Seeing the freshness of rotten tomatoes, Tomato Jun, like everyone else, has great expectations for this film.

The freshness of rotten tomatoes is 97%, and the audience can see 83%. The Chinese name is also translated as "kill the pig quickly", which means a series of "rescues".

But after watching the movie, Tomato Jun had mixed feelings.

I look forward to keanu reeves's performance to kill the gods, or at least liam neeson's to save unusual love. At least, I should rob a courier like Jason Statham.

Unexpectedly, we were all cheated by the film reviews of "Kill the Pig" and "Thriller".

This also directly led to the word-of-mouth polarization of this film on the media platform in China. Douban is only 6. 1, which is far from the evaluation of foreign media.

What kind of movie is this?

Can Nicolas Cage, a generation of male gods, get rid of the title of "king of bad movies" with this film?

I think all of us, perhaps, should take this "pig slice" to bid farewell to a generation of male gods.

In fact, the correct translation of this film should be the literal translation of pigs or looking for pigs. This is a story of looking for a pig, not a story of revenge.

Rob (Nicolas Cage), an old truffle hunter, lives in seclusion in the mountains with his little pig.

Without other sources of income, Robb can only find truffles to sell in the Woods to maintain his daily life.

This little pig has a very sensitive nose and can easily find the position of truffles.

Caviar, truffles, foie gras and beef are called "the four most delicious foods in the world", so selling truffles can really make a lot of money.

Rob's online player is a city man with glasses. Although he looks a little stupid, he has been Robb's partner for many years.

Robb didn't say a word in a series of buying and selling actions, such as taking goods, giving money and leaving people.

I can see that he is a retro man. When no one is around, he stays in the hut with his little pig, cooking and listening to tapes.

The place where he lives can't find any modern flavor, and even the house has no electricity.

One night, while one person and one pig were asleep, a group of uninvited guests broke in. They wounded Rob and took the pig.

Old Robb can't resist. In screams, the pig left him.

Getting up early the next day, Robb filled up his car that he hadn't driven for years and started his pig hunting trip.

I went to the pub in town to look for my old friend and found that he had been dead for many years.

I met a small businessman who docked with me after going out. They went to the truffle dealer together to find out who took the pig.

Finally, I found the pig catcher, but I couldn't find the pig.

Robb, who was old and frail, didn't give the two pig catchers any trouble. I heard that the pig was bought by the rich people in the city, so I had to go to Portland with a small businessman.

In order to find clues about pigs, he found the head of an underground boxing hall he knew when he was young.

But now, Rob's face is worthless.

I can't help it Rob can only break into the underground boxing hall.

By beating, I got the clue of the pig buyer.

Like us, the small businessman who traveled with him has great doubts about finding pigs.

Can't you buy another pig? Why do you have to find this?

After the conversation, the audience instantly broke the line of defense:

I don't raise pigs for truffles.

Looking for truffles, looking at trees is enough.

I just love my pig.

At this point, we understand that looking for pigs is behind the theme of the elderly and companionship, a discussion about pain and love, and a discussion about how to look at the process of life passing away.

Can Rob find his pig or not? Tomatoes can't be spoiled yet, so you can go and see for yourself.

However, most of the reasons for the polarization between Chinese and foreign media in the film "Pig" are because the propaganda of the film in China is misleading.

A slow-paced, literary drama has become an R-rated thriller, and the translation of "Kill the Pig" is even more refreshing.

Most viewers are waiting for Cage's version of the fast chase, but they are waiting for Nicholas Page.

Aside from the reality of this literary and boring movie "Pig", I am surprised that Cage can act in such a movie.

After all, he was at the peak and was once dubbed "the king of bad movies". Born in 1964, aged 57. A "pig" made me see a transparent Nicholas cage for the first time in many years.

1996, for 32-year-old Nicolas Cage, it was a year when salted fish turned over.

On March 25th this year, Nicolas Cage defeated Grand Slam winners sean penn and Anthony Hopkins Hannibal lecter and won the Academy Award for his film Escape from Las Vegas (also known as Leaving Las Vegas).

Cage's scenery at that time was infinite, and Cage at that time was the absolute darling of Hollywood.

1996, he had such a wonderful action as "Braving the Island of Death".

1997 There was a film history classic like con air with FACE/OFF.

City of angels (1998) plunged countless audiences into a gentle town called Cage.

Who hasn't seen this movie but falls in love with this angel?

Until 2000, Nicolas Cage still maintained the myth of high reputation and high box office in Hollywood.

Just when all the audience and the media thought that this promising young talent had just started his brilliant career, Cage fell.

After that, the title of "the king of bad movies" suddenly fell on the head of the once-popular film emperor, and this hat was not lost, because Nicolas Cage did play a lot of real "bad movies".

The turning point was in 2009, because this year, Cage floated.

The success of word of mouth and box office made Cage a gold digger in Hollywood. According to Forbes, Cage earned $40 million this year, including $28 million in movie revenue.

Cage, who has never encountered any setbacks in his career, thinks it is too easy to make money. So he began to spend money like water.

He bought a Bavarian castle in Germany for 1 1.8 million yuan, and a castle with the same price in Bath, England for 8 million dollars.

Not only that, he also spent millions of dollars redecorating the two castles.

He bought a 40-acre island south of Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, for $7 million.

