Yes, number 9 on the list is The Wicker Man. I am torn at having this film rated this low. In actuality, I enjoyed the movie quite thoroughly. Maybe I’m just too big of a fan of the macabre. However, the IMDB fan rating is 3.6/10, therefore, here it is at #9.
I seriously doubt that 30% of my readers have heard of this movie, much less seen it. It is the remake of a 1973 British cult film of the same name. Interestingly enough, there are two sequels in the works in the United Kingdom. And speaking of the British films, the cast and crew of the original film had completely distanced themselves from the Nicolas Cage version.
In short, Cage is a police officer who receives news from his ex-fiancee that her daughter is missing. And if you don’t want to know the story, skip the rest of this paragraph. Being the kind-hearted Cage, he takes off to a remote island where his ex-fiancee lives on a cultish island. After an hour of running around the island, Cage discovers the missing girl is his daughter. He locates her, and saves her from being burned at the stake by the sisters of the island as a sacrifice for their honey harvest. When he returns his daughter to his ex-fiancee, Cage realizes he is trapped. The sisters of the island surround him and force him into a wicker man. There his daughter lights the wicker and the town watches as the flames engulf Cage and the apparatus.
Nicolas Cage, as usual, performs incredibly well. He beats women and has another awful accent. Plus he gets to carry around a gun. He’s pretty much a total badass in the movie. Once again, as Vance mentioned in the previous post, you never relate to Cage’s character. You see Cage but never the character he is playing. I am not going to blame Cage for this movie flopping. The directors tried to stray too far from the original.
If you want a good laugh, just search for this movie on YouTube. There are countless dramatic scenes turned into comedic montages. I will leave you with a serious clip. Enjoy and look for #8.
