"Bad Movie Emperor" 16 classic films, which one is the pinnacle of no.1 brave to kill the island NO.2 King of War NO.3 face change NO.4 Birdman NO.5 Air Prison NO.6 Stickman NO.7 Home Man NO.8 Leave Las Vegas NO.9 City of Angels NO.10 Weather forecaster NO.11 Black and white pursuit order NO.12 National Treasure NO.13 Wind Whisper warrior NO.14 Sea Flat King NO.15 Rapid 60 seconds NO.168 mm

Nicolas Cage is an elusive actor who has won oscars but has also been called "box office poison". After Stickman, 2005's The King of War was critically acclaimed, but the National Treasure series was mixed.

In the star-studded Hollywood, his appearance is not handsome, but he is a tough guy full of heroic atmosphere, and his melancholy and deep temperament is particularly attractive.

Let's start the film path of Nicolas Cage through the 16 films of his career.

<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > brave the island</h1>

The Rock

Directed By: Michael Bay

Writers: David Weisberg

Starring: Sean Connery / Nicholas Cage

Douban score: 8.6

Dissatisfied with the government's compensation and welfare of veterans and the families of veterans and killed soldiers and their families, Admiral Flang of the United States Marine Corps led his subordinates to smuggle the latest biological and chemical weapons developed by the U.S. Military, the VX gas bomb, to Rock Island, abducted 81 tourists who were sightseeing on the island, and took control of the island.

Blackmail the U.S. government into paying a ransom of $100 million over 48 hours or kill hostages and attack San Francisco with gas bombs.

Rock Island was previously the most heavily defended prison in the United States, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The U.S. government accidentally found out from the archives that former British agent Mason had successfully escaped from the prison, so they invited Mason and asked him to lead special forces to capture the "Devil's Island" within 30 hours.

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Nominated for Best Sound at the 69th Academy Awards. The representative work of American action movies, the plot is tense and exciting, and the climax is repeated.

Lord of War

Director: Andrew Nicole

Writers: Andrew Nicole

Starring: Nicholas Cage / Brigitte Muna

Originally, the family business of American immigrant Yuri was to open a restaurant, but a chance made him step into the door of the arms business and began a "career" in arms trafficking.

Yuri is witty and bold, not only successfully capturing the heart of the beautiful Eva, but also becoming more and more courageous in the underground arms business.

At the same time, troubles keep finding him: business rivals, international cops who always stare at him, brothers who die in deals, and despite his best efforts to maintain his image of justice in the family, he cannot hide the truth. Yuri began to torture his conscience.

The film's director, screenwriter, and producer are all the same person - Andrew Nicole, who was nominated for the Oscar screenwriting award for "Truman's World", starred nicholas Cage, because the prop gun is more expensive than the real gun, so more than 3,000 AK47 real guns are used in the film, and the sense of reality is everything.

The story is based on victor Bout, known as the "merchant of death", an international arms dealer and drug smuggler, worth 6 billion pounds, equivalent to 59.6 billion yuan. In addition, he instigated and supported the war around the world, causing international police to pursue him for nearly 20 years before being arrested.

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Face/Off

Director: Wu Yusen

Writers: Mike Weber / Michael Coraly

Starring: John Travolta / Nicholas Cage

Douban score: 8.5

Kester (Nicholas Cage) is a terrorist who wants to kill Agent Sean (John Travolta), but accidentally kills Sean's son, and Sean has formed a feud with Kester.

After his arrest, he thought he could put an end to it, only to learn that Kester had dropped a gas bomb in a crowded corner.

In order to find out where the bomb was, Sean decided to use plastic surgery to replace the unconscious Kester's face on himself, pretending to be Kester to tell his brother the truth. The matter was highly classified by the FBI, and only a few people knew about it.

Kester wakes up, and now he has sean's face, so he decides to make a plan, and after killing the insider, he becomes Sean...

Directed by Wu Yusen, the combination of Hollywood special effects and Hong Kong films was nominated for the Oscar for Best Sound Editing.

