Nicolas Cage (“The Rock”, “Raising Arizona”) has made all sorts of films including some rather weird and wonderful ones. Here is a list of some of the craziest pictures he has starred in.
- Colour Out Of Space
Nicolas Cage plays Nathan Gardner, he and his family live on a farm that becomes the site of a meteor crash. Strange things start happening and the family members find themselves changing both mentally and physically. It all leads to some disturbing imagery that I won’t spoil here.
- Willy’s Wonderland
A horror/comedy with Cage as a silent character tasked with staying in an abandoned restaurant. Things take a deadly turn when it turns out the place is filled with killer animatronic characters, which are possessed by psychotic cannibals.
- Army Of One
Based on a true story, Cage stars as Gary Faulkner, a dialysis patient who goes to Pakistan to hunt down Osama bin Laden. Armed with a samurai sword that her purchased from teleshopping, Faulkner believes he is doing the work of God, who is played here by Russell Brand “Get Him To The Greek”.
- Face/Off
Cage plays Castor Troy, a terrorist who gets captured by F.B.I. agent Sean Archer (John Travolta “Grease”). However, Troy has planted a bomb somewhere so Archer tries to discover its location by swapping faces with Troy. Now, we see Nicolas Cage play John Travolta playing Nicolas Cage with some spectacular yet undeniably silly action sequences from director John Woo (“Hard Boiled”).
- Vampire’s Kiss
Nicolas Cage plays a man that genuinely believes he is turning into a vampire in this whacky horror/comedy. What makes this film so funny is all the crazy outbursts that Cage’s character has. Perhaps no other actor could have made the material work quite so well.
Honourable mentions:
Mandy