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      Dying of the Light

      R Released Dec 5, 2014 1 hr. 35 min. Action Mystery & Thriller List
      11% 37 Reviews Tomatometer 15% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score Forced into retirement and terminally ill, a CIA agent gets word that his longtime nemesis has resurfaced, so he sets out on a personal mission to kill him. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Aug 16 Buy Now

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      Dying of the Light envelops the spark of several intriguing talents, leaving audiences lost in a yawning void of uninspired filmmaking.

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      Martin B The reviews are right it's not a good movie with Cage's character annoying most of the time. Plodding along, telegraphing points Cages character would have lapses to make things more interesting it's like they got to the end and said oops! Now we need a twist just to give it a chance not to get trashed. Really, just walking away like that was going to be an ending? Rated 2 out of 5 stars 04/18/24 Full Review KB B It wasn't the best movie but had some interesting sequences. I'd never want to watch it again. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/24 Full Review wilbur k "Rage, rage against the dying of the light." - Dylan Thomas I think this film is under-rated. Sure, it's a little preachy in a way that folks are not used to. And, the flash-backs, PTSD and dementia-like moments sometimes intertwine and make it harder to follow. And, few people play "crazy" as manically as Cage, but too much crazy can get in the way of story telling too. The title can suggest - not surrendering; not giving up; fighting for your "values" to the bitter end. A second meaning that works for me, it that we may - in these troubling times - be witnessing "the dying of the light" of that "shining city on the hill" that Reagan referred to. Cage plays an old-school (very old-school) "patriot" who has devoted his life (beginning in the Marine Corps) to defending his country. But, I suppose the "higher ups" don't value what he represents. And, the top-heavy CIA bureaucrats have lost touch with their "values"; turned into political lackeys. Cage's character rages about the CIA's failures to do the right thing; to keep America safe. He points out that the CIA does not have the courage of it's convictions to stand up to Presidents when they are wrong; to report the inconvenient truths. Examples of our intelligence community failures; a few of the many: Most now understand that 9/11 happened because of a massive intel failure and failures to act pre-emptively. And, when we withdrew the bulk of our forces from Iraq - our intel folks warned the President's office of the threat of forces coming down from Syria, but those were ignored. And, Afghanistan? The previous administration set up steps for an orderly withdrawal. Our intel folks saw those steps were being broken early on when we could have slowed their advance and gotten our gear, our selves and allies out of there in an orderly fashion. But our CIA leadership has been neutered into becoming "yes men". So yeah, Cage's character is mad as hell at what has happened to his CIA; broken; losing sight of it's values. Dying of the Light had important messages to convey, but those messages only flickered in a liberal-dominated Hollywood. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review russell h Cage kept me entertained but it just wasn't very satisfying as a revenge story. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Mais uma do nosso amado Cage, não é uma bomba como algumas de suas obras, talvez por isso não tenha me atraído tanto, entretanto a compulsão e persistência do personagem nos fascina, suas debilidades nos sensibiliza, a vingança nos regozija, adorável trama, nem tanto apaixonante, tampouco desinteressante, regular… Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member I was watching this and wondering if there are two directors named Paul Schrader. Nic Cage is a treat as always. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Geoffrey Macnab Independent (UK) The plotting doesn't make much sense but Cage gives a typically flamboyant and uneven performance as the stubborn old agent. Rated: 2/5 Jan 7, 2015 Full Review Kate Muir Times (UK) While this was all no doubt galling for Schrader and Kosuth, you don't get the sense that there is a masterpiece lurking somewhere underneath. Rated: 2/5 Jan 7, 2015 Full Review Jonathan Romney Observer (UK) What remains is by no means catastrophic, just solemn and inconclusive, with the darker psychological resonances (Cage's character faces encroaching dementia) lost in a rather woolly mix. Rated: 2/5 Jan 4, 2015 Full Review Niall Browne Movies in Focus Dying of the Light is something a little different. Sure, it covers most of the spy movie tropes, but this contains an impressive performance from Nicolas Cage. Rated: 3/5 Mar 21, 2021 Full Review Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com Rife with a series of awkward developments and bizarrely presented characters that are grimly determined to maintain an aura of stilted seriousness that does its clichéd narrative no favors, it's neither Schrader's best nor worst work. Rated: 2/5 Sep 12, 2019 Full Review Amber Wilkinson Eye for Film A largely conventional thriller about the last-gasp of mission of a die-hard CIA agent that is lent moments of surprising poignancy and glimmers of madness thanks to Nic Cage's performance. Rated: 2/5 Jun 7, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Forced into retirement and terminally ill, a CIA agent gets word that his longtime nemesis has resurfaced, so he sets out on a personal mission to kill him.
      Director
      Paul Schrader
      Executive Producer
      Christian Mercuri, Antony Mitchell, Nicolas Winding Refn, Steve Schwartz, Barry Brooker, Stan Wertlieb
      Screenwriter
      Paul Schrader
      Distributor
      Lionsgate Films
      Production Co
      Over Under Media, TinRes Entertainment
      Rating
      R (Violence|Language)
      Genre
      Action, Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Dec 5, 2014, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Nov 12, 2015
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