Looking back at the 2007 film, I’ve realized that director Mark Steven Johnson could’ve spent some of his CGI budget that made the film’s “skull’n’bones” special effects possible to hire a better screenwriter for the plot. But for me, Ghost Rider is proof that the Oscar-winning actor approaches all his films with equal passion and zeal, no matter how silly the plot might be.
Nor is it considered one of Cage's best performances. It may not be my favourite superhero adventure film. He just incredibly entertaining to watch - and versatile too. Woo’s flamboyant style of filmmaking, white doves and all, lends itself perfectly to Cage’s totally unhinged performance as the wanted terrorist Castor Troy (or should that be John Travolta’s performance?)įrom the ridiculous premise that's so silly it's brilliant, to the epic action sequences and over-the-top performances which make up for the plot holes (and the less said about those uncomfortable sexual moments between Troy-as-Archer and Archer’s daughter, the better), Face/Off represents to me why so many people love Cage. Perhaps this is why, in my opinion, he thrives so much in John Woo’s 1997 classic, Face/Off.
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But mostly, the running joke was how bizarre he is as a movie star not the conventionally chiselled action hero, nor traditionally “cool.” He seems almost out of place in certain roles, himself an eccentric character more fascinating than those he’s playing. It dawned on me then how much Cage has shaped my movie watching experiences growing up, appearing in such an eclectic and seemingly random array of films. Sat amongst the filth, we’d watch everything from Con Air and The Rock, to the deplorable Drive Angry and Raising Arizona (another of my favourites.) When I was at university, I had this friend that would host Nicolas Cage themed movie nights in our damp little house, filled with Styrofoam takeaway boxes and cigarette butts floating in days-old dirty pints. Ronny takes her to the first opera, Puccini's La bohème, on the promise he will never bother her again… This is when it all goes wrong for her as she ends up in bed with Ronny after telling him he is a "wolf" who cut off his own hand to escape the trap of a bad relationship. Loretta invites Ronny to her wedding, and when he refuses and reveals his wooden prosthetic hand she offers to cook for him to discuss it. He’s the perfect disgruntled anti-hero, Ronny, who pursues his brother Johnny’s fiancé Loretta (Cher) relentlessly, having no qualms given he blames his brother for losing his hand in an accident at his bakery.
I don’t think Cage is my idea of a romantic hero, but I guess that’s the point. Even when they were ‘in love’, I found it all a bit cringy. I would have been under ten when this came out and even then I didn’t quite buy the attraction between the pair - they seemed a complete mismatch to me. I’ve not seen many Nicolas Cage films, but I do remember his 1987 offering, Moonstruck starring Cher, as a very funny, charming and heart-warming film.
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