Prisoners of the Ghostland 2021
IMDb Ratings: 5.8/10
Genres: Action, Horror, Thriller
Language: English
Release Year: 2021
Director: Sion Sono
Stars Cast: Nicolas Cage, Sofia Boutella, Nick Cassavetes
Director: Sion Sono
Stars Cast: Nicolas Cage, Sofia Boutella, Nick Cassavetes
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Prisoners of the Ghostland Review
When Oscar-winning actor "Leaving Las Vegas" Nicolas Cage dominated Hollywood's A-List, he attracted not only the most respected directors, but his theater productions made millions. After a series of flops dropped him off the A-list nearly a decade ago, Cage used his out-of-the-box fame to make paycheck films to retain visibility. Now, his films light up the theater selected for seven days in a row before he played a home video, to qualify for the Oscars. Since then Cage has recorded some really weird films. To the director of Panos Cosmatos' "Mandy" (2017), he was the revengeful husband who chased the leader of the sect Charles Manson who kidnapped his wife. Using the mind of a full metal, Cage built weapons directly at "Conan the Barbarian" so he could record his captives. In the space version of HP Lovecraft's novel "The Color Out of Space" (2019), Cage played a controversial father whose house was occupied by the Hellfire site. Afterwards, he made a haywire ghost of "Willy's Wonderland" (2021) in which he did not utter a single word of dialogue and fought a war with demonic robots in the center of Chuck E. Cheese's style. A deceptive cockamamie from dull to dull, Japanese director Sion Sono's song "Prisoners of the Ghostland" deserves as bad as it can be, depending on your tolerance for the absurd, infant escape. He quotes Cage: "It may be the most dangerous film I've ever made, and that means something." Now, in his first English-language film, Sono portrays Cage as an unknown bank robber who has been offered a chance to free himself. The first half hour takes place in Samurai Town, a cultural mix of the ancient Japanese city and the cattle city of the American Wild West. Officials are Asians dressed as Marshal's deputy Matt Dillon on the TV show "Gunsmoke." The village is full of giggling geishas, wearing kimonos, Old West cowboys with rifles, and Yakuza warriors playing katana. The Emperor's fastest guard, Yasujiro (Tak Sakaguchi "Yakuza Weapon"), uses his sharp katana as a mad witch. The brief engagement of the sword fight evokes memories of the epics of Asian martial arts representing blood. The dreaded Ghostland looms over the outskirts of Samurai City and evokes memories of dystopian movies, behind the scenes, "Mad Max". In fact, a riot broke out when our unnamed character and a cheerful colleague stormed Bleufleur National Bank and robbed during the day. During this dispersal, Psycho (Nick Cassavetes of "Blind Fury") has blown eight innocent people. One of the injured was a lovely little boy collecting gumballs.
Now, many years later, the ruler of Samurai City, the Emperor (Bill Moseley of the "Devil's Rejects"), the ole of the well-drawn-out boy Foghorn Leghorn, frees a bank robber from captivity. Apparently, Emperor dreams of being as cruel as Boss Hogg in "The Dukes of Hazzard" and wearing the same white dress as boots and Stetson. He wants the character of Cage to sneak into Ghostland and find his "grandchildren" talking badly. In fact, the lady in his women's house, Bernice (Sofia Boutella of "The Mummy") sought her freedom, stole a car, and entered the closed Bermuda Triangle of phantoms. Although he believes that a bank robber can bring Bernice back, the Governor does not take advantage of the opportunity. Until our unknown character has stripped himself of his black leather jumpsuit and closed all the lashes, does the evil Emperor enlighten him about cases that erupt in the throat, elbows, and genitals. Indeed, this tight-fitting dress would shock her if she tried to make AWOL! Anyone who remembers John Carpenter's sci-fi Thriller program "Escape from New York" (1981) in which Kurt Russell Snake Plissken fought the clock to rescue the President and find a cure for the poison in his body? The governor promises our hero relief if he brings Bernice within five days. As it turns out, the "Ghostland" title is actually a nuclear waste. Surprisingly, we are told that a bus carrying prisoners collided head-on with a nuclear truck, and a catastrophic catastrophe struck the desert outside of Samurai City! Now, anyone who enters Ghostland is trapped within its fearsome borders. Some prisoners disguise themselves as mannequins in stores while others strive to put their hands back in time on the monument tower.
