Dying of the Light

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Jay W Let's just do some math to begin with. In this 94-minute action movie there are 3 actions scenes, lasting about 4 minutes of screentime. The other 90 minutes is just about talking heads. And the 4 minutes of action is awful. It has the worst edited chase scene I have ever seen. It is like they gave the camera to someone who was chasing after the actors, and they were holding the camera in their mouth. And the editor cut the scene together with a weed whacker. Nic Cage plays a man suffering from a mentally debilitating disease. The disease of wandering around and forgetting what his motive is as a character. I think the writer and director also had the same problem. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 04/05/25 Full Review Stephen S Nicholas Cage used to be a good actor. The movie reeks of a lack of effort for all involved. What a waste of money making this turkey. Torture scenes unconvincing. Car chase scene clearly done on a budget. Cages dementia diagnosis fails to evoke any empathy. He's basically unlikeable....similarly the whole movie. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/25 Full Review Horror fan 4 It was ok. Nicholas Cage was the best part of the movie. The supporting cast was average at best. This could've been so much better. Tim Treakle Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/27/24 Full Review 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 2/5 Stars •  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 2.5/5 Stars •  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 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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