is a crime-thriller Starring Nicolas Cage, Rachel Nichols, and Danny Glover. 

In the film Cage plays a former criminal turned legitimate businessman named Paul Maguire. When Paul's 16 year old daughter is murdered, he gets his old crew back together and they start trying to figure out who was responsible. Several years prior the crew had killed the brother of a high ranking Russian mobster which set off a gang war and they think this may be retaliation for that. It's not, and in a pretty anticlimactic twist it turns out that the daughter was accidentally killed by her friend. In a panic it was made to look like a home invasion and all of this could've been solved if the kid just came clean from the start.

This isn't a good movie. It's not unwatchable but, it does feel a bit dull, unoriginal, and overall not particularly well-made. For example; there is a car chase in the film that is so frantically edited, with so many cuts that it's actually unpleasant to watch, and honestly that same goes for all of the action scenes in the film. I'm sure there are some people that might find this one pretty enjoyable but, I wouldn't personally recommend it.

1.5 out of 5

Tonight’s Movie: Stolen (2012)

This movie started out strong, but got ridiculous really quick.

        So, the film starts out with a decent bank heist gone wrong sequence. Nicolas Cage plays Will Montgomery who is a master-thief but he and his partner Vincent (played by Josh Lucas) get into an argument, resulting in a botched getaway and Vincent getting shot in the leg. Will is soon caught by FBI and sent to prison for 8 years. When he finally gets out Vincent, who is still bitter about failed bank heist, kidnaps Will’s daughter and blackmails him because he still wants his cut of the money. So, it’s a race against time as Will only has 12 hours to get his ex-associate the $10 million he’s demanding.

There are a couple of fun chase sequences through New Orleans and a second bank heist to steal $10million worth of gold. Unfortunately, it’s Vincent that the brings the movie down a couple notches. This is a terrible, over-the-top, one dimensional, villain.

Overall, it’s not great but it is a fun and pretty entertaining movie.

I give this one a 2.5 out of 5.

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