A SCORE TO SETTLE is a truly lamentable effort from Nicolas Cage, who now seems to be going after Andy Lau for the title of world's most prolific actor. The difference is that when Lau was making 6/7 films a year in late '80s Hong Kong, they were all good films, whereas Cage's B-movies are generally rushed and amateurish. This film's a case in point.
Cage plays an old lag, looking tired and bloated after a long prison sentence. He comes out to bond with his druggie kid, and argues with some old gang members and former colleagues. Occasionally he has sex with a prostitute and gets into a fight with a pimp, but that's about all the drama you'll get. The direction is poor indeed, the performances ho-hum, the major twist at the climax shamelessly borrowed from the excellent DEAD MAN'S SHOES. Go watch that instead.
Cage plays an old lag, looking tired and bloated after a long prison sentence. He comes out to bond with his druggie kid, and argues with some old gang members and former colleagues. Occasionally he has sex with a prostitute and gets into a fight with a pimp, but that's about all the drama you'll get. The direction is poor indeed, the performances ho-hum, the major twist at the climax shamelessly borrowed from the excellent DEAD MAN'S SHOES. Go watch that instead.