Nicolas Cage has another new work.

The moment I saw the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes, Mr. Tomato, like everyone else, had great expectations for this movie.

Rotten Tomatoes has a freshness score of 97 and an audience rating of 83. The Chinese name has been translated into "Pig Killing" which has a meaning of "rescue" series.

But after watching the film, Mr. Tomato had mixed feelings.

I was originally expecting a murderous performance like Keanu Reeves, at least a thrilling rescue like Liam Neeson, and at the most, he should rob a courier like Jason Statham.

Unexpectedly, we were all deceived by the "thriller" genre of "Pigs" and movie reviews.

This also directly led to the polarization of the film’s reputation on Chinese media platforms. Douban only scored 6.1 points, which is far from the evaluation of foreign media.

What kind of movie is this?

Can Nicolas Cage, the male god of the generation, be able to take off the title of "King of Bad Movies" with this film?

I think all of us should probably say goodbye to a generation of male gods through this "pig movie".

In fact, the correct translation of this film should be the literal translation of "Pig" or "Pig Hunting". This is a story about finding a pig, not a story about revenge.

The elderly "truffle hunter" Robb (played by Nicolas Cage) lives in seclusion in a mountain forest and spends his days with his little pig.

With no other source of income, Robb can only find truffles in the forest and sell them to make money to support his daily life.

This little pig’s nose is particularly sensitive and can easily find the location of truffles.

Caviar, truffles, foie gras and wagyu are known as the "four most delicacies in the world", so you can indeed make a lot of money selling truffles.

Robb’s upline is a city guy wearing glasses. Although he looks a bit awkward, he has been Robb’s partner for many years.

During a series of buying and selling actions, taking goods, giving money, and leaving, Robb did not say a word.

It can be seen that he is a retro person. When no one is around, he stays in the cabin with his little pig, cooking delicious food and listening to tapes.

There is no modern atmosphere in the place where he lives, and there is even no electricity in the house.

One night, while one person and one pig were sleeping, a group of uninvited guests broke in. They wounded Robb and took the piggy away.

The old Robb was unable to resist, and the piglet left him with screams.

When he got up early the next day, Robb filled up his car, which he had not driven for many years, and started his pig-hunting journey.

I went to a tavern in the town to find my old friend, and found that my old friend had been dead for many years.

After going out, he met the small businessman who met him. Together they went to the truffle seller to find out who had captured the piglet.

Finally found the person who caught the pig, but could not find the piglet.

Robb, old and weak, gave the two pig-catchers no trouble. He heard that the pigs were bought by rich people in the city, so he could only go to Portland with the small businessmen.

In order to find clues about the pig, he found the person in charge of an underground boxing gym he had known when he was young.

But now, Robb's face is worthless.

With no choice, Robb had no choice but to break into the underground boxing gym.

He got beaten in exchange for clues about the pig buyer.

The small businessmen traveling with him had the same doubts about finding pigs as we did.

Can’t you just buy another pig? Why do you have to find this one?

The subsequent conversation between the two made the audience suddenly break through:

I don’t raise pigs to find truffles

To find truffles, just look at the trees.

I just love my pig

At this point, we understand that behind looking for a pig is the theme of the elderly and companionship, a discussion about pain and love, and a discussion of how to treat The process of life passing away.

Can Robb find his pig? Mr. Tomato won’t spoil it for now, you can watch it by yourself.

However, the reason why the film "Pig" has been polarized by Chinese and foreign media is mostly due to the film studio's misleading in promoting it in China.

A slow-paced, literary and artistic drama movie, it was suddenly promoted as an R-rated thriller. The translated title is "Pigs" and Keanu Reeves' "John Wick". The feeling of killing.

Most viewers were waiting for Cage’s version of John Wick, but instead they were waiting for Nicolas Page.

Putting aside the fact that "Pig" is a literary and boring film, I am actually very surprised that Cage can star in such a movie.

