Nicolas Cage Wants to Prove He Can ‘Kick-Ass’

Posted by Adam Sweeney (adam@filmschoolrejects.com) on August 23, 2008

Following the role of a hitman in Bangkok Dangerous, Nicolas Cage wants to earn more badass brownie points as an ex-cop in Kick-Ass.

THR reports that Cage has signed on to the Matthew Vaughn adaptation of Mark Millar’s comic book, focused on a high school nerd, Dave Lizewski, who wants to be a superhero in spite of the fact that he has no superhero powers or athletic ability whatsoever. Please God, let it be better than Blankman.

Cage will play “a former cop who wants to bring down a druglord and has trained his daughter (Chloe Moretz) to be a lethal weapon.”

Vaughn and Marv Films partner Kris Thykier had to finance the film independently after many studios were turned off by the violent nature of the script. That makes me want to see it even more.

There’s no question that Cage has phoned in some performances in his lengthy career, but the man can be a great character actor when he wants to be. I just hope he doesn’t grow his hair out like he did in Con-Air and Bangkok Dangerous. (On a sidenote, why are so many films choosing titles that sound like porn flicks? Bangkok Dangerous? Hancock?)

What comic book hero would you like to see hit the big screen? What’s your favorite Nicolas Cage film?


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  • HempKnight757
    Face/Off, Snake Eyes, & Matchstick Men.

    Green Lantern.
  • Nish
    I think he was best in Adaptation. As for super-hero films, I would love to see a Dr Strange film. I don't know who could play him.
  • Face/Off and Adaptation are cool. Im waiting to see what happens with this one. Cage is on and off with his movies. He is a pretty bad actor in Snake Eyes.
  • The Wicker Man was badass! ;-)
  • Nicolas Cage fucking sucks. The worst of all time.
  • Hmm, worst of all time may be stretching it. Paulie Shore, Steven Seagal, Jean-Claude Van Damme, maybe? Cage has slipped, for sure, but the guy has been in some good films.
  • BAH, I say, Sweeney, BAH! Paulie Shore has a lot of funny movies like Bio Dome, In the Army Now, and Son in Law. Steven Seagal used to be good and Jean-Claude Van Damme films still hold up, like Universal Soldier, Bloodsport, Kickboxer, Lionheart. JCVD is the man! Way better than Nic Cage.
  • Robert, are you getting enough air? Bio-Dome counts as funny? You could have at least gone Encino Man on me.

    And there is no way in hell that Steven Seagal was ever a good actor. If the highlight of your film career is when Erika Eleniak jumps out of a cake in your film, well then your acting sucks. Not that Eleniak is too shabby, but Seagal's acting is.

    Nicolas Cage has actually done good films. Raising Arizona was quality, and the guy won an Academy Award in Leaving Las Vegas. I don't think Van Damme will get nominated anytime soon, no matter how badass Bloodsport was. Plus, JCVD was in an F'ing film with DENNIS RODMAN. Case closed.
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