Army of One (2016)

'Army of One' is one of those movies I wish to liked more. The film is not funny satire nor serious character study. Luckily the film avoids fart jokes and falling into banality. But the screenplay is not very well drawn out, and the character Gary Faulkner (although based on one of the most colorful, but sweet nutjobs in real life) is not very well developed. Alltogether - it lacks enough depth. But now - the real treasure - Nicolas Cage. One of the most peculiar actors throughout film history. One who can pull off highly dedicated and great performances, or can be just entertaining. In 'Army of One', he manages to be both - give great performance and be entertaining without hamming it up. He manages to do the real life Gary Faulkner justice for not doing some over the top parody of craziness. Seriously, one of the best Nicolas Cage performances in recent years, and the film is worth to watch only to see sweet and dedicated performance by great Nic Cage.The screenplay could have been better to justify all the good performances and that fantastic chemistry between the cast. Not very memorable film (besides Nicolas Cage), but entertaining enough to give it a shot at saturday night.

If a movie, especially a comedy, doesn't wake me up and keep me awake, if I fall asleep half way through it, I've either had too much to drink or I've been lulled by boredom. Well, I wasn't drinking, but woke in my easy chair after it ended and I didn't have any desire to go back and watch what I missed. Confusing, disjointed, not very funny, weird and then deep sleep. That's about all I can say about it.

This man, I thought I seen everything he had to offer. We saw him in so many roles and he had basically the same performance. Nic yells, Nic gets mad, Nic laughs like a mad man, etc.I was expecting the same old Nic... boy was I wrong. I will not get into the plot of the movie, so no need to read this and be afraid of a spoiler, instead I will dive into who he is. So, who is Garry? Well his God's favorite child, the split image of his immaturity, craziness, looseness and most importantly, his laziness. This man, is above all an opportunist. He leeches everyone, be it man, woman, friend or even his new girlfriend. Yet he is somehow honest about it, kind and sincere to the point that you cannot hate him for it. Detest and despite? Yes.This movie is a HOT POT STEW OF RANDOMNESS, if you think you can predict what will happen, think again. That's all I got to say, Have fun, Regards, Syrus Gregorio

There's Hollywood action star Nic Cage. There's multifaceted, serious actor Nic Cage. And then there's wacky, experimental Nic Cage. Nic Cage goes back to his roots in smaller quirky comedies and explodes off the screen in every scene. He's in almost every scene and, while the script is mediocre, Cage elevates what would've been a forgettable C-movie into a fun and funny B-movie. This is proof that Cage is better than ever and capable of A+ material. Hope this is a sign of a comeback.Its no Raising Arizona or Vampire's Kiss, but its good fluff. I think it was directed well enough but the script was too bare and the editing was a little sloppy. Cage has the most meat with his role and none of the other performers have much to do but react to him, instead of play off him. Would've been great to see Cage riff with these very funny and improv style performers, especially Rainn Wilson. Cage will make more comedies tho.