Film Review – Sympathy for the Devil

Over the last few years, Nicolas Cage has taken a little break from his commitment to creating B-movie entertainment. He’s been trying to revive his reputation for interesting performances in unusual films, scoring critical praise for his work on “Pig,” “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,” and “Renfield.” Sadly, box office response has been tepid at best, keeping Cage on the hunt for low-budget offerings of oddity to maintain career momentum, finding his way to “Sympathy for the Devil,” where the famous eccentric is tasked with portraying a deranged man with a gun, forcing a seemingly mild man to join him on a drive toward conflict resolution. Cage becomes Cage in “Sympathy for the Devil,” doing what he can to wake up an otherwise sleepy screenplay by Luke Paradise, who keeps his characters in monologue mode, making a potentially tense viewing experience more tell than show. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com