Directed by:
Paul SchraderCinematography:
Alexander DynanCast:
Nicolas Cage, Willem Dafoe, Christopher Matthew Cook, Louisa Krause, Reynaldo Gallegos, Omar J. Dorsey, John Patrick Jordan, Jessica Sonneborn (more)Plots(1)
The film follows three ex-cons who are looking for one last big job to fund their retirement to Hawaii. Their leader Troy (Nicolas Cage) is the brains of the operation and accepts a mission to kidnap a gangster's one-year-old child but it seems with Diesel (Christopher M. Cook) and Mad Dog (Willem Dafoe) by his side, their hopes of a big payoff seem doomed to fail. (StudioCanal)
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Willem Dafoe makes quite an entrance. In the very first scene, shot completely in pink, he shows us just what a huge psychopath, drugged with meth and coca, he can be. He then meets your standard psychologist Nicolas Cage, who for a change is the most intelligent guy here. And the third member of the gang is an actor, who is at the same time the director of this film. Well and I must admit that I was glad to see his face on the screen. At least I know who I should yell at for the hour and a half of this weird and sometimes even “WTF” bullshit of a movie that he decided to make. Dog Eat Dog is a downright unpleasant movie that is at the same time “full” of black humor that will keep you incredibly “entertained” until the very end. The biggest lure of this film was Nicolas even though Willem is the biggest psychopath in the film. That alone shows you that there is something off with this film.
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Willem Dafoe and Nicolas Cage are both in quite good form here, although Dafoe's character is perhaps more intriguing. You're eager to follow their characters at the beginning, but as you gradually approach the end, you're not sure if it was really worth it. In terms of the screenplay, it's a bit empty, and the fates of the protagonists here seem somewhat lost in the shuffle.
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