Prisoners of the Ghostland
“The granddaughter of the world's greatest leader is a hostage in the most dangerous place on Earth. Now only the deadliest man alive can save her.”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 69, rated by 1 admin.
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Nicolas Cage is sent into a bizarre frontier to retrieve a missing woman while wearing an explosive suit. Samurai-town imagery, wasteland ritual and extravagant threats create a deliberately unstable adventure. Its strange world is easier to enjoy than to summarise coherently.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 7.5/10
- Plot
- 8.5/10
- Effects
- 4/10
- Dialogue
- 7.5/10
- Rewatchability
- 7/10
“A rescue mission with an exceptionally hostile dress code.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 69
Synopsis and movie facts
In the treacherous frontier city of Samurai Town, a ruthless bank robber is sprung from jail by wealthy warlord The Governor, whose adopted granddaughter Bernice has gone missing. The Governor offers the prisoner his freedom in exchange for retrieving the runaway. Strapped into a leather suit that will self-destruct within five days, the bandit sets off on a journey to find the young woman—and his own path to redemption.
- Released
- 2021
- Directed by
- Sion Sono
- Running time
- 103 min
Starring
- Nicolas Cage as Hero
- Sofia Boutella as Bernice
- Nick Cassavetes as Psycho
- Bill Moseley as Governor
- Tak Sakaguchi as Yasujiro
- YOUNG DAIS as Ratman
- Charles Glover as Enoch
- Cici Zhou as Chimera
Research behind this pick
Researched . Explore the film references and reviews below.
- Film reference · themoviedb.org
Canonical film identity, release date, runtime, director credits, cast, genres, synopsis and poster checked against TMDB movie 523638.
- Review · moriareviews.com
The review places the film among Cage's extravagant genre roles; TMDB confirms the explosive-suit rescue premise.
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