STEPHANIE MALONE: A "HIDDEN GEM" WITH VISUAL FLAIR & AN ENERGETIC CAGE PERFORMANCE
At Morbidly Beautiful, Stephanie Malone and Kelly Mintzer provide their respective takes on the current state of Brian De Palma's Snake Eyes:
Brian De Palma’s “Snake Eyes” was dismissed upon release despite striking visuals and assured direction; is it ripe for a reappraisal?This week’s Cage Match (as chosen by the random number generator from Cage’s entire filmography) was the chilling, still haunting 1999 thriller 8MM. For the People’s Pick, we put two other films where Cage plays a detective up for a vote: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) and Brian De Palma’s 1998 thriller Snake Eyes (1988). Snake Eyes won that match.
This divisive film received mixed reviews upon release and continues to inspire differing opinions, which you’re about to witness in this Cage Match!