Even fans who love Nicolas Cage understand that the actor is just a wee bit unconventional. They likely figured it out decades ago when watching Cage in films like 'Vampire's Kiss' (it did become a cult classic) and 'Face/Off' (they literally took their faces off, like what?).
But these days, with his fifth marriage on the books and his career taking some interesting turns, fans are looking back at what was possibly Cage's weirdest film ever.
He nearly played an iconic character in 'Breakfast Club,' but instead, Nicolas Cage headed down another path -- one that led him to 'Between Worlds.' Now, fans don't necessarily think this was Nicolas' worst movie. They've only hinted that it's his absolute weirdest.
One particular fan explained via Reddit that they'd taken the time to watch (or re-watch, in some cases) all 29 of Nic Cage's direct-to-video films from the 2010s. These films are distinct parts of Cage's career because they aren't the blockbuster movies that he cashed in on to gain international fame.
Instead, these lesser-known movies help round out an oddball career and highlight Cage's penchant for taking on interestingly uncomfortable roles.
And as that one Redditor found out, the movie 'Between Worlds' was just an insane film that required substantial amounts of curse words to describe and dissect. The movie came out in 2018, so it wasn't eons ago in Hollywood time.
The film paired Nicolas Cage with Franka Potente as Cage played Joe, a widower who runs into the wrong crowd and finds out that spirits have more control over his life than he seems to.
Basically, the plot involves a widowed (his daughter also passed away) Joe trying to help Potente's Julie save her daughter from death. When that is achieved, Joe finds out that his deceased wife's spirit returned via the daughter, rather than the daughter's spirit coming back to the earthly realm.
Beyond the super-freaky plotline, the characters' development left a few things to be desired, making the film awkward and stinted, says that Reddit critic. For one thing, the characters' traits are weird, like the fact that Joe's not-dead-wife likes for him to read poetry (written by Nicolas Cage) to her while they're getting intimate.
And at the end of the film, when all is revealed -- IE, the fact that Joe's new beau's daughter is really his wifey -- Nicolas' character sets himself on fire in anguish, yet goes out in a weirdly smoky scene.
Uncomfortable yet?
That was apparently the goal of the movie, because some people loved it, including those who saw it at its premiere and gave the film a standing ovation, explained Syfy. The publication called it "boundary-pushing" even in comparison with past "bizarre roles." Yep, that's the ticket -- traditional Nic Cage for fans who can't get enough.
