100 Words or Less – Sympathy for the Devil (2023)

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Title – Sympathy for the Devil

Released – 2023

Director – Yuval Adler

Starring – Nicolas Cage and Joel Kinnaman

Review –  A driver is stuck with a terrifying passenger across one neon-soaked night on the Las Vegas outskirts. Thanks to a surprisingly tight and clever script and an all-out Cage performance (after a few acclaimed but subdued roles), Sympathy for the Devil is far more engaging and slick than expected. Packed neatly into just 90 tense minutes, the history and secrets between the two characters is revealed and leaves you genuinely on edge. Do they know one another? Is he lying? Who is the hero here? It’s a thrilling take on the Collateral formula and an absolute must for Cage fans.

Jack Bumby

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Nearly-30-year-old writer. If I'm not watching a television show or a film, I'm playing a game or have my nose in a book. "I now believed that the lurking fear was no material thing, but a wolf-fanged ghost that rode the midnight lightning." - H.P. Lovecraft, 'The Lurking Fear'.