What says Christmas more than Nicolas Cage, playing struggling actor Nick Cage, having personal and financial troubles that get him involved in a CIA scheme to recuse a girl and prevent the destabilization of a foreign power?
It’s a brave movie that starts out openly borrowing from the star’s previous roles and builds to a climax that steals from Austin Powers. It doesn’t always work, but there’s fun to be had. Also: I know no one has ever said this, but that Pedro Pascal fellow is pretty darn charming.