'Color Out of Space' (2020)Ĭage is a family man living an ordinary existence with his wife (Joely Richardson) and two kids until a meteorite lands in his front yard. Fun fact: He’s actually a little scarier when he’s just ol’ Johnny Blaze cackling madly than racing on a cycle from hell.

The noted comic-book fan’s second go-round as the flaming-skull superhero lets Cage unleash a lot of rage as he transforms into a vigilante phantom. 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance' (2012)

Yet it's worth watching for Cage's con man and a coked-up meltdown involving four-letter words and mattress humping. His brother Christopher Coppola's crime drama is a movie so terrible that it has a zero Rotten Tomatoes score. 'Adaptation' (2002)ĭouble the Cage, double the fun in screenwriter Charlie Kaufman's drama about adapting Susan Orlean's 'The Orchid Thief.' Cage plays the depressed Charlie and annoying twin brother Donald in an extremely odd film that has its emotional touches, too. Plus, he sings and talks in a weird and nasally high voice, which makes a hot-and-heavy car scene with Kathleen Turner that much stranger. His character in the retro time-travel comedy is actually called 'Crazy Charlie,' so that tells you a lot. In honor of his new flick, let’s get in the cage with Cage: Here are the 59-year-old actor’s craziest performances, ranked. His newest project falls in line with what he does best: Cage wields fire-engine red hair and a Boston accent as an unhinged mystery man who carjacks an expectant father (Joel Kinnaman) in the psychological thriller 'Sympathy for the Devil' (in theaters and on-demand now). No, these are the kind of unhinged, curse-laden performances that spawn NSFW YouTube roundups, fun GIFs and viral memes. What we love most about Nicolas Cage, though, is when he goes 'full Cage' – which means completely and wonderfully bonkers.Īnd we’re not talking about a “stealing the Declaration of Independence” kind of crazy, either. He’s got an Oscar and was one of the biggest Hollywood stars of the 1990s.

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