Cage recently starred in the 2024 horror filmLonglegsas well asThe SurferandArcadian.
Several ofNic Cage’s best moviesbelong to the comedy genre.
He was also great in the 2010 dark superhero comedyKick-Assand another dark crime comedyRed Rock West(1993).
Perhaps Cage’s best comedy film of all is Spike Jonze andCharlie Kaufman’sAdaptation.
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent tells the story of a fictionalized version of actor Nicolas Cage when he unwittingly becomes entangled with a criminal cartel. On the brink of bankruptcy, Cage (played by himself) is made an offer he can’t refuse: $1 million to appear at the birthday party of a wealthy fan named Javi (Pedro Pascal). However, Cage’s trip puts him in the middle of a CIA investigation into Javi, and he finds himself caught between his new friend and a whole host of very dangerous people.
