This is a watchable movie, mainly in favor of Nicolas Cage acting.
Nevertheless, the plot is superficial and degrades the movie.
If I would not have liked Cage, I would not watch it to the end.
If you like plain action, try it. If you are looking for a little more, don't.
Arsenal
2017
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
Arsenal
2017
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
Plot summary
After the deadbeat brother of a businessman is assumed to be in on his own kidnapping, his sibling must take action to rescue him.
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
March 21, 2017 at 05:20 PM
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Except for Cage, nothing to watch
In a word, routine
SOUTHERN FURY is a routine crime thriller with various characters, none of whom are that interesting. The big names seem to be slumming it here while the lead, Adrian Grenier, is singularly disappointing and lacking the power and gravitas you'd expect from the role. I found the childhood flashback sequences more interesting than the modern-day gangster cliches. The story has Nicolas Cage going over the top (as usual) playing a sadistic crime boss with a very bad wig. He kidnaps Johnathon Schaech's character (Schaech is the best actor in the whole thing), leading his brother (played by Grenier) on a revenge mission. John Cusack shows up as a shady mentor character helping out and looks like he's trying to go incognito for the most part, and you can't really blame him for that.
He would die for you
Mike (Johnathon Schaech) and JP (Adrian Grenier) are brothers. Growing up Mike looked after JP. As adults, Mike has a messed up life while JP has a successful life in construction. Mike is mixed with Eddie King (Nicolas Cage) a crime boss with a bad rug. Eddie devises a plan to extract money from JP. John Cusack plays undercover cop Sal.
The drama and dialogue was poor. I am not sure why Cage wore such a terrible rug (see DVD cover) and I couldn't figure out that fake accent that varied from scene to scene. Cusack was only marginally credible. The whole plot reeked. What was good was the slow motion gun shot wounds near the end of the film. Worth passing up unless you really have to see a slow motion shot of a bullet exiting a cheek.
Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity...why did the club have "GIRLS" on the side when there were none in it?