He once owned 15 houses at the same time, among which the most famous houses include a country manor in Newport, Rhode Island, with a value of $65.438+0.57 million (about 654.38 billion RMB), a seaside villa in Newport Beach, California, with a value of $25 million (about 654.38 billion RMB), and a house in Las Vegas with a value of $8.5 million (.

If buying a house or land is for investment, or for a sense of security, then many other expensive things he bought that have no practical use are very appropriate evidence: he was burned by money.

Cage has many sports cars. Unlike other stars who buy cars to drive, he buys cars purely for collection and show off.

1997, he bought a Lamborghini, which once belonged to the king of Iran and was driven to Europe by an official of the Iranian government. It was brought into the garage by Nicolas Cage for 450,000 US dollars (about 2.9 million RMB).

He also has a Jaguar D with a price of 1955 and a limited edition Ferrari with a value of 1 10,000 US dollars (about 6.47 million RMB).

After falling in love with the feeling of buying a car, Nicholas bought more than 50 rare cars and about 30 motorcycles without restraint, including as many as 9 Rolls Royce.

In addition, he also bought four luxury yachts, one of which was worth 20 million US dollars (about 65.438+300 million RMB).

And a private golf plane worth more than 20 million US dollars (about 65.438+300 million RMB).

Cars and houses didn't satisfy Nicolas Cage's desire to buy. He spent a lot of money on many strange things.

He once spent $276,000 (about 6.5438+0.78 million RMB) to snap up a true Tyrannosaurus Rex skull 67 million years ago.

Later, I spent a lot of money to buy a lot of "shriveled human skulls", which flowed out of the tribes in the Amazon rainforest, and the price was as high as 70,000 US dollars (about 450,000 RMB).

He also spent a lot of money on two albino king cobras.

At the same time, I spent $65,438 +0.5 million (about 970,000 RMB) to buy the first Superman comic book.

Cage, who spends a lot of money, has thought about his future. He also spent a lot of money on a nine-foot-high pyramid tombstone. When Nicholas bought the pyramid, he said that he planned to be buried in it after his death.

After buy buy bought it, Cage found that her money was not enough.

In July 2009, the IRS seized Cage's mansion in Louisiana because he owed $6.2 million in taxes. Later, the East-West Bank accused him of owing millions of dollars.

Coupled with the financial tsunami in 2008, Cage's real estate investment business suffered huge losses, and he had to sell his house to pay off his debts, even Superman comics.

In the next ten years, Cage really embarked on the road of "the king of bad movies".

Because his life has been firmly locked in four words-

In order to pay off the debt, Cage began to accept all kinds of movies without restriction.

After 2009, few of his films scored 6 points, and almost all of them hovered around 4-5 points.

20 10 Douban "The Magician's Apprentice" with only 6 points,

Witch season 20 1 1, 5.5, ravaging speed 5.9.

The number of his films has soared. Only 20 1 1 year, five works have been released, but the quality has plummeted. The average score of these five works is less than 6, and even a "Soul Chariot 2" won him the "Golden Raspberry Award".

By 20 14, Cage's film quality has reached a new level. This year, Cage came to the East, not far from Wan Li, to pay his debts, and made a 4.3-point film "Honky's Runaway".

An oriental story, all people speak English.

But it's nothing to Cage, because the money has already arrived.

20 19 is the year when Cage's bad films broke out. This year, he made six films, which reached a new low in quality and quantity.

In particular, Douban's "Judo Bad Star", which is only 3.0, is even worse.

Fantasy films better than 1% also let Cage refresh her lower limit again, which is on a par with Dream Show.

According to reports, most of Cage's films now earn only $2-3 million, which is already very low for such a former Hollywood winner.

I don't know when Nicolas Cage will be able to pay off his debts and star in several films.

At this time, the "pig" came.

Just because you have a bad movie doesn't mean Cage has no lower limit. Compared with most actors, especially domestic fresh meat, he has the basic ethics of a professional actor.

For example, in "The Big Island", everyone sleepwalks, and Cage is the only one who interprets the role attentively.

In 20 18 Mandiri, the freshness of rotten tomatoes is as high as 90%.

Cage is an opera fan. In the interview, he once revealed: "If I don't act, I will ruin myself."

Cage's acceptance of a large number of bad films may be self-degradation, but the award-winning actors continue to accept small-budget productions, which brings good news to many small-budget directors.

Such high-intensity shooting is self-salvation for Cage, but it is a rare and valuable shooting experience for these directors.

Because Cage's roots are still there.

In March this year, Cage married Chai Tian Pear, a Japanese girl 365,438+0 years younger than him. The disparity in age and status between them can't stop them from entering the marriage hall.

This is Nicolas Cage's fifth marriage.

Although he is the "king of bad movies", each of his works will still arouse the expectations of the audience. Cage, who is 57 years old this year, has already lost the demeanor of a male god. With the nourishment of his new family, he can settle down, guard against arrogance and rashness, and start the second spring of his acting career.

This "pig" is the best proof of the return of the old play bones.

Although the plot is boring, Pig is different from Cage's fantasy thriller.

Its cold literary temperament, profound theme discussion and slow-paced narrative show us that Cage has rare patience to polish a work.

This patience is naturally not an impetuous mentality of making six films a year, but a clarion call for a fresh start.

Maybe after watching this movie, we can predict with confidence:

A generation of male gods has gone offline, but the old play bone Nicholas Cage is ready to go.

After all, he is Nicolas Cage!

(Film Rotten Tomato Editorial Department: Yang Yang)