This predictable, plodding,"thriller" belongs in the deepest basement of the Nicholas Cage Hall of Shame, next to Con Air and Amos and Andrew. Laughably, the filmmakers must have thought that they were covering new ground or "exposing the unspeakably horrific side of pornography to movie audiences everywhere!". I heard of snuff films in JUNIOR HIGH so I was somewhat baffled as to how a man could be a private investigator and be taken totally by surprise by these movies. OLD NEWS-get over it, work through it. The moral crises and transformations Cage supposedly goes through are overwrought and about as intense as you might see on an episode of Dawson's Creek. Joaquin Pheonix had a mildly interesting character but his ominous nitwit profundities weren't half as insightful or deep as the filmmakers must have thought they were. The lady who played the missing girl's mom put in the best performance. Cage's wife was simply annoying.
The villains were also underwhelming-A bunch of sleazy pornmeisters and a husky guy in leather and chains-who is he? Who cares? James Gandolfini was memorable as a particularly vicious and foulmouthed porn king, though.
My friend actually fell asleep during long stretches of the movie-I wasn't so lucky.
The villains were also underwhelming-A bunch of sleazy pornmeisters and a husky guy in leather and chains-who is he? Who cares? James Gandolfini was memorable as a particularly vicious and foulmouthed porn king, though.
My friend actually fell asleep during long stretches of the movie-I wasn't so lucky.