After all, he once looked down upon all the heroes at his peak, and was once dubbed the "King of Bad Movies". He was born in 1964 and is now 57 years old. With "Pigs", I saw a transparent Nicolas Cage for the first time in so many years.

1996 was a year of change for the 32-year-old Nicolas Cage.

At the Oscar Awards on March 25 this year, Nicolas Cage defeated the "Big Man" with his film "Escape" (also known as "Leaving Las Vegas") Best Actor" Sean Penn and "Hannibal" Anthony Hopkins won the statuette.

That year, Cage was extremely popular. At that time, Cage was the absolute darling of Hollywood.

In 1996, he had action masterpieces such as "The Island".

In 1997, he had film history classics such as "Face" and "Prison in the Sky".

The 1998 film "City of Angels" made countless viewers fall into a gentle place called "Cage".

Who has not fallen in love with this angel after watching this movie?

Until 2000, Nicolas Cage still retained the myth of high reputation and high box office in Hollywood.

Just when all the viewers and media thought that this young man with a bright future had just started his bright star career, Cage fell.

After that, the title of "King of Bad Movies" suddenly fell on the once-unparalleled actor. This hat was well deserved, because Nicolas Cage did play many real movies. A "bad movie" in the sense of the word.

The turning point came in 2009, because this year, Cage drifted away.

The reputation and box office success of his works have made Cage a Hollywood moneymaker. According to "Forbes", Cage earned 40 million US dollars this year, including 28 million in salary alone.

Cage, who has not encountered any setbacks in his career, feels that making money is too easy. So he began to spend money like water and money.

He bought an 11th-century Bavarian castle in Germany for US$8 million (approximately more than 51.8 million yuan), and a castle of the same price in Bath, England.

Not only that, he also spent millions extra to renovate both castles.

He bought a 40-acre island south of Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, for US$7 million (approximately more than 45 million yuan).

He once owned 15 homes at the same time, among which the most famous properties include a country estate worth US$15.7 million (approximately 100 million yuan) in Newport, Rhode Island, and a property in Newport Beach, California. A beachfront home worth $25 million (approximately 160 million yuan), and an expensive estate in Las Vegas worth $8.5 million (approximately 55 million yuan).

If he buys a house or land for investment or for a sense of security, then the many other expensive but useless things he bought are very appropriate evidence: he is a money-burner.

Cage owns many sports cars. Unlike other celebrities who buy cars for driving, he buys cars purely for collecting and showing off.

In 1997, he purchased a Lamborghini, which once belonged to the Shah of Iran and was later driven to Europe by an official of the Iranian government. It was put into Nicolas Cage's garage for $450,000 (approximately 2.9 million yuan).

He also has a 1955 Jaguar D-type car and a limited edition Ferrari purchased for US$1 million (approximately 6.47 million yuan).

After falling in love with the feeling of buying a car, Nicholas bought more than 50 rare cars and about 30 motorcycles without restraint, including as many as 9 Rolls-Royces alone.

In addition, he also purchased four luxury yachts, one of which is worth US$20 million (approximately 130 million yuan).

And a private golf jet worth more than 20 million US dollars (about 130 million yuan).

Cars and houses did not fill Nicolas Cage’s desire to buy. He spent a lot of money to buy many strange things.

He once spent $276,000 (approximately 1.78 million yuan) to snap up a real Tyrannosaurus rex skull that was 67 million years old.

After that, he spent a lot of money to buy many "shrunk human skulls". This kind of human skulls are from tribes in the Amazon rainforest, and each one costs up to 70,000 US dollars (about 450,000 yuan).

He also spent a lot of money to buy two albino king cobras.

At the same time, he spent 150,000 US dollars (about 970,000 yuan) to buy the first edition of Superman comics.

Cage, who spent a lot of money, had already thought about his posthumous affairs. He also spent a lot of money on a nine-foot-tall pyramid-shaped tombstone. After buying this pyramid, Nicholas said that he planned to be buried in it after his death. .

