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Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Keeps it promise of being an action movie about killing Nazis but doesn't do it well. The action feels cheap (and sometimes feels like a Tarantino rip off) and often very dumb. None of the characters have any personality. The plot also doesn’t offer much and ignores a lot of the historical nuances. The movie thus sometimes also feels like a “wow Finland is so amazing” movie.
While Nicolas Cage clearly is not giving his best work he does make it entertaining. Contrairly Joel Kinnaman doesn't act very well. This can also be because the script he was given was not very good. It contains many dumb character choices, bad dialogue and sometimes a non-sense plot. The movie also looks very TV-show-like in shooting style, lighting and editing.
The thing that turns this from a bad movie into an OK movie is its title (and Nicolas Cage). By the end of the movie you do feel a bit of sympathy for the devil.