MOVIE: Deadfall
STARRING: Nicolas Cage, Michael Biehn, Charlie Sheen, James Coburn, Sarah Trigger, Peter Fonda, Talia Shire
RELEASE DATE: October 8th, 1993
WHERE TO WATCH: VOD (Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Vudu)
By Justin Pomerville (2 Broke Geeks)
Eddie (Nicolas Cage) in Deadfall.
Deadfall is a crime/drama that was directed in 1993 by Christopher Coppola. The film was influenced by an American hardcore punk band, Snot, that had a song of the same name. As mentioned in my last article, Nicolas Cage’s character “Eddie King” appeared in 2017’s Arsenal, but his first appearance was in this film. That is really all the fun facts there are on this film.
The plot is about con-artist, Joe Donan (played by Michael Biehn). Joe accidentally kills his father Mike (played by James Corburn) during a sting where his blank bullets were replaced with live rounds. In Mike’s last words, he sends Joe on a mystery involving Mike’s brother, Lou Donan (also played by Corburn). Lou is also a con-artist and Joe works his way into Lou’s operation to figure out what Mike was talking about. In the process, Joe falls in love with the girlfriend of Lou’s assistant, Eddie (played by Cage). Joe gets roped into Lou’s biggest con, which reflects the same way his father died, and he must choose a side.
Eddie (Nicolas Cage) with is girlfriend Diane (Sarah Trigger) in Deadfall.
This film also is not very good, however, it has some weird moments that make it endearing… sort of. The script is terrible. It’s cookie-cutter dialogue that is just there as glue to keep the film from falling apart. There didn’t seem to be any budget because there are scenes in Santa Monica, CA where they keep mentioning how busy the place is, yet they only use 10 background actors that I think get recycled throughout the film. They also have lots of shots of prop money, clearly just out in the open.
But, the main entertainment in this film is obviously Nic Cage as Eddie. He is insane in this film. Overacting, lots of yelling, angrily dry humping a bed, making weird noises while sniffing coke, and pulling out some hilarious fighting moves. The sad part is (*spoiler alert) he dies with 40 minutes left in the film by getting his face melted off in a deep fryer. Which makes it weird looking back to last weeks film. Eddie appears in Arsenal as the exact same kind of character.
Because of that, Charlie Sheen’s amazing outfit, and that there is a guy who has a scissor for a hand, this film will place on the border of “Terrible” and “Hot Mess”.
