The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

The most meta touch of all is that the star makes the film hard to resist... an actor of weirdly heroic overcommitment saving the day, in duplicate.

It's a little more heartwarming than what you'd think.

Even in scenes riffing on the ’90s action movies that made Cage a household name -- all shoot-outs, car chases, and gunslinging standoffs -- Cage and Pascal are magnetic to watch for their earnestness.

This traditional comic pairing proves to be the film’s main attraction -- and for all Cage’s showboating, Pascal for quite a while looks set to take over as the real star.

The next perfect Cage film may already be in the pipeline, groaning under the unbearable weight of massive talent. For now, you’ll have to settle for this merely intermittently awesome Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.

As tongue-in-cheek as the title sounds, it accurately captures the fawning tone of this jokey self-portrait, the sense that Cage is in fact starring in a love letter to himself.

It have an insanely formulaic story, but Gormican subverts enough character arcs to make it enticing.

Nick Cage + Pedro Pascal = Must See Movie

Draped in exaggerated fun, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent starts out as a light spy thriller, but quickly morphs into a buddy comedy turned pop culture popcorn picture.

An admirable tribute to one of the most iconic actors of his generation: Nicolas Cage. A hilariously insane, absurd journey through a career filled with unforgettable gems, equally ridiculous and without any creative constraints.