Sunday, November 27, 2022

Shudder Sunday: Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021)

 Another Nicolas Cage Movie?
You spoil me, Shudder.

This is a Post-Apocalyptic, Neo-Western Samurai Film.  Enjoy...

A Prisoner- Cage- is suited up (literally) with a mission to rescue The Governor (Bill Mosely) of Samurai Town's Daughter.

If he acts up, the suit will blow him up.  Why him?
Well, some time ago, him and his partner robbed a Bank and many people died.

That sounds fair then.
The trip involves going into the titular Ghostland, which is a bad, bad idea.

He runs afoul of some really weird- even for this post-apocalyptic land- people, but...did he find his target?
The problem- she doesn't seem to remember who she is.

The traumatic events and landscape have done a number on her psychologically.
With time (and the bombs on his body) ticking away, can a crazy Cage make sense of the Ghostland?

Even if he can make it back, will it be a happy homecoming?  After all, Tak Sakaguchi is there with a katana and he's not happy.

To find out, stream the Film now.
A weird, weird Film.  When even Nic Cage describes how strange the Film is, you're on the right track.

Prisoners is, as you saw in my Intro, a hard to describe Film.  Is it a hard to enjoy Film?  No.
For me, it was an enjoyable bit of insanity involving Samurai, a man with a bomb suit, the Clock Tower from Back to the Future and radioactive Ghosts.

What's not to love?

To be fair, the Film is a bit long and takes a bit of time to explain what all happened.  Does it make sense?  Kind of.  Sort of.

This is the kind of cray that you're either going to love or hate.  Just know that if you hate it, these folks won't be happy.

A crazy Film that is big on style and excess.  While you can argue that it is a bit overlong, it is still an enjoyable car crash.

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