Knowing

you would be forgiven for thinking this is yet another in a long list of c-rate films where nic cage turns in an unhinged performance in exchange for his name on the poster making the producers back their budget in sales. but nothing could be further from the truth. you might then look at the director, alex proyas, and try to place the film based on his work. i've been a fan of his since his first feature, the wonderfully-moody, visually-spectacular adaptation of the crow. that film became overshadowed by the death of its star, but proyas upped the ante with his noir/sci-fi/mystery, dark read more