<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > Birdman</h1>

Birdy

Director: Alan Parker

Writers: Jack Bell

Starring: Matthew Modion / Nicolas Cage

Douban score: 8.3

Birdy (Matthew Modian) is a child who has lived in fantasy since childhood, he has always longed for the life of birds, envying them for having wings to fly, and he is also excited to make wings, fantasizing about one day flying into the sky.

The outbreak of the Vietnam War interrupted the dream of teenagers, and the cruel scenes on the battlefield greatly stimulated the fragile Birdy, and finally lost his mind, became a "mental patient" in the practical sense, and was admitted to the hospital.

In the hospital, he never spoke, squatting as a bird every day, eating in the form of a bird, looking at a small blue sky in a cage and yearning to fly.

In order to treat Berdy, the hospital finds his childhood friend Al (Nicholas Cage) in the hope that he can guide Berdy to communicate with people again. Al opens Up Buddy's mind with a large number of shared memories, and realizes that for Berdy only the dream of flying is eternal...

Based on a novel published in 1978 by William Horton, the film won the Grand Jury Prize at the Festival de Cannes. A film that pursues dreams and thinks about human nature.

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With Air

Director: Simon West

Writers: Scott Rosenberg

Starring: Nicholas Cage / John Cusack

Douban score: 8.2

The Air Prison is a plane dedicated to transporting the nation's most dangerous criminals.

Cameron (Nicholas Cage) took the plane not because of his heinous crimes, but because he applied for a flight to give her a gift on her birthday.

He did well in prison, and the warden granted his request. However, there is a problem - on this plane, a group of murderous maniacs are also escorted.

Detectives are very careful about the dangers that may arise at any time, but it is difficult to prevent that the mob still holds all the police on the plane hostage during the flight, and Cameron is forced to help them complete the escape mission.

The federal forces on the ground decided to shoot down the plane and wipe out the maniacs, and should Cameron, who was in danger, escape from this air prison?

Nicholas Cage's tough guy image became a national icon in the United States at that time.

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > stickman</h1>

Matchstick Men

Director: Ridley Scott

Writers: Eric Garcia

Starring: Nicholas Cage / Sam Rockwell

Roy (Nicholas Cage) is a skilled professional liar who has a bold and greedy partner, Frank, who has been working together for many years and has barely missed a hand.

Meanwhile, Roy is a mental obsessive-compulsive disorder sufferer. He loved to be clean and did not allow anyone to walk into his house in their shoes; he was cautious, checking the gas and power switches five times every time he went out.

Frank finds him a psychiatrist, and with the help of a psychiatrist, Roy finds his long-lost daughter Angela.

The appearance of his daughter changed his life and made him slowly feel the joy of being a father. But he didn't want his daughter to know his profession.

But after all, the paper can't contain the fire, the daughter knows his secret, and shows an excellent talent for deception, Roy decided to pass on all his skills to his daughter.

Soon, a "big deal" came, father and daughter, partners came together, what will be the result?

Once people have weaknesses, they are easy to be used and deceived, the plot is good, and the ending is unexpected.

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > house man</h1>

The Family Man

Directed By: Brett Ratner

Writers: David Dalemond

Starring: Nicolas Cage / Tia Rione

Douban score: 8.1

In 1987, a ambitious Jack Campbell (Nicholas Cage) bids farewell to his girlfriend Kate and goes to New York to work alone.

13 years later, Jack has become a hot investment broker on Wall Street, his career is smooth, his life is luxurious, surrounded by beautiful women, like a flawless successful person.

However, just two days before Christmas Eve, Jack's life changed dramatically. When he wakes up, he finds himself in his hometown of New Jersey, Kate becomes his wife, and the two have two lovely children.

The new and opposing life leaves Jack at a loss, and he will eventually choose between money and family...

The film won the 2001 Academy of Science Fiction and Horror Film Award for Best Actress. Cage changed the serious stinky face image of the past, and his warm and cute performance was still outstanding.

