Music Babble

Guessing only big JCVD fans saw “Hard Target” but while “Broken Arrow” (starring a similarly hammy Travolta) was a pretty big hit, it was the definition of subtlety compared to “Face/Off” and while in hindsight it’s pretty gimmicky, I do remember the OTT nature of the action seeming fresh at the time. So I’m not at all surprised that it got good reviews even though it’s objectively really ####ing stupid.

And yeah though Cage had already delivered some goofy performances in smaller films, “Face/Off” pretty much marks the beginning of him being distractingly OTT in a blockbuster and mostly getting away with it.

How is the world sick of Cage? He’s arguably more of an icon than he’s ever been. Still makes tons of movies, both arthouse and blockbuster, most of which are successful. There was also that recent meta movie where he plays himself (didn’t see it but think it did well and got good reviews)