Prisoners of the Ghostland

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Nonsensical. Absurd. Ridiculous. Just plain stupid. These words usually serve to describe an incredibly awful movie that I try to forget forever and ever. However, some extremely rare pieces of absolutely crazy filmmaking are also characterized by the adjectives above, offering me the most entertaining time I can possibly ask for. An example of this case is Prisoners of the Ghostland. Its exceptionally dumb, follows a narrative completely devoid of any logic, and mixes up dozens of many genres by using different costumes, all sorts of epic scores, and character archetypes.

Boasting an impressive production and set design (major Hollywood ...

Theres an unspoken rule of kick-ass cinema that goes something like this: if Nic Cage is attracted to a project, its guaranteed to at least be more interesting than most, if not all-out bonkers. Such is the case with Prisoners of the Ghostland, an outrageous achievement in gonzo filmmaking from director Sion Sono. The film doesnt have a very complicated plot and a lot of it makes no sense, but this is a badass-looking showpiece of cult cinema.

A bank robber (Nicolas Cage) is sprung from jail by the Governor (Bill Moseley) and is given a task that he cant refuse. In exchange for his freedom, the convict must find and rescue the Governors missing granddaughter, Bernice (Sofia Boutella). The unlikely hero is sent into the barren, hazardous ...

The problem with Prisoners of the Ghostland is that Nicolas Cage himself tried to promote it as the craziest film hes ever made, but the film never lives up to the insane concept of having a bomb strapped to your nutsack. The film forcefully shoves Mad Max influences into a Japanese theme with nuclear deformed samurai ghosts, bouncing gumballs, animal masks, pinwheels, and bubbles, and Nicolas Cage threatening to karate chop everyone into oblivion. All of this absurdity sounds like it should be way more memorable than it actually ends up being. Prisoners of the Ghostland is a massive letdown that implodes under its own lackluster outrageousness.

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