FlashCallahan When Andrew Sterling, a successful writer buys a vacation home on a resort in New England, locals mistake him for a burglar. After surrounding his home with armed men, Chief Tolliver realises his mistake and to avoid the bad publicity offers a thief in his jail, Amos Odell a deal. Amos is to pretend to take Andrew prisoner and hold him for ransom but let him go and escape. The pair realise that the Chief's problems are all gone if the two of them both die in a gun battle......So the whole film is supposed to be a topical satire on how suburbanites are supposed to typecast people of different ethnicities. Does it work? No. Did I find it offensive? Yes.The writer of this poison, has basically depicted everyone who live on the island apart from Andrew, as moronic Neanderthals from the dark ages, who are fascinated with status and fame.Cage just plays an idiot, plain and simple, and Jackson is basically a calmer version of Zeus from Die Hard 3, who feels oppressed, and this is supposed to be funny?Its not funny, I couldn't think of anybody who wouldn't be offended by this, because the subject matter is dealt with like a soiled nappy.Its no wonder it never got a theatrical release here in the UK.Its a big thing to say this, but its Cages most awful film, and I've seen Deadfall and Stolen..

wallrust Good comedy, well written & acted. Unusual part for Samuel Jackson, a nice change, and he does an excellent job in his roll. Dabney Coleman does an outstanding job of portraying the stereotypical dumb-racist-goofy sheriff. I think the only overacted part was done by Nick Cage. His part as a spastic jerk was good, but maybe a bit too hyper or extreme. Nobody is that animated! This movie does have a good social commentary, and it is the root of it's creation. Cudos to the creators, for much care and effort in doing a well balanced production! Not so heavy the message, as to blow the fun of this flick. Not so light, that the attitudes and results of them, can't be clearly seen. Ignorance gets it's just reward, and the righteous prevail! Typical stereotype movie? Sure! It is a fun production, and a good popcorn & soda spitter, worth your time if you haven't seen it. Bonus? ...Nobody dies!

soranno As an action star, Nicolas Cage is tops but when he tries to tackle other genres, my views on those films often meet with bad or mixed results and this 1993 Columbia Pictures release is no exception. Cage portrays Amos, a slacker drifter who becomes the unwitting pawn in a cover up scam being planned by police chief Dabney Coleman who's only exploiting him to protect his own image. Samuel L. Jackson portrays Andrew, a popular black author whose relocation to an racially mixed neighborhood causes an uproar. Offensive at times and a lame attempt at comedy.

MovieAlien Clumsily written, the quasi-buddy comedy of mistaken identity stars Samuel L. Jackson as a racist writer on a posh Massachusetts island who is mistaken for being a burglar. After dodging a shower of police gunfire at his house everyone finds out that he is the person living there. Rather than face internal affairs, the cops let a car thief (Nicholas Cage) out of jail to go in the home with a shotgun and act as the `burglar'. (So the `break-in' looks fatal, for obvious reasons.) Michael Lerner was hilarious as the hypocritical former lawyer of the Chicago 7. Giancarlo Esposito was realistic as the Louis Farrakhan-like fundamentalist. If the police weren't so unfunny (and other parts were written more cannily) it all would have been much better.