Snake Eyes
Believe everything except your eyes.
Cage plays Rick Santoro, a flamboyant Atlantic City police detective who's come to watch the fight and cash in on the hectic betting action. Suddenly, gunfire cuts down a ringside government official, and 14,000 fans suddenly become 14,000 suspects. What eyewitnesses saw, what a casino-wide spycam network reveals and what a mysterious woman in white knows-all lead to a shattering truth Santoro does not want to believe.
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Fancy to look at, but dumb dumb dumb! - Port_Moresby
Shady cop Nicolas Cage is enjoying front row seats at a boxing match when the politician sitting behind him is gunned down during the fight. Despite having been easy on the take in the past, Cage suddenly develops a conscience and decides to investigate the matter immediately, interrogating suspects and getting alternate perspectives on the moments surrounding the murder, each perspective delivered, Rashomon style, to the audience via Brian De Palma’s fancy camera angles. Cage eventually uncovers a conspiracy involving a weapons technology scam that has something to do with glamorous mystery woman Carla Gugino. De Palma’s highly entertaining thriller works at its best in the first two-thirds of the film, stiflingly set within the confines of the casino and stadium where the crime occurs, before spinning out of control and losing the audience’s interest with a weak ending and an easily foiled outcome. De Palma’s shameless technique-thievery, here lifting such elements as Orson Welles’ opening tracking shot from Touch Of Evil (which was stolen to so much better effect by Robert Altman in The Player), isn’t as blatant as in his more recent films, allowing you to enjoy the twists of the story (and Cage’s hilariously gutsy performance) without constantly admiring what a geek the director is.Liked it... - Bajor
Perhaps it was because I was younger, but the first time watching this through, I quite enjoyed it. Not your best movie, but far from the worst, and an enjoyable watch. Have seen it 2 or 3 times now, and never really get bored. Not as good as 'The Rock' but that might be more due to Sean Connery, but on par with say 'Gone in 60 Seconds' or 'Conair' in my opinion.
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Fancy to look at, but dumb dumb dumb! - Port_Moresby
Shady cop Nicolas Cage is enjoying front row seats at a boxing match when the politician sitting behind him is gunned down during the fight. Despite having been easy on the take in the past, Cage suddenly develops a conscience and decides to investigate the ...Liked it... - Bajor
Perhaps it was because I was younger, but the first time watching this through, I quite enjoyed it. Not your best movie, but far from the worst, and an enjoyable watch. Have seen it 2 or 3 times now, and never really get bored. Not as good as 'The Rock' ...