The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent & History of Swear Words

This week sees us celebrating the work of Oscar-winning-action-B-movie-mega-actor Nic Cage by completely avoiding talking about his films when we discuss the Top 5 Cages. Dan's lost his notes, Sidey's lost his mind and no one is 100% sure exactly what a "cage" is so it could be an interesting discussion. In THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT Nic Cage plays Nick Cage, tormented by visions of his younger more successful self after losing out on his dream role as a Boston tough guy in director David Gordon Green's latest movie. With his career floundering and rapidly running out of money, Cage has no choice but to accept a paid celebrity guest appearance at millionaire superfan Javi's (Pedro Pascal) secluded Mallorcan villa however when CIA agents Vivian and Martin inform him that Javi is secretly the leader of an arms dealing cartel, Nick is thrust into a dangerous game of cat and mouse with his enigmatic benefactor, whilst simultaneously trying to repair relationships with his daughter and ex-wife. Two of the guys really liked it so expect a more balanced review than these notes might suggest because I was bitterly disappointed by this. Setting up such an absurd attention seeking premise, with all the meta that the plot which features movies-within-movies and trope aware characters implies, then using it to portray one of Hollywood's known eccentrics as a bland, neurotic, self-obsessed everyman in a limp buddy comedy with an uninspired action movie style third act is a missed opportunity of such staggering proportions it makes my soul weep. Fundamentally misunderstanding what makes Nic Cage interesting as an actor and with dull commentary masquerading as foreshadowing, this is like if ADAPTATION was written by the guys who did TWO AND A HALF MEN. There's a way better version of this movie which lives in my head and in it we get a much more interesting portrayal of the man himself, references to BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW-ORLEANS, VAMPIRE'S KISS and DEADFALL and Pedro Pascal doesn't have all the best lines. HISTORY OF SWEAR WORDS is a Netflix exclusive talking heads thing hosted by Nic Cage discussing words like "F*ck", "Sh*t" or "D*mn", but none of the other profanities especially not that other one you're thinking of which seems a bit of a f*cking disappointment to be honest.  We love to hear from our listeners! By which I mean we tolerate it. Try us on twitter @dads_film, on Facebook Bad Dads Film Review or on our website baddadsfilm.com. Until next time, we remain... Bad DadsYou can now text us anonymously to leave feedback, suggest future content or simply hurl abuse at us. We'll read out any texts we receive on the show. Click here to try it out!We love to hear from our listeners! By which I mean we tolerate it. If it hasn't been completely destroyed yet you can usually find us on twitter @dads_film, on Facebook Bad Dads Film Review, on email at [email protected] or on our website baddadsfilm.com. Until next time, we remain... Bad Dads