CAGE UNCAGED: CAGE DOWN TO EARTH

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CAGE UNCAGED: THAT DOG IS A ANGEL

City of Angels (1998) is Brad Siberling's decidedly American take on Wim Wenders masterpiece Wings of Desire (1987). Where Wenders went philosophical and spiritual, Angels goes purely romantic. Cage plays Seth Plate, an Angel (though they never say "Angel" EVEN IF IT'S IN THE TITLE) who can hear people's thoughts and take dead people to heaven like the grim reaper. He falls in love with a heart surgeon played by Meg Ryan. Somehow he can also visit her and can physically do things as an angel but can't "experience" touch? We have no clue about these Angel Rules in this movie. 

Then we have JOE (2013) directed by David Gordon Green.  None of us had seen this film but co-host Ken was in a barber shop recently discussing Cage and one of the other barbers said Joe was terrible and the most depressing movie he had ever seen. Sounds great! We here at GPU love us some depressing movies. Based on the novel by Larry Brown (which Thomas read for this episode!) it features Cage as Joe who runs a crew of tree-poisoners in rural Texas, befriending Tye Sheridan as a 15-year-old with a  violent, spiraling-out-of-control drunk of a father. Cage and Sheridan are the only professional actors in the film. Does that work or is it too awkward?

Was Ken's barber right? Is this one of the worst movies ever made or a little-seen gem?

CITY OF ANGELS: 00:07:02

JOE: 00:51:01

 Theme Song by: Howling Fantods

Our twelve remaining Cage Films:
Bringing Out The Dead, Con Air, Face/Off, Leaving Las Vegas, Left Behind, Lord of War, Mandy, Moonstruck, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Peggy Sue Got Married, Raising Arizona, Snake Eyes

EPILOGUE: WILLY'S WONDERLAND