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the unbearable weight of massive talent
via Lionsgate

A self-aware slice of meta action movie insanity tears down the fourth streaming wall

A downright demented and delirious delight.

Expectations were understandably high when it was first revealed Nicolas Cage would be playing a semi-fictionalized version of himself in a high-octane action comedy involving drug cartels, kidnappings, and the CIA, so the most surprising thing about The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent was arguably the fact it managed to live up to the hype.

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