Dead Fall: Les Pros de l'arnaque

Nicholas Cage has been responsible for more than his fair share of bad acting, but never worse than he is in this. Possibly no-one in the history of cinema has gone so far over the top as Cage does in this heinous performance.

This film has to be the worst part that Nicolas Cage has ever played and he's lucky to still be in the film industry after having done it! In my opinion, his other worst film in (not necessarily acted) is Snake Eyes. I found it to be boring, a re-scripted plot and seriously lacking in action (as depicted by the trailers). Other than that, he's one of the industries best actors.

Decent plot. James coburn is often a ham and over acts but not here - might have been his finest work (not that this says much). Biehm was decent and Sarah tripper was surprisingly good - I wonder why she left films - it is a tough industry for women to get deep roles especially then.

Cage terribly overacted and am not sure how much of that was directing or him having the Coppola name at that time. But his role nearly had me turn off the movie early on. Good cast and seeing Charlie sheen act was also a joy. Seeing part of the mod squad / monkees was a trip down memory lane - even if they did not add anything to the film.

It would be 5 stars if not for cage.

DEADFALL (R) - Vidmark Video (Original 1994 VHS distributor):

You'd think a cast of pro actors (Michael Biehn, Nicholas Cage, Sarah Trigger, Peter Fonda, James Coburn, Mickey Dolenz, Clarence Williams III, Charlie Sheen, Rene Estevez and PHANTASM heavy Angus Scrimm), and a famous daddy to guide him, Christopher Coppola (sone of Francis and director of the better-forgotten 1985 opus DRACULA'S WIDOW) would have no trouble pulling off a neat little GRIFTERS-style caper flick. Instead, he's pulled abominably inconsistent performances out of many in the cast (Cage is cosmically unrestrained) and proven himself one of the most talentless, non-descript son-of-a-directors ever to sit behind a camera. I give it a 1.

Michael Biehn was the only saving grace in this movie. I don't know how Cage got anymore jobs after his performance, of course he only had to work with what the writers gave him. Maybe if the writers had taken the time to write a better script, then maybe the movie would have been better.

I've seen most of the actors and actresses in other films, and I was surprised by all of their performances. I don't think any of them had much to work with. Again, the fault lays with the writers. I really felt sorry for the actors. And I wanted to cry for Michael Biehn. He is such a great actor, under rated, but great. He, as well as the other actors, didn't stand a chance with this film.