The movie includes plenty of parodies and homages to Cages storied film career.
Cages character is volatile, unpredictable, and endlessly hilarious.
She shares spectacular chemistry with Cage in the central love story.
The plot ofNational Treasureis so absurd and far-fetched that it could be a parody of itself.
Its a throwback to classic adventure B-movies of the 50s, and Cages sincerity makes the shaky plotting land.
Theres no other movie out there that looks quite like this one.
The plot was inspired by a real-life news story.
He half-jokingly offers to share his fortune with her if he happens to win the lottery.
The next day, his ticket yields a $4 million share of the lottery prize.
What follows is a surprisingly touching love story.
The conceit that brings these characters together is pretty unique, but the emotions of their romance are universal.
Cage gives two of his funniest performances inAdaptation.
But the appearance of Nicky Cage is specifically based on Cages character fromWild at Heart.
John Travolta plays an FBI agent and Cage plays the terrorist who murdered his son.
In the hands oflegendary director John Woo,Face/Offis a masterpiece of action cinema.
Its action scenes are so operatic and over-the-top that they match the absurdity of the plot.
He captures the self-destructive tendencies of an addict with devastating authenticity.
Cage and Shue round out two classic stock characters into three-dimensional human beings.
1Raising Arizona
In Javis Nick Cage room, a small portrait of H.I.
McDunnough, Cages character fromthe Coen brothers endlessly quotable crime caperRaising Arizona, can be seen on display.
AlthoughRaising Arizonawas just their second feature film afterBlood Simple, the Coens quirky comedic sensibility was fully formed.
