Sometimes your past has a funny way of coming back on you (Matchstick Men (DVD))

Member Name: Andyp1985

Product:	Matchstick Men (DVD)
Date:	26/11/07 (44 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: one of Cages better films

Disadvantages: a bit slow in places

Cage, in my view is a very over-rated actor, he has been in many films, the good ones most natably being face-off and conair among my favourites. However I have also seen him in a number of poor films, this one however is worth the watch.

Cage plays Roy, an interesting character who has an obsesive disorder. I found that Cage played this well and is a role I've never seen him play before. His life becomes very complicated when he is referred to a new doctor who refuses to give him the pills he was on.

With this in mind it becomes harder for him to continue his day-to-day life as a conman. Of corse he couldnt do this without the help of his assistant and good friend Frank. I found the cons they did in this highly entertaining and amusing, although perhaps I was expecting a bit more in the way of cons...

Roys life also gets a lot more complicated when he discovers he has a daughter, She ends up finding out his profession and ends up joining in with the fun!

The film has a twist at the end which comes as a bit of a surprise, although I guess with the film being about conmen you can understand why the directors chose to end it the way they did.

A highy entertaining film and well worth the watch. At £5.97 with Amazon this is a bargain.

Summary: worth the watch