This sci-fi horror film has some of what it needs, just not enough
ARCADIAN Trailer (2024) Nicolas Cage
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Inside all of us are two wolves. This is true for everyone except Nicolas Cage. Inside Nicolas Cage are two Nicolas Cages: the gloomy, downtrodden Nic Cage of Pig and Leaving Las Vegas, and the screaming, manic Nic Cage of Vampire's Kiss, The Wicker Man, and Mom and Dad.Which one wins? The one he decides fits a given role, sometimes regardless of the film around him. (I'll never stop wondering why the calm, introspective, straight-faced Nicolas Cage showed up for the otherwise nuts-and-bolts supernatural actioner Drive Angry.)