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Leaving Las Vegas

Director: Mike Figis

Writers: Mike Figgis

Starring: Nicholas Cage / Elizabeth Sue

Ben (Nicholas Cage) is a poor screenwriter who spends his days drinking to dispel his sorrows, and after being fired from the company, depressed, he sells all his belongings and goes to Las Vegas to start his chronic suicide plan.

He intended to drink to death in a matter of weeks. In the strange city of Las Vegas, drunk, he meets the prostitute Sarah (Elizabeth Sue).

Sarah lived the same unfortunate life: she was controlled by pimps and escaped repeatedly. Ben and Sarah spent the night together, and this night they confided in each other, and they were both fallen people.

The two soon move in together, but Sarah doesn't stop Ben from continuing to drink. Ben becomes more and more addicted in his own world until one day he lies on Sarah's bed with another woman, and Sarah is furious and throws Ben out of the house.

Ben is dying of alcohol, and he calls Sarah if he can bring life and feelings back to life.

Cage's film won best actor at the 68th Academy Awards. The background soundtrack of the film is very tragic and eerie, desperate from head to toe.

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City of Angels

Director: Brad Sebonen

Writers: Dana Stevens

Starring: Nicholas Cage / Meg Ryan

Douban score: 7.9

The angel Seth (Nicholas Cage) has all the mana an angel should have and can live forever.

His mission is to wander around the hospital every day to bring the people who have gone to another world, but he falls in love with the hospital doctor, Maggie.

In order to be able to be with his beloved, Seth gave up his angelic identity, gave up eternal life, and fell into the mortal world.

However, he did not understand that what awaited him was not only touching love, but also the fate of people.

The plot is beautiful and sad, and Cage's melancholy and deep eyes hide the story.

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The Weather Man

Director: Gore Verbinski

Writers: Steve Conrad

Starring: Nicholas Cage / Michael Kane

Douban score: 7.7

David (Nicholas Cage) is a weather forecaster, but he has no expertise to use at work, and when the forecast weather is not ideal, the audience will throw garbage at him on the street.

David felt bleak about his life, and divorcing his wife was a blow to him. Now he has a chance to go to New York to work again, but he has to face a bad relationship with his children.

His son, Mike, was sexually harassed by a counselor he knew during drug rehabilitation; his daughter Shirley's obesity was laughed at by her classmates at school and had a melancholy personality. Even more sad for David, his novelist father, Robert, was terminally ill.

David wants his father to see his success, and he wants to reunite with his ex-wife and go to New York as a family to live again.

No matter how hard he tried, his relationship with his family was not eased, he was still attacked by the audience's garbage, and he began to resist going to New York.

At this time, he saw his father's calm attitude towards death, and in the last days with his father, David accepted a lot of life truths.

The film takes a soothing narrative approach, and after watching it, you will understand that there are many bad things in life, and you should cherish the important things.

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > black and white pursuit warrant</h1>

Amos & Andrew

Director: E. Max Fry

Writers: E. Max Frye

Starring: Samuel Jackson / Nicholas Cage

A successful African-American writer who bought a house on a bustling British resort island seemed to go so well, but things went so far that the local government mistook him for a thief and nearly killed him.

When the town's police try to cover up this embarrassing incident with a conspiracy, things get even more twisted ...

Films with racial overtones, under the hilarious coincidence of reflection and ridicule of various social issues.

<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > national treasure</h1>

National Treasure

Directed By: Joe Det Duba

Writers: Jim Cove

Starring: Nicholas Cage / Diane Kruger

Douban score: 7.6

The Gates family is a well-known family of adventurers. Ben (Nicholas Cage) learns a shocking secret of their family as a child: the place where the nation's wealth was buried at the founding of the United States was hidden in the Declaration of Independence.

Although his father did not want the Gates family to be entangled in the national treasure, Ben began a treasure hunt with the computer master Reilly.

Ben's treasure hunt soon comes to an impasse, and at the same time, the British billionaire Ian also has his eye on the treasure, and he sends people to infiltrate the National Book of the United States to find the secret of the treasure in the Declaration of Independence and plot against Ben.

