In an awkward encounter, Cade gives change to a homeless man and bumps into a young woman. He apologizes while repeatedly saying he’ll buy her dinner or drinks and she angrily rebuffs him. He tells her to meet him at 8, but she doesn’t show. When he spots her on the street, he follows her home, goes into her house, heads down to the basement kitchen and attacks her. As they awkwardly tussle on the couch, it’s revealed they are a couple. What the hell? He still comes off as a super creepy stalker.
Cade fights against coruption. He also goes to cocktail parties where he joins conversations in which people talk about the illegal things they’re doing. Even though none of them know Cade, they are fine with revealing their unlawful activities. In each conversation, Cade asks, “Isn’t that corrupt?” People are surprisingly unsuspicious and continue laughing at their self reported corruption.
The movie is confusing and the plot is elusive. What is the force? What powers does Cade have? How did Cale fail so badly they had to take his powers away? What business is Cade and his girlfriend in, and how does he get so much time off to work to go on his top secret missions? Why so much talk about AI when it doesn’t impact the plot? And if Cade can jump several stories, why not land just slightly to the right so he doesn’t end up straddling a railing?
Nothing is how it should be. There are scenes that go nowhere and only have a couple sentences. The music sounds like it’s needle drop. Much of the movie appears to be stock footage, sometimes with Cade green screened into it. Then there is the scene where the homeless guy is stabbed in the leg, but there is obviously a piece of wood in his pants leg.
And can we talk about the mustaches? Why did they think mustaches drawn onto clear tape and stuck on the upper lip would actually look passable? I don’t think I’ve ever seen a worse mustache in a movie.
The credits list Neil Breen as doing the following: writer; producer; director; actor; music director; editor; cinematographer; director of photography; sound editor; and production manager. Then at the end of the credits it says any company with an N or B in the name is also Breen. So he also did: casting; set design; wardrobe; props; special effects; stunt coordinator; aerial rigging; special make up effects; location; legal; accounting; administration; catering; make up and hair.
This may be my favorite Breen movie. I was so confused and yet so entertained. An hour into it, I was still wondering what the hell was going on. So on an enteratinment level, he totally succeeded.
Ridiculous dialogue
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| Cale and Cade |
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| The green screen plane |
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| More green screen fun |
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| The awkward fight where Cade appears to be a stalker and she trips over the couch |
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| The worst mustache ever drawn on cellophane tape |
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| Our villain and his bowl of diamonds |
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| He can jump several stories but landed on the railing |
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| Explosion effects |
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| the emotional range of Cade is the same with a bird or his wife |
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| The obvious block of wood in the pant leg where he was stabbed |
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