ccthemovieman-1
This was well on its way to high marks and I thought I had purchased a real "sleeper" or "find" in the previously-viewed VHS rack a decade ago but the last 40 minutes of the film made it a "thumbs down" reject. In that time period, there were about 20 usages of the Lord's name in vain. James Coburn accounted for eight alone in a period of one minute and 20 seconds! That ruined the film for me.The final half of this movie wasn't that good anyway, with a confusing storyline and an unsatisfying ending. All of the above was a shame because the first half of this is very interesting and nicely filmed. It had good style to it and Nicholas Cage's character, "Eddie," was so outrageous it made the movie fun to watch. He was unbelievable!! In fact, when he went a little too berserk and was killed, the film went down the tubes.
markamuss
After watching this film, you feel very very dumb for paying money to see it. What would draw you to see this film? Nicolas Cage, James Coburn, a director with Coppola as a last name. Don't be fooled. What was so bad about this film? There's not enough time to pick it apart and describe everything, so I'll put it this way: Remember back in grade school, when the teacher would ask you to write a story, and you wrote a story that you thought was so great and clever, and your teacher may have said, "Very good", and your little friends thought it was "Awesome". Well, if for some reason that story was made into a full length feature film, then it would be about as good as Deadfall was.
Mal Walker
I can't believe that such a talented crew and cast could finish up with a movie so poor. Usually with a poor film my wife and I end the suffering after a quarter hour or so, long enough to make some sort of judgement, with this film I went on watching for another quarter of an hour because I thought it must be a parody on gangster - dropout movies, but alas, it just went from bad to worse. The acting was childlike, even Nicholas Cage, who prior to this movie I had thought to be a reasonable actor, overplayed his part to the point where he would have been better playing a circus clown. As I watched this film I thought of all the money spent telling this story that could have been used for more entertaining pursuits, such as filming a wet house-brick drying in the sunshine.
Mr. Loew
There is only one great thing about this movie, but this makes it all worth watching: Nicolas Cage as Eddie! This is truly his ultimate character. When you see Cage in action, you will truly realize that he is the greatest and coolest actor EVER. The way he affects the film by just being there is just so impressive. Still, the plot is nothing special, and the rest of the cast is only fair. (This is no reason to avoid it) Deadfall proves that Cage handles more than blockbusters like Face/Off, The Rock and City of Angels, movies that most people associate him with.So if you are a true Cage-fan, DO NOT MISS DEADFALL!!! Also check out "Vampire`s Kiss" and "Raising Arizona".Both AWESOME examples of the Movie Phenomenon Nicolas Cage.
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