I can't decide between a 7 or an 8 for this. As soon as it ended I was kinda angry at it, but the more I think about it, the more I've made peace with the movie.
As usual, Nicolas Cage is great, and everyone else is good. The story is interesting, with a great premise that made me really interested to see what would happen.
The film gets all its 'non stop deadly action' scenes over with pretty quickly, so I was unsure how they were going to spend the rest of the running time. I needn't have worried though, because there are a couple of bonkers twists that kept my attention.
Speaking of twists, I really was not impressed with part of the ending at first. I was confused about it, but after a bit of thinking I am more OK with it. However I will say, that the use of Beethoven's 7th symphony at the end is absolutely brilliant.
Ultimately, I can't take too many points off for the ending, because this film has convinced me of something that I've suspected for a while.
Some films are impossible to end in a satisfactory way.
I think disaster movies in particular are susceptible to this, but there are some stories that are built up in such a way that no ending would properly conclude it. The ending to this film left me a bit unsatisfied, but if it had ended any other way, it would've been just as disappointing. There's no twist that could live up to the direction the story was going in.
Overall, this was a pretty enjoyable movie with an interesting story, and a shocking ending that I think people will be conflicted on, although I'm pretty sure that was inevitable.
As usual, Nicolas Cage is great, and everyone else is good. The story is interesting, with a great premise that made me really interested to see what would happen.
The film gets all its 'non stop deadly action' scenes over with pretty quickly, so I was unsure how they were going to spend the rest of the running time. I needn't have worried though, because there are a couple of bonkers twists that kept my attention.
Speaking of twists, I really was not impressed with part of the ending at first. I was confused about it, but after a bit of thinking I am more OK with it. However I will say, that the use of Beethoven's 7th symphony at the end is absolutely brilliant.
Ultimately, I can't take too many points off for the ending, because this film has convinced me of something that I've suspected for a while.
Some films are impossible to end in a satisfactory way.
I think disaster movies in particular are susceptible to this, but there are some stories that are built up in such a way that no ending would properly conclude it. The ending to this film left me a bit unsatisfied, but if it had ended any other way, it would've been just as disappointing. There's no twist that could live up to the direction the story was going in.
Overall, this was a pretty enjoyable movie with an interesting story, and a shocking ending that I think people will be conflicted on, although I'm pretty sure that was inevitable.