Desire was hard to satisfy. After "buying, buying, buying", Cage found that he didn't have enough money to spend.

In July 2009, the U.S. Department of Revenue seized Cage’s mansion in Louisiana because he owed $6.2 million in taxes. Later, he was sued by East West Bank for millions of dollars in arrears.

Coupled with the 2008 financial tsunami, Cage's real estate investment business suffered huge losses. He had to sell his house to pay off the debt, and even the Superman comic was sold.

In the following ten years, Cage truly embarked on the path of being the "King of Bad Movies".

Because his life has been firmly locked by four words——

In order to repay his debt, Cage began to accept various movies without limit.

After 2009, his films rarely scored 6 points, and almost all of them hovered around 4-5 points.

In 2010, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" scored only 6 points on Douban,

In 2011, "Season of the Witch" scored 5.5, and "Rush" scored 5.9.

The number of his films has skyrocketed. In 2011 alone, there were 5 films released, but the quality has plummeted. The average score of these 5 films is less than 6 points, and one even won him a "gold medal". Sour Plum"'s "Soul Chariot 2".

By 2014, the quality of Cage's films has reached another level. This year, in order to repay his debt, Cage traveled thousands of miles to the East and filmed "White Ghost: Escape", which was rated 4.3 on Douban.

An oriental story, all members speak English.

But it didn’t matter to Cage, because the money was in his account.

2019 was the year when Cage’s bad movies broke out. He made 6 movies this year, reaching a new low in “quality” and “quantity”.

Especially "Judo Evil Star", which only has a 3.0 rating on Douban, is even more shockingly bad.

A fantasy film that is better than 1 also allows Cage to refresh his lower limit again, side by side with "Dream Showbiz".

Someone broke the news that the salary for most of Cage's films is only 2-3 million US dollars. For such a former Hollywood actor, this price is already very low.

I wonder when Nicolas Cage will be able to pay off his debts and star in a few movies?

At this time, "Pig" came.

Although he accepts bad movies, it does not mean that Cage has no lower limit. Compared with most actors, especially domestic young talents, he has the basic ethics of a professional actor.

For example, in "Grand Island" where everyone is sleepwalking, only Cage is interpreting the role carefully.

In 2018, "Mandy" had a Rotten Tomatoes freshness rating of 90.

Cage is a drama addict. In an interview, he once revealed: "If I don't act, I will destroy myself.

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Taking on a large number of bad films may be a self-destruction for Cage, but actor-level actors continue to take on small-budget productions, which is a blessing to many small-budget directors.

Such high-intensity filming is a kind of self-salvation for Cage, but for these directors, it is a rare and valuable shooting experience

Because Cage still has the foundation of being an actor. In.

In March of this year, Cage held a wedding with the Japanese girl Riko Shibata, who is 31 years younger than him. The huge age difference and status difference between the two cannot stop them from getting married.

This is already Nicolas Cage’s fifth marriage

Although he is the “King of Bad Movies”, every one of his works will still ignite the audience. expectations, and Cage, who is 57 years old this year, has long lost the heroic demeanor of the past. With the nourishment of his new family, he can calm down, guard against arrogance and impatience, and start the second spring of his acting career.

This "Pig" is the best proof that the old actor has returned.

Although the plot is boring, "Pig" is different from Cage's previous fantasy thrillers. .

It has a cold literary temperament, a profound theme discussion, and a slow-paced narrative. It also shows that Cage has the rare patience to polish a work.

This patience is not the impetuous mentality of making 6 movies in a year, but a clarion call to start again

Perhaps after watching this movie, we can predict with more confidence:

A generation of male heroes has gone offline, but veteran actor Nicolas Cage is ready to go again

After all, he is Nicolas Cage

(movie) Rotten Tomatoes Editorial Department: Yangyang)