How did one of Sundance's wildest movies come to be? It's hard to describe Prisoners of the Ghostland. It's a Western, but it's also a samurai movie, and it's a little Mad Max, with a heist thrown in. It's a strange film made stranger by the fact that Nicolas Cage plays the Hero, in one of his most bombastic roles so far. He's an imprisoned bank robber tasked by a criminal Governor to find his adopted granddaughter, who fled beyond the safety of Samurai Town's walls and is now missing. The Hero is given an explosive suit to wear and just five days to find her. It's a wild ride, filled with a cornucopia of diverse characters, some in kimonos and others in cowboy hats. The movie employs excellent worldbuilding, and you get the idea that you're just scratching the surface of the filmmakers' ideas. Also, not to spoil anything, but I think this movie may birth the next big Cage meme. Let's just say he screams the word "TESTICLE" at the top of his lungs at one point. It's up there with "Not the bees!" Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Monday, 1 February, 2021