Il nemico invisibile

Titolo originale: Dying of the Light

2014
T
1h 34min

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Nicolas Cage in Il nemico invisibile (2014)

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Action Drama Thriller

Quando una malattia devastante minaccia di porre fine alla sua carriera nella CIA, Evan Lake si dà alla violenza per dare la caccia a un terrorista che lo ha torturato durante una missione f... Leggi tuttoQuando una malattia devastante minaccia di porre fine alla sua carriera nella CIA, Evan Lake si dà alla violenza per dare la caccia a un terrorista che lo ha torturato durante una missione fallita anni prima.Quando una malattia devastante minaccia di porre fine alla sua carriera nella CIA, Evan Lake si dà alla violenza per dare la caccia a un terrorista che lo ha torturato durante una missione fallita anni prima.

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Quiz
Il nemico invisibile (2014) had a $5 million budget of which $1 million was Nicolas Cage's salary. The shooting location was mostly Romania with some additional scenes shot in the USA and Australia (doubling for Kenya). The film's independent financier was David Grovic, a Bahamanian businessman whose few prior film credits include the critical failure Motel (2014), which Grovic financed, directed, co-wrote and acted in.

Blooper
When the private jet lands in Mombasa, the Customs official stamps Evan's passport with JKIA. Jomo Kenyatta International Airport is in Nairobi.

Citazioni
Evan Lake: [to the CIA director] You've got your head so far up Obama's ass that all you can see is his shit anymore.

Versioni alternative
Director/screenwriter Paul Schrader had the film taken away from him in post-production. In 2017, he released an alternate cut that he title Dark that ran 75 minutes. Speaking of the newly created version online, Schrader said, "[The movie] was filmed in 2013 and released in 2014 under the title "Dying of the Light". The film was taken from me after the first director's cut, re-edited, scored and mixed without my input. I offered to revisit the film, cut and mix a new version at my own expense but was denied permission by the producers. This cut was created using work print DVDs. I had no access to the original hi-res footage and unmixed sound. I used those limitations to my advantage when creating this new film. I was working toward a more aggressive editing style when "Dying of the Light" was taken away from me. "Dark" represents the direction I was hoping to go."

Connessioni
Edited into Dark (2017)

Colonne sonore
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Written by Frederik Wiedmann and Esther Canata
Performed by Esther Canata

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4/10

Dying of a generic movie...

As with, well let's be honest, all of Nicolas Cage movies, then I am sitting down to watch the movie with very little expectations, because there is an overshadowing tendency that his movies turn out to be generic and cut from overly used recipes. And should it turn out to be that particular movie that surprises, once in a blue moon, then it is that much more pleasant to watch.

However, "Dying of the Light" is one of those types of movies that has potential to be interesting, but it was squandered at the hands of director Paul Schrader. The movie turned out to be a very predictable and thus very generic movie for the thriller/drama genre.

The acting in the movie was as to be expected. You have your ever-present single facial expression and random outbursts of loud voicing from Nicolas Cage. And he seemed like a fish out of water in this movie, trying to portray a government employee diagnosed with a debilitating mental illness.

The movie follows a generic script and storyline, which has been seen and used in countless other movies prior to this 2014 movie. As such, then there is very little new to be had for the audience that actually do take the time to sit down and watch "Dying of the Light". And while it was scripted, then the movie also progressed way too fast, which essentially made the movie seemed forced and shallow.

You know what you are getting yourself into here if you take a minute to read the synopsis, and with the thought of it being another one of the assembly line produced Nicolas Cage movies. And I can't claim to say that this particular movie is outstanding from the numerous other movies that Nicolas Cage stars in. As such, then I am rating "Dying of the Light" a mere four out of ten stars.