Arsenal

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Arsenal

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2017

1h 32m

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Mystery & Thriller

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The Lindel brothers, Mikey and JP, only had each other to rely on growing up. As adults, JP finds success as the owner of a construction company, and Mikey becomes a small-time mobster. When Mikey is kidnapped and held for a ransom by ruthless crime boss Eddie, JP turns to the brothers' old pal Sal, who is a plain clothes detective, for help. JP must risk everything and unleash his vengeance against King's relentless army of gangsters to rescue his brother.

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Critics Consensus

Aside from an opportunity to watch a mustachioed Nicolas Cage acting from under a wig and behind a prosthetic nose, Arsenal has depressingly little to offer.

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

The only thing that is less convincing than Cage's prosthetic schnozz is the car crash of a plot.

Rated: 1/5

Feb 26, 2017

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

Nicolas Cage delivers one of his all too frequent cringe-making, extra-screamy, dial-a-psycho performances in this ultra-violent Southern noir.

Rated: 1/5

Feb 23, 2017

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

One to avoid.

Rated: 1/5

Feb 23, 2017

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Robert Kojder

Flickering Myth

Is there a better way to ring in a new year of movies with some more material to add to the Nicolas Cage 'Losing His S*** Montage'?

Rated: 2/5

Dec 5, 2017

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Matthew Bond

The Mail on Sunday (UK)

Whose film career is going downhill faster -- John Cusack's or Nicolas Cage's? It's a good question, and one that the truly wretched drugs thriller Southern Fury (US title: Arsenal) gives us far too much time to consider.

Rated: 1/5

Oct 17, 2017

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Marija Djurovic

Cairo360

Bad acting and even worse facial prosthetics are the main talking points of Steven C. Miller's crime-thriller, Arsenal; a dreary drama about one man's attempt to rescue his loser of a brother from the hands of the mob.

Rated: 1/5

Mar 3, 2017

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David W

More arse than arsenal.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

08/09/25

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Deepest Bluest Suede Darius Dick Stinger Apini Emanuel Grouch Nukem III AKA The Rumble AKA Jennyanyany McPoopface Bridgerton AKA The Count of Monte Fisto

Nic Cage ass off as always.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/28/25

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Audience Member

Aside from an opportunity to watch a mustachioed Nicolas Cage acting from under a wig and behind a prosthetic nose, "Arsenal" has depressingly little to offer.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Audience Member

Worst movie of 2017. Straight-to dvd dump with very little storytelling, action that feels from a 90s movie and absurdism, this should be avoid at every cost.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Audience Member

If they could have just dropped their half-assed attempt at a 300-esque stylised slow-down/speed-up edit, all of the violence in Arsenal might have actually come across quite well. Unfortunately, they chose to include it, which ruined literally the only good thing it ever had going for it.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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roman l

Nicolas Cage´s character was a cartoon and ruined movie.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Synopsis

The Lindel brothers, Mikey and JP, only had each other to rely on growing up. As adults, JP finds success as the owner of a construction company, and Mikey becomes a small-time mobster. When Mikey is kidnapped and held for a ransom by ruthless crime boss Eddie, JP turns to the brothers' old pal Sal, who is a plain clothes detective, for help. JP must risk everything and unleash his vengeance against King's relentless army of gangsters to rescue his brother.

Director: Steven C. Miller
Producer: Randall Emmett, George Furla
Screenwriter: Jason Mosberg
Distributor: Lionsgate Premiere
Production Co: Emmett/Furla Films
Rating: R (Drug Use|Brutal Bloody Violence|Language Throughout)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 6, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 28, 2017
Runtime: 1h 32m

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