If you haven’t had the pleasure of treating yourself to Deadfall you are missing out on some of the sincerely greatest Nicolas Cage weirdness in existence. I’ve seen some crazy shit in the last few weeks of Cage (Vampire’s Kiss, Wild at Heart, Birdy) but Deadfall is really a masterpiece.
It’s written and directed by Cage’s brother, Christopher Coppola, and I’ve gotta say this dude blew our minds! Deadfall actually felt like watching a Hollywood film that someone’s less famous brother got to write and direct because his family is incredibly famous and well connected. It was perfect. The music sounded like a romantic comedy, yet the movie itself was a bizarre detective or thriller or organized crime film? I don’t know, it was all very confusing, and yet, perfect.
Cage himself doesn’t have a starring roll, but rather an “and” billing. As in, Starring the dude from The Terminator, James Coburn, Peter Fonda, AND Nicolas Cage. The type of billing when you aren’t the star, but you’re really famous so they need to throw you a bone and get you on the movie poster.
Speaking of the movie poster, THIS:
Looks NOTHING like the actual movie at all. Cage’s character actually looks like this:
His complexion is a sort of cuban/latino/super-tan thing that we couldn’t quite figure out. Cage’s character is so good in this movie that Alexa and I were going to rewatch the movie in fast forward, capturing all of Cage’s scenes, and editing them together in one piece because that is how this movie should really be watched, but then I found out that some genius had done that already! I give you the Deadfall highlights reel!!
I counted 6 epic Cage Flip Out’s in this one.
CAGE FLIP OUT TALLY: 24
This was the first Cage movie I watched on my trip to Ireland visiting Alexa, and this scene in specific we were OBSESSED with. We probably watched it a thousand times in a row:
Next up is Red Rock West!