Snake Eyes (1998)

• Year: 1998
• Released: 07 Aug 1998
• Country: United States, Canada
• Adwords: 1 win & 4 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120832/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Snake_Eyes
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/snake-eyes
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: R
• Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
• Runtime: 98 min
• Writer: Brian De Palma, David Koepp
• Director: Brian De Palma
• Cast: Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise, John Heard
• Keywords: police officer, casino, boxing, boxer, mission of murder,

	6.1/10
	52/100
	40% – Critics
	35% – Audience

Snake Eyes Storyline

Before an ecstatic crowd of 14,000 enthusiastic spectators for a big heavyweight boxing match, out of the blue, a bullet hits the Secretary of Defence, Charles Kirkland. With a front-row seat to Kirkland’s mortal wounding, the corrupt Atlantic City homicide detective, Rick Santoro, must work fast to handle the explosive situation, as his childhood friend and incorruptible U.S. Navy Commander, Kevin Dunne, is about to take the blame for this outrageous security fiasco. But, amid thousands of eye-witnesses and potential suspects, who was the mysterious suicide blonde who was seen talking to the politician? In the end, can Rick handle the more and more startling revelations?

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How snakelike can you get?

One of the things that I’ve always liked about Brian DePalma’s movies is how he keeps everything going and then tricks you; think “Phantom of the Paradise”, “Carrie”, “Dressed to Kill” and “Carlito’s Way” (with “Mission: Impossible”, it was clear that he was starting to go more Hollywood). “Snake Eyes” lacks any clever tricks. It seems more like an excuse to show off Nicolas Cage. It wasn’t terrible – I will say that the movie had an interesting plot – just not worth seeing in the theaters; it’s worth seeing if there’s absolutely nothing else to rent in the video/DVD store. You see, a movie as predictable as this one just doesn’t merit the kind of recognition that DePalma’s other movies deserve (I haven’t yet seen “The Black Dahlia”, so I can’t comment on that one).

Anyway, you’ll most likely want to avoid this one. Also starring Gary Sinise, John Heard, Carla Gugino, Stan Shaw, Kevin Dunn and Luis Guzman.

Flawed, quickly-forgotten De Palma thriller

Brian De Palma directed this slow-moving thriller which was widely hated by both movie goers and critics alike on its release. In retrospect, however, it’s a fun film, with a complex plot to keep the viewer thinking and guessing as the film progresses. While some moments do drag, I found myself enjoying the film totally throughout as I was caught up in the story so well. The acting is very good here, with Nicolas Cage perfectly cast as a bullish cop who initially is loud and unlikeable, but who becomes more sombre and withdrawn as time goes on, until he’s just a beaten wreck at the end of the film. Gary Sinise puts in another excellently villainous performance (even if his villainous identity was revealed in the film’s trailer) and I loved the scene at the end of the film where he was trapped in the headlights of the car before committing suicide, the look of anguish on his face was superb. The rest of the cast is all good, especially the female lead who is both tough and yet vulnerable. However it’s really Cage who carries the film as his character is given the most depth. I have always admired Cage as an actor as he is so unlikeable, yet still a good actor anyway.

There are lots of taut sequences in this film and also some excellent scenes, like the beginning tracking shot which goes on forever, or the suspenseful moment when both Cage and Sinise are hunting for the key witness to the crime down long hotel corridors. The action is surprisingly sparse and therefore the film does get bogged down a bit by heavy, long-winded explanations, although there are some brutal fight scenes, not just in the arena either. I also liked the use of flashbacks and points of view which show what happened before the assassination, these give a greater depth to the story and there’s no doubt that De Palma has a real cinematic flair. Originally, I hear that the film was supposed to have a tidal wave (created by Industrial Light and Magic) flood the building but that this was cut out. I can only think how much better the film would have benefited with this climax. As it stands, it is a bit of an anti-climax at the end, but this didn’t spoil the film for me as I was having a great time puzzling over things anyway. Good but flawed.

good thriller loses tension

Ricky Santoro (Nicolas Cage) is a wild corrupt Atlantic City cop. It’s the night of a big fight and a hurricane is coming. His best friend Kevin Dunne (Gary Sinise) is escorting Defense Secretary Charles Kirkland and arena owner Gilbert Powell (John Heard). Redhead Serena leaves the seat beside Santoro and the mysterious Julia Costello (Carla Gugino) with a blonde wig sits down. She starts arguing with Kirkland. Dunne follows Serena breaking protocol. A sniper kills Kirkland and injures Costello. Chaos ensues. Santoro grabs the investigation trying to find Costello. Dunne had killed the assassin. Santoro finds that the champ Lincoln Tyler had taken a dive as part of a conspiracy.

Nicolas Cage’s wild acting is really distracting from a possibly interesting mystery thriller. At least, he gets out of that crazy jacket but his crazy acting never stops. Director Brian De Palma sets up a good looking conspiracy but then reveals it almost right away. The audience is not given much to work out after that. De Palma is doing some interesting camera work but the tension is not there. The conspiracy is not engaging and the ending falls flat.