Review – Snake Eyes

This Nicolas Cage thriller tries to do too much all at once. There just isn’t enough script here to pack in a murder mystery, a political thriller, an action adventure, and three-dimensional characters. As a result, we get a little mixture of each, with the end product serving up watered-down mystery, implausible political drama, mildly suspenseful action scenes, and characters we don’t get anywhere near as attached to as I think we were supposed to. Then the whole mess gets capped off with a hearty helping of jarring camerawork. This isn’t a bad film, particularly if you have an affection (or at least a tolerance) for Cage’s frenetic acting. It’s just not an especially good film, either. Mildly amusing