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DePalma's Sinister Noirish Conspiracy Thriller!
Brian DePalma wastes no time taking viewers inside his noirish conspiracy thriller set in Atlantic City during a hurricane. His opening shot flows for over 15 minutes, uninterupted, introducing every character you need to know in that short time frame. He interweaves between TV point of view to the actual casino in record breaking time, and in breathtaking fashion. <
>Nicolas Cage as Rick Santoro is so perfectly cast as an over the top cop on the make, that it's so easy from the very beginning of the film to forget it's only a movie. <
>Between the very first shot of the politician and his entourage, including two powerful characters in the film played by Gary Sinise as Kevin Dunne (a friend of Rick's), a political figure played by John Heard, the female newscaster, Rick Santoro, a sleazy news reporter (played by Kevin Dunn), a bookie that owes Santoro a dept (played by Louis Guzman), the boxer Lincoln Tyler (played by Stan Shaw), his promoter, and everybody else involved in the 'conspiracy', as well as everything you need to know about the story, whether seen or heard, are all shown to the viewer in that short time span. <
>After the assasination takes place and all h*ll breaks loose in the casino, we are then taken on a journey of trying to solve the crime in a very Agatha Christie/Karasowa's "Rashomon" style that is utterly breathtaking in every scene, every flasback, and every version of what you see or what you are told. Everyone's story is slightly different, so no one knows who is telling the truth until the end of the film. <
>And, DePalma employs so many terrific camera angles and devices and tricks, that the film should be kept in a film school vault and studied every year for the next couple of decades. <
>From a mysterious redheaded woman to a blonde who is revealed to be a brunette with a wig on (played by Carla Gugino), from following a bloody hundred dollar bill to a ruby red ring, DePalma sets us on the coarse, working from a great script by David Koep (who scripted "Mission: Impossibe" and "Carlito's Way"), putting things right before your very eyes, and/or in your ears, just to have you questioning everything and everyone you see on screen. <
>And, the dark humor/irony is delicious! Especially when Rick recieves a phone call from a show girl, saying she's his lucky number seven right as the assasination takes place. <
>The slogan "Believe everything except your eyes" was a perfect tag line for this 1998 classic psychological mystery, noirish conspiracy thriller from the Master of Suspense. Because, after the film is over, and you know the way the plot turned out, then go back and view it again, you see that DePalma shows everything you need to see in the first 15 minutes of the film, and it's all right in front of your very eyes! <
>And, be sure to watch this film all the way until you see the words "The End" pop up to know just how sinister this story really is. Hint: A ruby red ring in stone.?.?. <
>And, when DePalma returns his camera back outside the arena, and the storm is raging, thus is the build up to a very awesome climatic scene in what is already established as a VERY noirish story/film. <
>Awesome! I would rate it a LOT higher than just 5 stars if possible. <
>Brian DePalma really hit a solid homerun for his fans with this classic, exposing just how evil, ugly, and sinister the world of Atlantic City really is. <
>And, the song at the end of the film By Mercedes Brooks, called "Sin City" is awesome, and the lyrics recap the story of the film. <
>Definetly the best film Nicolas Cage has EVER been lucky enough to be cast in, and his best performance by far! <
>Highly recommended! Thank you.

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fight night....
Good movie. Nicholas Cage being one of my favorite actors made it even better. Keep your seats because you don't want to miss anything.

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Cage and De Palma carry thriller almost all the way to the end
Snake Eyes is a great thriller in so many ways. The story is genuinely interesting. The characters are easy to love or hate. The pacing is fast and keeps you interested. The director puts all of his greatest trademarks into full effect. The only problem with the movie is the ending. No matter how much I love the first hour and 15 minutes of the film, that climactic showdown really hurts the movies overall credibility. However, I try not to judge an entire film based on 15 minutes that I didn't really like, so I am still a huge fan of Snake Eyes. <
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>Snake Eyes' story revolves around Rick Santoro, an Atlantic City police officer who is a corrupt, mean, uncaring individual. We are introduced to Rick at a big boxing match taking place at a casino in Atlantic City during a hurricane no less. The film's opening shot is simply amazing, and it shows why I love Brian De Palma so much as a director. The opening shot is one of his classic "long-takes." It lasts for about 15 minutes with no cuts, and it introduces us to Cage, his friend Kevin (Gary Sinise), and takes us all over the boxing arena. It is simply an amazing shot, and it could only have been done with a great actor like Nicolas Cage, who keeps his character alive, vibrant, and funny throughout the entire shot. Just totally amazing stuff. Anyway, the plot then gets really complicated, as an assassination takes place during the fight, and Cage starts his investigation into the events of the night. This is also why this movie fits De Palma so well. He is the best director that I know of when it comes to telling a single story from multiple, different points of view. The flashbacks in Snake Eyes are very well done, and only help to move the story along quicker, as the viewer gets more and more interested in what actually happened during the fight. <
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>Sure, the ending could have been better, but I refuse to let it ruin the great moments of the film all the way up until that last 15 minutes. Oh, and make sure you fast forward through the credits for the one final shot of the film.