Army of One (2016)
Gary Faulkner is an ex-con, unemployed handyman, and modern day Don Quixote who receives a vision from God telling him to capture Osama Bin Laden. Armed with only a single sword purchased from a home-shopping network, Gary travels to Pakistan to complete his mission. While on his quest, Gary encounters old friends back home in Colorado, the new friends he makes in Pakistan, the enemies he makes at the CIA - and even God and Osama themselves.
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Very well executed
Please don't spend money on this.
Just what I expected
Excellent but underrated film
This is loosely based on a true story. Gary Brooks Faulkner (Nicolas Cage) is obsessed with getting Osama bin Laden. He is a part time handy man who skips his dialysis and hallucinates. He talks to God (Russell Brand) who has a British accent and commands him to go to Pakistan and kill Osama, but is not big on details on how to do it. Gary is befriended by Marci (Wendi McLendon-Covey) who sees Gary is a good guy despite his crazy tendencies.The film is humorous with Cage playing a crazy guy in a story that is overly dramatized. He is a likable idiot (like my BIL) who can be the ugly American and get away with it.Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.
Nicholas Cage brings life to the character. I found myself liking him right away. Good supporting cast. Very coherent story line as well. This movie is not based on mindless action , or sex appeal, it really doesn't have too much profanity either. Just a quirky take on a odd guy that had an interesting adventure. I like it. In summary, if you want something easy to digest and that has a positive message then check this out. It was a nice break from all the ideological propaganda masquerading as entertainment these days.
This man, I thought I seen everything he had to offer. We saw him in so many roles and he had basically the same performance. Nic yells, Nic gets mad, Nic laughs like a mad man, etc.I was expecting the same old Nic... boy was I wrong. I will not get into the plot of the movie, so no need to read this and be afraid of a spoiler, instead I will dive into who he is. So, who is Garry? Well his God's favorite child, the split image of his immaturity, craziness, looseness and most importantly, his laziness. This man, is above all an opportunist. He leeches everyone, be it man, woman, friend or even his new girlfriend. Yet he is somehow honest about it, kind and sincere to the point that you cannot hate him for it. Detest and despite? Yes.This movie is a HOT POT STEW OF RANDOMNESS, if you think you can predict what will happen, think again. That's all I got to say, Have fun, Regards, Syrus Gregorio
Obviously, this is an autobiographical movie about Nic Cage.... as is the case with any Nic Cage movie.While Gary Faulkner story had some OK potential as a short story about an idiot, here it just goes on and on and it's a mess and it's boring and maybe the worst of - it goes nowhere. Yeah, Cage brings some of that Cage magic to it, but he's maybe overdoing it here even.I cannot recommend it, but if you stumble upon it, well, the worst thing is you'll probably fall asleep in the middle of it. So it could be worse. And then there's always random Cage-Rage sequences that can wrestle a chuckle or two from you. However, it's worth noting that this movie is probably designed as a comedy but it just isn't funny.Not a bad movie all in all, but a waste of time, something to watch in the background, with one eye here and there while working something.