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With Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise, John Heard, Carla Gugino. Corrupt Atlantic City police officer Rick Santoro and Navy Commander Kevin Dunn join forces to investigate both the assassination of Secretary of Defense Charles Kirkland and the disappearance of a beautiful stranger.
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- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Brian De Palma
- 1998-08-07
Snake Eyes. Detective Rick Santoro (Nicolas Cage) has never played by the rules. When he attends a high-profile boxing match with his friend Navy Cmdr. Kevin Dunne (Gary Sinise), as well as ...
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- Brian De Palma
- R
- Nicolas Cage
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Aug 7, 1998 · Nicolas Cage is onscreen for almost every second of it, as a corrupt Atlantic City, N.J., cop who scuttles backstage and ringside at a heavyweight championship fight. He shakes down a creep, he places a bet, he has a chat with his old friend who is in charge of security, he talks on the phone with his wife and kid, he shmoozes with a sexy blond ...
- Critics Didn't Bet The House on 'Snake Eyes'
- There's Conspiracy Afoot!
- Cage Makes The Whole Thing Work
The fact that Snake Eyes doesn’t labor under the pretense of being high art, ironically, is ultimately made it easier for critics to attack it. In his slam of a review, Roger Ebert called Snake Eyes “the worst kind of bad film: the kind that gets you all worked up and then lets you down, instead of just being lousy from the first shot.” Elsewhere, ...
Like the John Travolta-starring Blow Out — arguably De Palma’s masterpiece, at least in this writer’s opinion — the plot of Snake Eyes orbits around an instance of suspicious malfeasance that then spiderwebs into a veritable conspiracy of corruption. Cage struts up a storm, holding every inch of our attention as spectacularly flashy Atlantic City c...
Cage, meanwhile, is the glue that holds the whole thing together. Simply put, Snake Eyes probably wouldn’t work with any other actor playing Rick Santoro. Everything about Rick, from his wardrobe to his gesticulations to the way that he talks, is patently absurd. The easy thing to do would be to turn the character into a caricature – or, worse yet,...
Aug 7, 1998 · Snake Eyes, directed by Brian De Palma, is a suspense thriller starring Nicolas Cage as a corrupt Atlantic City cop who witnesses an assassination during a boxing match. As he investigates, he uncovers a web of conspiracy and deceit, challenging his loyalty and morality. The film also features performances by Gary Sinise and Carla Gugino, and ...
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Set during one long night, corrupt, flamboyant Atlantic City police detective Rick Santoro (Nicolas Cage) attends a boxing match at Gilbert Powell's (John Heard) Atlantic City Arena between heavyweight champion Lincoln Tyler (Stan Shaw) and challenger Jose Pacifico Ruiz.
