This is historical fiction told during the backdrop of the BP oil spill. The theme of the film is about how corporate money dominates politics and policies. Peter Fonda who plays the father of the main character seems to pick and chose films with a message in his autumn years.
Colin Pryce (Nicolas Cage) is a Louisiana representative who gives a passionate speech about the spill and becomes a politician being whispered about for a senate seat. Pryce sincerely wants to help the people in his district and believes oil is old technology. Soon after he rejects a BP offer, his name is associated with a sex scandal. The film labors on and on. Pryce is a jogger, which ties into the poorly developed title, i.e. someone who runs for office and from his past.
Connie Nielsen who played Deborah Pryce did an excellent job as the woman behind the man, who is also an attorney, i.e. she doesn't bake cookies. Cage gives us a Cage performance for better or worse. The problem with the film is that it shows corporate influence as being something secret, when in fact Americans see it happen openly with most not caring who buys politicians, even when it is Donald Trump. Recap: A laborious plot to achieve a weak theme with Nicolas Cage.
Guide: F-bomb. implied sex. No nudity.
Colin Pryce (Nicolas Cage) is a Louisiana representative who gives a passionate speech about the spill and becomes a politician being whispered about for a senate seat. Pryce sincerely wants to help the people in his district and believes oil is old technology. Soon after he rejects a BP offer, his name is associated with a sex scandal. The film labors on and on. Pryce is a jogger, which ties into the poorly developed title, i.e. someone who runs for office and from his past.
Connie Nielsen who played Deborah Pryce did an excellent job as the woman behind the man, who is also an attorney, i.e. she doesn't bake cookies. Cage gives us a Cage performance for better or worse. The problem with the film is that it shows corporate influence as being something secret, when in fact Americans see it happen openly with most not caring who buys politicians, even when it is Donald Trump. Recap: A laborious plot to achieve a weak theme with Nicolas Cage.
Guide: F-bomb. implied sex. No nudity.