AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

adonis98-743-186503 An American civilian sets out on his own to find Osama Bin Laden. Army of One was a film that i had zero expectations for and the trailer looked really dumb but i gotta be honest this movie was hilarious and way better than i expected plus Nicolas Cage gave one hell of a performance in a pretty long time also his accent was freaking funny, the rest of the cast Wendi McLendon-Covey as Marci or even Russell Brand as God which i know it sounded pretty dumb in first but even he was pretty funny and as ridiculous as it may sound as a story it really happened for real and within the money from the actual film the real Gary Faulkner will buy a kidney which is a very good thing to do for that man. So overall if you don't take this movie seriously and you don't get offended with some things you might actually like the movie in the end.

Pramitheus I don't understand whether Nic Cage is too good for us to judge or so atrociously bad that he numbs your mind to the point where you can't make a judgment? On top of that he stars in this kind of a movie. I won't put up a poster in the featured image, I'll just put this snippet there to judge the absurdity of the movie.DIRECTION - After Borat and the Dictator, I was expecting the absurdity to be very high but when the words "True story" came on screen, I started questioning that was this a story worth telling? It looked like Larry Charles didn't know which direction to go with. To go completely crazy like Borat or keep it sane for the general audience. I think he tried to balance it out and created nothing. He starts out somber with an eccentric character, assisted with a narration and then a countdown of his days in Pakistan. In Borat the comedy was so raw that I felt pity for the character and the movie was aware that it was presenting itself in that way. In this movie there is an urge to become mainstream due to which the off-beat comedy doesn't reach the desired level.STORY - I again ask this? Was this a story worth telling? Really? A guy on dialysis went to Pakistan and then got hyped by the news and then it got made into a MOVIE? I mean when you listen to it, it might seem amusing but to make into a movie there should be something interesting in it. There was the odd love angle that kept barging in whenever things started to gain momentum. There was no need to humanize this person because you are sailing on the strangeness of the scenario. Why try to ground it in reality? I don't think there was any real script here. They just heard the story, got the highlights, put in some fillers, smoked a lot of weed, got the distributors high and made it into a movie.ACTING - Nicholas Cage finally unleashes his entire absurd eccentricity on-screen. There are good moments where he becomes the character with the voice modulation. Then again he returns to his classic shouting and eye-widening. It was cringe-worthy and not funny at all. The only times I chuckled was because of the thought kept hitting me that,"How did this get made into a MOVIE!!"FINAL VERDICT - Drink a lot, smoke a lot of weed and watch this movie. Trust me, you're going to have a ball! It is so absurd that you'll laugh like anything. I won't give tell you to give it a pass if you are in contact with your weed dealer or you have a liquor shop near you. Get high and watch it with your friends. There is a massive chance that they might shun you as your friend for convincing them to watch it. On the flip side, there is also the chance you'll enjoy it.

Corey James This review of Army of One is spoiler free*** (3/5)A SEMMINGLY NEVER-ENDING career drought has been affecting Nicholas Cage for many years now, trying to regain that once fateful terminus the prestigious Oscar win and he has been given many championing roles during that time and no matter how good they are or how goo he is, he can't seem to regain that glory. It seems that his career is in need of a restart or a miracle and a lift – thankfully miracles come in the oddest of places, here he joins forces with director and frequent collaborator with comedy giant Sacha Baron Cohen, Larry Charles, with whom he has made a couple of hilarious funny flicks Borat, Bruno and The Dictator one of which has been recognized as one of the funniest films in the world and has become a cult classic. While, his latest Army of One is an enjoyable and funny adventure about an ex-convict turned alcoholic unemployed Handyman who suffers from chronic schizophrenia Gary Faulkner (Nicholas Cage) who goes to Pakistan armed with a knife and a samurai sword after he receives a message from God (Russell Brand) with a strong English accent to find and capture the world's most ruthless assassin and leader of the Al Qaeda group Osama Bin Laden, who here is played very convincingly by Amer Cadha-Patel. For the most part Amy of One is a hilarious mitigated by an annoying voice from Cage and some funny moments, unfortunately as the story goes on it's meted by poor continuity, a bland plot and terribly incessant plotting. For these moments when the movie falls into a seemingly bottomless abyss, there is only one person that you rely on to bring it out of the deep hole Cage's Gary is albeit annoying but he terrifically funny and it seems like this is the role he needed to give his career a well deserved and long-awaited boost, he plays it well and you can always rely on him to put a smile on your face, although there is some good support from Brand, Wendi McLendon-Covey (Marci) and Rainn Wilson who add a little bit more likability to the story and some sensitive human touch.And so, the movie opens with Gary as a 12 year old school boy who is constantly bullied by his classmates, destined for greatness, and he receives a message from God for the fist time telling him that those bullies will come to an unfortunate demise by being a heroin addict. 35 years later in 2004 we meet Gary in a hospital awaiting his dialysis that he has to undergo twice a month, and in the madness state he receives another message from God to go to Pakistan (filmed in Morocco) to find and capture Bin Laden, and after he receives the message he thinks of some pretty convoluted and nigh impossible ways to get there, either he decides to travel that way by sailboat, or to hand-glide from Israel, both of which end in disaster but it is hilarious to see him try. Unfortunately as the second and third act rumble on you'll be shuffling in your seat wondering where this is going, it is disjointed by some bland moments and this is when the incessant plotting takes over, however there is a moment of bliss when Gary sees his old classmate and long-time friend Marci (Wendi McLendon-Covey) and he falls in love with her and he moves in with her and her daughter who suffers from Cerebral palsy, this gives the film a much needed human touch which was lax from the beginning and it gives Gary a more likable edge. While this is ambitious comedy to add to Charles' ever-expanding career it doesn't quite meet the hilarious comedy standards of Borat and while there are some funny moments to this story including and an Anchorman-esque narration that states that this is sort of a true story. It started out as a decent story with some ingenious moments to it and a decent performance from Cage, but unfortunately along the way it is strung together by poor continuity, some bland-ish moments and incessant plotting and is left lumbered and horrendously empty.VERDICT: A hackneyed comedy with decent performances to pull it through, but mostly suffers from lumbered dry moments and incessant writing.6/10

rebeccax5 Hilarious movie. Can't understand the bad reviews. Cage should get an Oscar for the. most absurd performance ever. Reading the reviews it's like how can they be so serious!? This Is comedy gold. Ridiculous is a good thing.I usually like Nicholas Cage in everything even all his camp movies, but this one takes the cake. He transforms in the weirdest archetype of crazy. Truly clinical madness. Proves Nicolas Cage has more guts then you ever thoughtRussell Brand is perfect in his supporting role as is Wendy Covey.A gem of idiocy.