Dying of The Light -#017

What happens when the writer of such cinematic classics as Taxi Driver, American Gigolo, Raging Bull and….Dog Eat Dog taps Nicolas Cage to play a CIA agent battling dementia? A film deemed so bad due to “studio interference” that director Paul Schrader, the film’s director of photography and the principal stars took to Facebook to publicly disown it. With that glowing endorsement let’s all strap in for the bumpy ride that is Dying of the Light. After being forced into an early retirement by terminal dementia, Evan Lake and his partner set out to settle a score with Evan’s recently resurfaced arch nemesis who was thought to have died 22 years earlier. Dying of the Light features the late great Anton Yelchin, Swiss actress Irene Jacob, Alexander Karim and of course, the only reason this film is remotely watchable, Academy Award winning actor and the man Paul Schrader always gets the best performances from, Nicolas Kim Coppola better known as Nicolas Cage.