‘Massively Talented’ – Preview of THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT (Aprill 2022)
Nic Cage is back with THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT (2022). This newest trailer sees one of the true kings of method acting, hamming it up as a version of himself played for laughs as a blatant parody. Transcending the typical buddy cop formula, Director Tom Gormican has crafted a very self-aware comedy that looks to capitalise on the manic yet versatile nature of Cage coupled with the straight laced Pedro Pascal. The set up is bizarre as it is hilarious with the actor Nic Cage morphing into his action hero guises in order to rescue his besieged wife and daughter from a drug lord – who also happens to be a fan!
One could assert that being such a fiercely meta-fiction piece, would easily paint this a form of post-modern post-modernism however at its core it would appear that this film exists for Cage to have fun with this role; as he has done in everything for the better part of the last 5 years. Indeed, those of you who have followed me here on FCS would know that I am a huge Nicholas Cage devotee – even predicting that I would one day be collaborating with him – but this film proves yet again just how daring Cage is. His willingness to pursue a range of roles with clear enthusiasm, makes him a true hero of modern cinema; and like a fine red wine, he just gets better with age. This film has thus far garnered unanimous praise from critics, that have largely been complimentary of the film as a whole. It could be that this launches Cage back into Hollywood A-Lister status, however given his brilliant idiosyncrasies this critic believes he should retain his free flowing and open minded style to deliver more gems like this.
‘Nicolas Cage stars as… Nick Cage in the action-comedy The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, the fictionalized version of Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan (Pedro Pascal). Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative (Tiffany Haddish) and forced to live up to his own legend, channeling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters in order to save himself and his loved ones. With a career built for this very moment, the seminal award-winning actor must take on the role of a lifetime: Nick Cage.
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Sharon Horgan, Ike Barinholtz, Alessandra Mastronardi, Jacob Scipio, Lily Sheen, with Neil Patrick Harris, and Tiffany Haddish Directed by: Tom Gormican Written by: Tom Gormican & Kevin Etten Produced by: Nicolas Cage, Mike Nilon, Kristin Burr, Kevin Turen’
Vance Ang has primarily been professionally published in bodybuilding and fitness since 2005, having written extensively for hardcopy publications such as Australian IRONMAN and FLEX; but also for e-publications such as RAW Muscle and more recently the media platform, The Evolution of Bodybuilding. He is a Melbourne based policy and strategy consultant currently undertaking his post graduate study in Law. In addition to bodybuilding, conservative politics and Savate (French Kickboxing), he has long been a fan of movies and cinema of all genres – subsequently prompting an interest in modern story telling, that being script writing. He is in the process of writing his first horror novel ‘Providence’