Snake Eyes (1998)
Directed by Brian De
Palma this thriller stars Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinsie and Carla Gugino.
A corrupt cop in Atlantic City witnesses a political assassination
during a boxing a match and tries to get to the bottom of what
happened.
Plot wise there is not
a lot that makes this film unique or even particularly believable,
what makes this film is the direction. There are some classic De
Palma trademarks used which work really well with the nature of
multiple points of view on the assassination and the really long
tracking shot at the start is excellent. Nicolas Cage starts out with
his usual over the top performance which mellows during the film and
actually works pretty well with his character for once as he tends to
either hit or miss by a pretty wide margin.
4/5
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