Tokarev (2014) aka Rage

Director: Paco Cabezas

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Rachel Nichols, Max Ryan

When the daughter of a reformed criminal is kidnapped, he rounds up his old crew and seeks his own brand of justice.

The last good movie Nicolas Cage made, was ‘Knowing’ in 2009 (although ‘Season of the Witch’ in 2011 also wasn’t too bad). I enjoy Cage, though, and like to give him the benefit of the doubt, hence decided to watch ‘Tokarev’ despite negative reviews.

I hate to say, I agree with the reviews. The film doesn’t start off too bad and got my attention. As the film progressed, though, it became rather weird – as did Cage’s acting (which seems to the the norm as of late). There are way too many credibility issues here. I completely understand Paul Maguire (Cage)’s character development – from a ‘clean’, ordinary guy, to a man filled with vengeance and hate. I enjoyed that aspect of the film.

The film then dishes up more back stories than it can handle and starts falling apart, until it completely crashes with the twist ending, which rendered most of the movie (if not the entire film) pointless…

Needless to say, ‘Tokarev’ (aka Rage) was a box office flop, only earning around $2 million on a $21 million budget.

Would I watch it again? No.