Matchstick Men
MATCHSTICK MEN (12)
D: Ridley Scott
Warner/Saturn/Scott Free (Jack Rapke, Ridley Scott, Steve
Starkey, Sean Bailey & Ted Griffin)
US/UK 2003
116 mins
Drama/Thriller
W: Nicholas Griffin & Ted Griffin [based on the novel by
Eric Garcia]
DP: John Mathieson
Ed: Dody Dorn
Mus: Hans Zimmer
Nicolas Cage (Roy Waller), Sam Rockwell (Frank Mercer), Alison
Lohman (Angela)
A
pair of confidence tricksters drift apart when one of them is reunited with his daughter.
This is one of them films which gained a following for having
plenty of scenes in which Nicolas Cage "loses his shit", but all in all it's quite predictable when watching, forgettable afterwards and the performances really aren't anything particularly
special. There was definite promise, but a better story wasn't fully realised here. Matchstick thin.
5/10
