Just look at the prvious movies he did recently, all about his son or daughter being abducted and him taking revenge.
Looks like hes making a bunch of movies with the same script just changed here and there.
Coincidence? Anyway, he's a great actor in my opinion despite his flamboyant spending's.
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Samuel L. Jackson as a bada$$ mofo
Gary Oldman as a sadistic nutcase
Jim Carrey as a zany Goofball
Michelle Rodriguez as another bada$$ babe
The list goes on and on... it is what it is
Most actors are one trick ponies...
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Not true. It's the producers who have the money and want an actor to fill a particular role, and the money is good, so they take it.
Actors often do side projects, but hardly anyone sees those films, because they don't have money behind them.
"Leaving Las Vegas" should prove to you that Cage has acting chops that go beyond this movie.
DiCaprio is always cast today as some smooth alpha, but when he did "Rimbaud", he was completely different, a young gay man with a sadistic streak.
Even Jennifer Aniston, who everyone makes fun of, showed her stuff in "Derailed".
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Not to mention his unconvincing 'college prof' roles (see also 'Knowing') ~
I *do* like Cage when he's on top of his game.
But when he's bad, he's horrid...
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If you'll notice going through his filmography, a vast majority of the films he's been in have some part of the story focus on family or family relationships. And, from what I've heard, family is pretty important to him personally so....yeah.
Some examples:
"Raising Arizona"-Plays a recently married guy who wants to have kids so badly that he kidnaps someone else's baby.
"Peggy Sue Got Married"-In a seemingly failing marriage with Turner's character which he vows to fix by the end of the film.
"Moonstruck"-Deals with his own family as he and Cher's characters fall in love(despite the fact that she's engaged to his brother).
"Con Air"-About him getting out of prison and finally meeting his daughter and getting to finally be a family with her and his wife.
"Face/Off"-As Castor, his brother is important to him. As Archer, he's out to stop Castor from destroying his family.
"Trapped in Paradise"-Loves his brothers despite how much of a headache they can be to him.
"Gone in 60 Seconds"-Does the car heist to save his brother.
"The Family Man"-Gets a kind of reverse "It's A Wonderful Life" treatment where he gets to see what his life would have been like had he chosen to marry the woman he loved and start a family with her instead of following fame and fortune.
"National Treasure"(and the sequel)-His rocky relationship with his parents. Also, he's trying to find the masonic treasure to prove that his ancestors weren't screw-ups who believed in and were trying to find the treasure since revolutionary times.
"Ghost Rider"-He makes a deal with the devil to save his father's life.
"Knowing"-Plays a single father who is trying to save his son from the apocalypse(or so he thinks). Also, his feud with his own father which he fixes just in time.
"Astro Boy"-Loves his son so much that, when the son dies, he recreates him as a robot(whom he ends up loving just as much as the real son).
"Drive Angry"-Comes back from hell to protect his granddaughter from a satanic cult.
"The Croods"-Involves a stone age family which he is the (over)protective father of.
And, of course, all of the STV movies you've already mentioned. ;D
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