Dog Eat Dog (2016)

When a movie by Paul Schrader comes out, you know it will entertain and be good......so what happened to Dog Eat Dog? He did'nt write the screenplay to this one, and maybe he should have. The film of three ex cons stealing and killing is not a film that the audeince can relate to or even feel for the characters. Hollywood loves to show realism by having actors do the coke thing. You know the scene, sitting at the table with a credit card sorting the coke out, then drawing it in thru the nose.....Been done a hundred times and its boring. But why does the film rate a "zero"? Because of the ending scenes. Nicolas Cage's character is handcuffed to a police car and dragged around at speed. The next scene we see him hi jack a car with an elderly couple. THe director does not want to explain how he got away? Or did he think the the paying public would not notice. Next, Cage is driving the car and a fog appears out of nowhere, and in this fog a police car appears with sirens blazing. The police had infra red see thru fog glasses. What a load of crap. All of the reviws are blaming Nicolas Cage fro his performance. The actors were all great. The producer,writer and director are to blame for this rubbish.. We are not stupid Mr. Schrader, you conned us into coming to see this movie. Shame on you all

I must admit that I'm at a bit of a loss to describe this film. The trailer I saw made it look vaguely watchable - but it isn't. The start of the film made you think "hey, this has got some good actors" - but really, they don't seem to be anymore. The idea of the plot seemed to point towards an edgy action movie - but it ain't.Despite its director, its cast and its (at times at least) good cinematography, it fails on any real level. Sadly, what starts out as seeming tedious just drifts into virtual gnaw your own leg off boredom. Some use of the occasional boobs, bums and gratuitous violence seem completely pointless and I would say off plot, except there isn't really a plot for it to be off of.At this stage, I'm going to go with recommending you to paint your living room wall and watch it dry instead. It will provide you with more thrills, enjoyment and a greater lasting feeling of enjoyment.3 out of 10 only because the camera work at times was nicely shot.

The film is inspired by Tarantino. It opens with a killing and "The Whistle Tune" from "Kill Bill." Three guys recently get out of prison. Troy (Nicolas Cage) was the most recent to get out and is the "brains" in the group. Mad Dog (William Dafoe) has psychotic tendencies and only Troy tolerates him as he helped him in prison. Diesel (Christopher Matthew Cook) is the muscle. They are hired to do various crimes for the head of the Cleveland Mafia. They hope to score one last task and go off to Hawaii.The film opened with a lot of promise, but wanes after the first task. It should of had a second task, before the final one which was too predictable. Dafoe gives us a good performance with Cage being the weak link. This wasn't his film. I thought the ending was anti-climatic.Guide: F-word, sex, stripper nudity

Paul Schrader is no art-house lightweight. His contributions to film history are mighty. Taxi Driver and Raging Bull should be enough proof. It gives me no pleasure to say that Dog Eat Dog is one of the most reprehensible films I've ever seen. A dark, ugly, rotten film to it's core. Nothing more than a psychopathic fever dream Schrader must of had one night. I hated these three characters. Nicholas Cage plays a wannabe Humphrey Bogart. That sounds hilarious on paper. The problem is, he plays it really uncomfortably straight and without a shred of irony. William Dafoe plays one of the most loathsome human beings you'll ever encounter. He opens up the film killing a single mom and her little girl. The scene is almost played up for laughs. It's being sick for sick's sake.