Review of Rage (2014) by Huw G — 04 Nov 2014
"Nicolas Cage, what is wrong with you? Now you want to make Dolph Lundgren movies.".
DVD Movie Review: Rage.
Date Viewed: September 1 2014.
Directed By Paco Cabezas.
Written By Jim Agnew and Sean Keller.
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Danny Glover, Rachel Nichols, Peter Stormare, Max Ryan,.
Michael McGrady, Pasha D. Lychnikoff, Judd.
Lormand, Max Fowler, Aubrey Peeples, Elena Sanchez and Weston Cage.
As David Gordon Green's "Joe" showed us earlier this year, Cage can still be a great screen presence. He was back on the top of his form until "Rage" came along. It's a disposable action thriller filled with car chases, foot chases, shoot outs, and knife fights. Nic, I thought you were done making crappy movies. What is wrong with you? Is this it for you? You want to be in Dolph Lundgren movies now? This is so sad. He has been collecting paychecks by making one ridiculous movie after another.
Cage plays Paul Maguire, an ex-killer who is now a respectable real estate developer. He has a beautiful new wife named Vanessa (Rachel Nichols) and a daughter named Caitlin (Aubrey Peeples) who is about to turn 16. Caitlin, who was at home with two friends, gets kidnapped by mobsters and she is later found dead from a gunshot wound to the head.
The weapon used to commit the murder was a Tokarev pistol and a grief-stricken Paul and his old crew decide to go after a gang of Russian thugs. They've tangled them in the past and despite warnings from Paul's Irish mobster mentor, Francis O'Connell (Peter Stormare) and Detective Peter St. John (Danny Glover), there's no way to stop Paul because well, he's full of rage.
There is no reason for this movie exist. The plot and the dialogue are recycled out of hundreds, if not thousands of other films. Director Paco Cabezas has not only made another paycheck movie for Cage, he could have easily called this movie "Death Wish: Part LXVII". Cage mostly goes through the motions and Danny Glover (once again playing a cop) has nothing to do other than to warn Cage not to take matters into his own hands. Even Peter Stormare looks bored throughout as the wheelchair-bound Irish mobster.
"Rage" is so bad, it even lacks both the ham and the cheese we've come to expect from Cage. It's not cheesy-fun bad like "Drive Angry" or "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance", it's just worthless. Come on Nic, try harder.
This review of Rage (2014) was written by Huw G on 04 Nov 2014.
Rage has generally received negative reviews.
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