Nicolas Cage can never be doubted. He may make bad movies & might keep making them, but when this guy decides to get into a character, there's NO Stopping him. In 'The Trust', Cage delivers a terrific performance & overpowers this mediocre film with his sheer madness.
'The Trust' Synopsis: A pair of cops investigating a drug invasion stumble upon a mysterious bank vault.
'The Trust' is interesting in parts, but the film needed to be sharper. Its wicked fun to see the cops doing something illegal & then turn violent, but Writer-Director Duo Ben Brewer & Adam Hirsch never allow them to soar. The Screenplay is unevenly written & arrests in limited does. Their Direction, however, is nicely done.
So its upto Cage & Elijah Wood to make things work. Cage is firebrand, enacting the manipulative & unpredictable cop with enviable madness. Wood, an underrated talent, stands on his own, even though Cage is in merciless scene-stealing mode here.
On the whole, 'The Trust' isn't as good as it could've been, but Cage keeps the proceedings alive with his act. Screw his critics, this man is still a bad-ass!
'The Trust' Synopsis: A pair of cops investigating a drug invasion stumble upon a mysterious bank vault.
'The Trust' is interesting in parts, but the film needed to be sharper. Its wicked fun to see the cops doing something illegal & then turn violent, but Writer-Director Duo Ben Brewer & Adam Hirsch never allow them to soar. The Screenplay is unevenly written & arrests in limited does. Their Direction, however, is nicely done.
So its upto Cage & Elijah Wood to make things work. Cage is firebrand, enacting the manipulative & unpredictable cop with enviable madness. Wood, an underrated talent, stands on his own, even though Cage is in merciless scene-stealing mode here.
On the whole, 'The Trust' isn't as good as it could've been, but Cage keeps the proceedings alive with his act. Screw his critics, this man is still a bad-ass!