A lukewarm, post-apocalyptic western samurai, the samurai, entitled "Prisoners of the Ghostland" depicts the actions of our hero as he rescues Bernice but sacrifices some of her body parts. "Suicide Club" director Sion Sono and writers Aaron Hendry and Reza Sixo Safai must have been flying high with nitrous oxide as they blended this psychobabble pabulum. Sono deprives Nicolas Cage hero of any dignity. For example, when the Governor showed Cage from prison to the public, our hero dressed as a sumo wrestler, his ropes hanging without a painful rope. Similarly, Cage jokes about his own portrayal in "The Rock" (1996), "C0n Air" (1997), and "Face / Off" (1997) and often finds what he deserves when he behaves like a embarrassed person. By accidentally scratching, you blow up the crotch stud. BOM! As predicted, our hero lost one of the team where he was really late. Few traditional heroes were made to be so ashamed. Later, after the explosion paralyzed the arm, the Cage enlarges that joint, too. Happily, armed and angry, Bernice surprises the Emperor. All in all, a brightly colored Rorschach inkblot with rich imagery and ideas, "Ghostland Prisoners" will impress you with its great beauty or make you full of bitterness for its shenanigans.
Now, many years later, the ruler of Samurai City, the Emperor (Bill Moseley of the "Devil's Rejects"), the ole of the well-drawn-out boy Foghorn Leghorn, frees a bank robber from captivity. Apparently, Emperor dreams of being as cruel as Boss Hogg in "The Dukes of Hazzard" and wearing the same white dress as boots and Stetson. He wants the character of Cage to sneak into Ghostland and find his "grandchildren" talking badly. In fact, the lady in his women's house, Bernice (Sofia Boutella of "The Mummy") sought her freedom, stole a car, and entered the closed Bermuda Triangle of phantoms. Although he believes that a bank robber can bring Bernice back, the Governor does not take advantage of the opportunity. Until our unknown character has stripped himself of his black leather jumpsuit and closed all the lashes, does the evil Emperor enlighten him about cases that erupt in the throat, elbows, and genitals. Indeed, this tight-fitting dress would shock her if she tried to make AWOL! Anyone who remembers John Carpenter's sci-fi Thriller program "Escape from New York" (1981) in which Kurt Russell Snake Plissken fought the clock to rescue the President and find a cure for the poison in his body? The governor promises our hero relief if he brings Bernice within five days. As it turns out, the "Ghostland" title is actually a nuclear waste. Surprisingly, we are told that a bus carrying prisoners collided head-on with a nuclear truck, and a catastrophic catastrophe struck the desert outside of Samurai City! Now, anyone who enters Ghostland is trapped within its fearsome borders. Some prisoners disguise themselves as mannequins in stores while others strive to put their hands back in time on the monument tower.
A lukewarm, post-apocalyptic western samurai, the samurai, entitled "Prisoners of the Ghostland" depicts the actions of our hero as he rescues Bernice but sacrifices some of her body parts. "Suicide Club" director Sion Sono and writers Aaron Hendry and Reza Sixo Safai must have been flying high with nitrous oxide as they blended this psychobabble pabulum. Sono deprives Nicolas Cage hero of any dignity. For example, when the Governor showed Cage from prison to the public, our hero dressed as a sumo wrestler, his ropes hanging without a painful rope. Similarly, Cage jokes about his own portrayal in "The Rock" (1996), "C0n Air" (1997), and "Face / Off" (1997) and often finds what he deserves when he behaves like a embarrassed person. By accidentally scratching, you blow up the crotch stud. BOM! As predicted, our hero lost one of the team where he was really late. Few traditional heroes were made to be so ashamed. Later, after the explosion paralyzed the arm, the Cage enlarges that joint, too. Happily, armed and angry, Bernice surprises the Emperor. All in all, a brightly colored Rorschach inkblot with rich imagery and ideas, "Ghostland Prisoners" will impress you with its great beauty or make you full of bitterness for its shenanigans.
