Back when I listed The Humanity Bureau as one of the worst films of 2018, my reasoning for doing so was that the other films he had worked on that same year gave me reason to believe that he had gotten past the point where he needed to be in direct-to-video schlock to get work. And this year, it feels like that premonition is starting to show itself, because 2021 has been one of the most consistent years in Cage's entire career. Willy’s Wonderland was good fun, Prisoners Of The Ghostland was pretty cool, and I’ve been hearing great things about this film in particular for a lot of this year. I kinda brushed it off, since its plot didn’t really seem like all that much to invested in on the surface. But if there’s one thing Nic Cage has always been throughout his career, it is unpredictable. And I definitely could not have predicted that he was capable of something this great.
