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Sympathy for the Devil
3½ ud af 5 spar esser
Nicolas Cage, der engang fik en hovedrolle-Oscar (for "Leaving Las Vegas"), kan godt spille nogenlunde normal, men skal holdes i stram snor af en kyndig instruktør, hvis det skal lykkes. Men man kan naturligvis også gå i den anden grøft og skrive en historie, der fordrer, at han skal gå totalt bananas. Det er, hvad der sker her, og for en gangs skyld fungerer det faktisk.
David Chamberlain (Joel Kinnaman) har netop parkeret sin bil i kælderen under det hospital i Las Vegas, hvor hans kone, der tidligere har mistet et barn, er i gang med endnu en kompliceret fødsel, da en fremmed sætter sig ind på bagsædet, truer ham med en pistol og beder ham køre. At de derefter forlader Las Vegas, må næsten være et hint til Cages Oscarfilm, for den fremmede med pistolen er naturligvis Nicolas Cage, og han er lige så bindegal, som du overhovedet kan forestille dig.
Og lidt til.
Jeg skal ikke røbe meget mere, end at historien, der kunne være skrevet af Tarantino, tager en uventet drejning under den lange køretur. Det er højspændt og rigtig god underholdning, og Joel Kinnaman er en god straight man over for Cages utilregnelige stjernepsykopat, der helt sikkert vil begejstre hans mange fans.
Sympathy for the Devil
3½ out of 5 Ace of Spades
Nicolas Cage, who once won an Oscar for his leading role in “Leaving Las Vegas”, can play somewhat normal if he is kept on a tight leash by a skilled director. But of course, you may also go in the other direction and write a story that requires him to go completely unhinged. That’s what happens here, and for once it actually works.
David Chamberlain (Joel Kinnaman) has just parked his car in the basement of the hospital in Las Vegas where his wife, who has previously lost a child, is undergoing another complicated birth, when a stranger gets into the back seat, threatens him with a gun, and asks him to drive. They then leave Las Vegas, which looks like an inside hint to Cage’s Oscar movie, for the stranger with the gun is of course Nicolas Cage, and he is batshit crazy.
And then some.
To avoid spoilers I'll just add that the story, which could have been written by Quentin Tarantino, takes an unexpected turn during the long drive. It’s tense and really good entertainment, and Joel Kinnaman is a fine straight man to Cage’s unpredictable psychopath character that will certainly delight his many fans.
