Mandy
Nicolas Cage wants blinking vengeance in the trailer for Panos Cosmatos’Mandy . The Oscar - winning Cage has spend much of the past several years appear in forgettable lineal - to - videodisk or depleted - budget menu , with elision like David Gordon Green ’s hail dramaJoe . However , the actor ( in)famous for his gonzo operation style could be on the verge of a retort . In addition to play ( okay , voicing ) the Man of Steel inTeen Titans Go ! To The Movies , Cage is starring in this yr ’s midnight - moving picture - in - the - devising , Mandy .
point and written by Cosmatos ( Beyond the Black Rainbow ) with music video / video shorts filmmaker Aaron Stewart - Ahn ( This is Why We Fight),Mandyearned raves from critic keep abreast its premiere at this year ’s Sundance Film Festival . The film now has an official trailer that take aim to demonstrate just what it is about this action / repulsion / thriller that has cinephiles buzzing .
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plant in 1983 , Mandy ace Cage and Andrea Riseborough ( Black Mirror ’s extra - distressing episode " Crocodile " ) as Red Miller and Mandy Bloom , a duad living in the wilderness near the Shadow Mountains in California . When Mandy is targeted by the unhinged rage leader Jeremiah Sand ( Linus Roache ) , their quiet existence is shattered and Red begins ( as the synopsis phrases it)“a spiraling , surreal , fucking rampage of all out , mind - altering vengeance " . For more , watch theMandytrailer in the space above .
As mentioned , the decisive response toMandyat Sundance was almost unanimously positive ( eccentric in point : the film is at 97 % overbold on Rotten Tomatoes after 29 reviews ) . Critics generally seem to agree that withMandy , Cage has finally find a project that matches his psychologically off - the - rampart and emotionally explosive acting methods . By and gravid , theMandytrailer succeeds in leaving a exchangeable printing , after but a couple minutes of actual footage .
If nothing else , Mandyhas Nicolas Winding Refn levels of style to spare , if the drone is anything to go by . On a sad note , the film is also noteworthy for being one of the last picture show scored byJóhann Jóhannsson(Sicario , Arrival ) , prior to the composer ’s lurid dying earlier this class . Mandycertainly wo n’t be everyone ’s cup of tea , but for those film buffer who have been waitress for Cage to go , well , full - blow Nicolas Cage for awhile , this one seems like a must - watch .
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Mandybegins playing in prize U.S. dramatics later this year on Friday , September 14 .
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