Dr. Abigaar of the library, upon learning of Ian's sinister intentions, resolves to help Ben find the national treasure...

Nicholas. Cage does not have all kinds of exaggerated expressions, but it can always play into your heart. The story is tightly paced and is a good commercial film.

<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > Wind Whisperer</h1>

Windtalkers

Writers: John Rice / Joe Battle

Starring: Nicholas Cage / Adam Beach

It is a film set against the backdrop of the Pacific War in World War II. The language of the wind, in war, refers to the radio waves that transmit countless secrets. Every Whisperer carries high-level military secrets.

Ben Aceh is such a whisperer. Marine Joe Enders (Nicolas Cage) is ordered to protect ben Aceh and the secrets of the radio waves.

How would Joe Enders protect his comrades and state secrets in the pivotal Battle of Saipan? What choice will he face?

Wu Yusen used the method of making police films to make war films, and actually had a different kind of momentum and feeling, with a unique perspective, bringing some thoughts about war.

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > haibian king</h1>

Kick-Ass

Director: Matthew Vaughan

Writers: Jane Goodman

Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson / Nicholas Cage

Douban score: 7.5

Dave Lezewski, like all ordinary boys, dreams of becoming a superhero one day, but he brings this dream of his own into reality. After buying a cheap green jumpsuit online, Dave went on his own to fight crime.

Although the first action seriously injured Dave, But Dave is not a person who gives up lightly, after recovering from his injuries, Dave was discovered and filmed by an enthusiastic crowd during a fight, and then the story of the superhero "Hai bian King" spread throughout the city.

Becoming a superhero, Dave meets superhero father and daughter "Big Daddy" (Nicholas Cage) and "SuperGirl" (Colo Moritz) during an operation, after which Dave is used by the hero "Red Whirlwind", disguised as the son of the drug lord Frank Amik, leaving "Big Daddy" and himself in prison.

At the time of crisis, the "Super Killing Woman" appeared in time to rescue Dave, but the "Big Daddy" unfortunately died. "Super Kill Girl" decided to complete her father's will and completely eliminate the drug lord group...

Because the movie name is underestimated, everyone once wanted to be a hero, and this movie brings you a deep shock.

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Gone in 60 Seconds

Director: Dominic Senna

Starring: Nicholas Cage / Giovanni Rebisi

Douban score: 7.4

Memphis is the world's most intelligent car thief, described as "gone in 60 seconds", that is, as long as the car he is eyeing is parked here, he can disappear without a trace in 60 seconds with the car.

Memphis, tired of the thrilling but stressful life of a car thief, announces that the gold plate has washed his hands, but his brother wants to follow in his footsteps, but is soon involved in a dangerous gangster deal.

In order to rescue his brother, Memphis had to return to his old business, promising the gang to steal 50 cars in one night.

Unexpectedly, the police were closely monitoring Memphis. When he stole the last Mustang sports car, the police car and the police helicopter followed and launched a road chase...

The older brother is a legendary car stealer, paying for his brother's life, 50 famous cars a night, sophisticated plans and personnel, in response to unexpected situations and retreating, and finally all the people do back to normal people, reflecting a movie of brotherhood.

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8MM

Director: Joe Schumacher

Writers: Andrew Kevin Walker

Starring: Nicholas Cage / Joaquin Phoenix

Douban score: 7.3

The family of a deceased lawmaker stumbles upon a legislator's relic, an 8mm video that involves the girl being tortured and killed, and leaves it to a private investigator, Tom Wheeler (Nicholas Cage), to investigate the truth.

Tom Weller's step-by-step process of cracking the truth is also a process of getting into the quagmire step by step. But the masochistic tragedy of the strange woman in the film lingered in his mind. Conscience prompts him to become fearless in the face of the sinister truth.

But when the truth is revealed, the ugliness of the world makes Tom Weller fall into a panic...

Nominated for the Golden Bear at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival. The plot is compact, the truth is peeled off layer by layer, and the human nature is exposed with eight millimeters.