Diagonaldi Very well executed

Buffronioc One of the wrost movies I have ever seen

Hattie I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Edwin The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

tfminfl When you need cheering up, look no further than a Nicolas Cage movie. I went looking for some Cage wackiness and I found a pretty cool ass movie. So this time we find Cage as Kyle a dude that deals in diamonds, he's married to Sarah played by Nicole Kidman, and has a daughter Avery. Sure dad works a lot and little Avery is out playing with big boys, but otherwise everything is coolio, until the night the cops show up at the front door, and ooops they weren't cops, they were robbers, coming for Kyle's diamonds. Led by Elias, Ben Mendelsohn, who's an awesome actor, the group barge in and want Kyle to open the safe not so well hidden or people will die, and that's when everyone's dirty laundry comes rolling out, like... Kyle has no diamonds, maybe? Sarah has been banging one of the robbers, maybe? the whole thing is a setup, maybe? One of the robbers is off his meds and is a little well, not himself, maybe??? It really was a cool intense thriller, multiple layers of backstabbery. Long live the The Cage!!!Filmbufftim on FB

Davis P First of all I'd like to talk about the casting, Nicole Kidman and Nicholas Cage were perfect in this film, they fit their roles really well. Also Cam Gigangent really did well in his role too. Also the girl that played Nicole Kidman's and Nicholas Cage's daughter was very good, and displayed some real talent. There might have been a few moments or Nicholas Cage might've over acted a bit, but those moments were very brief and rare, so they were overlooked easily. Joel Schumacher is one of my favorite directors, and once again he has impressed me with a great film. This movie has great action sequences, plot twists, and very intense suspenseful moments! Even the dialogue was pretty good, I didn't really enjoy the constant profanity, I thought the film could've toned that factor down, but other than that I enjoyed it. If you enjoy a good suspenseful home invasion flick I think this is the one for you! 8/10

a.lampert Reading all the bad reviews here decided my decision to put my view. I actually found this movie quite exciting to watch. I don't always want to dissect a film as I'm watching it but to just try to enjoy some harmless entertainment which I found here. It rattles along at a fairly brisk pace, which involves an apparently well off family, being invaded by four mentally challenged thugs, three guys and a woman. The two leads, Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman are the married couple who have a daughter living with them, who just happen to have some personal problems to deal with, even before the gang invade their home. The script is totally unbelievable in that Nic Cage constantly tells these thugs, reasons why they are doing everything wrong. I think in reality they would have just either killed the occupants or disabled them in some way after not finding anything quickly to hand and then scarpered. The unbelievable part is that the things that Cage comes up with, keeps making these villains stop and consider whether what he's saying, makes any sense and whether he has a point! All a bit far fetched. Anyway, this drags it out to about 90 minutes which keeps the action going. A sort of poor man's Panic Room but still fun and quite gripping to watch. Maybe I just like these kind of thrillers and I do like the stars which helps.

Leofwine_draca Hmm. This one's not great, if I'm honest. It's a typical kidnap/hostage thriller that manages to drag a straightforward premise out to a lengthy running time by making each and every scene as complex and convoluted as possible. The story sees Nic Cage and his family held hostage by a violent criminal gang, but after this point absolutely everything is thrown into the book: the recession, recriminations, adultery, gangsters, lies, romance, you name it.Each scene seems dragged out to breaking point. There are ridiculous sub-plots (like the kidney stuff) which go nowhere and only seem to have been influenced to pad out the running time. Sure, there's suspense here and some well-handled action, but it's essentially a movie which sees its cast of characters shouting and screaming at each other for an hour and a half, which is wearying in the extreme.I'm a bit ambivalent over Cage, as some of his films I love (such as KNOWING) and others I hate (THE WICKER MAN remake, obviously). But he's shrill and shouty here, and his character a bit of a jerk. Still, he's better than Nicole Kidman, who still seems to be trying to act like a young sexpot despite her advancing years; I can't help but feel a little sorry for her. The ing actors are acceptable, but none of them stand out and there are one or two weak links in the chain (Cam Gigandet seems particularly out of his depth). TRES isn't the worst film I've seen, but it is disappointingly formulaic for a Hollywood flick.