not horrible nor great

Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

A Brilliant Conflict

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

'Army of One' is one of those movies I wish to liked more. The film is not funny satire nor serious character study. Luckily the film avoids fart jokes and falling into banality. But the screenplay is not very well drawn out, and the character Gary Faulkner (although based on one of the most colorful, but sweet nutjobs in real life) is not very well developed. Alltogether - it lacks enough depth. But now - the real treasure - Nicolas Cage. One of the most peculiar actors throughout film history. One who can pull off highly dedicated and great performances, or can be just entertaining. In 'Army of One', he manages to be both - give great performance and be entertaining without hamming it up. He manages to do the real life Gary Faulkner justice for not doing some over the top parody of craziness. Seriously, one of the best Nicolas Cage performances in recent years, and the film is worth to watch only to see sweet and dedicated performance by great Nic Cage.The screenplay could have been better to justify all the good performances and that fantastic chemistry between the cast. Not very memorable film (besides Nicolas Cage), but entertaining enough to give it a shot at saturday night.

Nicolas Cage tries to take a break from straight to Pay TV action movies with a free wheeling quirky comedy as Gary Faulkner who we are told in the opening monologue who might be certifiably insane. We are also told that this movie is somewhat trueish.Faulkner, the demented handyman experiences a vision of God (Russell Brand) who tells him to go Pakistan and find and capture Osama Bin Laden. That is what Faulkner tries to do armed with a samurai sword. He attempts to sail there from San Diego, then hand glide there from Israel before deciding to fly to Pakistan on a plane.Director Larry Charles holds back on the film being a satirical romp and concentrates on Faulkner's eccentricities with some allusions to him being Don Quixote (we even see Faulkner riding a donkey.)The film falls a bit flat and Cage's whiny voice becomes annoying. It also does not help that Marrakesh is unconvincing standing in for Islamabad.

I enjoyed this film from the start. It was truly a hidden gem.Gary Faulkner (Nicolas Cage) is a blue-collar compatriot currently on dialysis for kidney disease. Gary claims to have a vision where God comes to him, urging that he travel to Pakistan and capture Osama Binladen for the good of the American people. This message, combined with a deep-rooted love for his country lead him to do just that! On several occasions police report catching him attempting to cross the Afghan border carrying guns, knives, hash, and even Christian scripture.Larry Charles has directed some fairly controversial material over his lifetime including Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000-2017), Religulous (2008), and Bruno (2009). Everyone likely expected his film to poke fun at Gary Faulkner for loud political biases. But that would have been too easy. It speaks to Larry Charles' directorial authenticity that he did not take the bait with this one and run with it.Cage has a pretty bad track record for the better part of his career. And while this film failed pretty miserably from opening weekend to nearly being a "straight to DVD" title, it was a very enjoyable story.This movie has a striking resemblance to "Adaptation (2002)" (Cage as lead). Both of these have lead characters with a sociopath feel and are coincidentally two of Cage's strongest performances to date.Be sure to stay for the closing credits if you like to see actual imagery about the people and events a film is based depicting. I particularly enjoyed the footage of Faulkner when he is on The Late Show with David Letterman. Avoid (at all costs) going off to research David Faulkner until after watching this. The experience will be all the better for it.----- 8/10 STARS -------- Review by Searsino -----

There's Hollywood action star Nic Cage. There's multifaceted, serious actor Nic Cage. And then there's wacky, experimental Nic Cage. Nic Cage goes back to his roots in smaller quirky comedies and explodes off the screen in every scene. He's in almost every scene and, while the script is mediocre, Cage elevates what would've been a forgettable C-movie into a fun and funny B-movie. This is proof that Cage is better than ever and capable of A+ material. Hope this is a sign of a comeback.Its no Raising Arizona or Vampire's Kiss, but its good fluff. I think it was directed well enough but the script was too bare and the editing was a little sloppy. Cage has the most meat with his role and none of the other performers have much to do but react to him, instead of play off him. Would've been great to see Cage riff with these very funny and improv style performers, especially Rainn Wilson. Cage will make more comedies tho.