I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

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.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

RELEASED IN 2016 and directed by Paul Schrader, "Dog Eat Dog" chronicles events in the greater Cleveland area when a trio of loser ex-cons (Nicolas Cage, Willem Dafoe & Christopher Matthew Cook) is employed by a Mafioso to abduct the infant of a rival gangster.Schrader's films are often preoccupied with Christian religion and sexual obsession (porn, strip joints, prostitution, nudity, etc.), as verified by "Hardcore" (1979), "Cat People" (1982) and "Auto Focus" (2002). You can expect the same with "Dog Eat Dog" except that it mixes black amusement with its urban drama, sleaze and crime thrills. The movie's brutal, funny, ugly and quirky, but with a spiritual thread underneath it all. Think 90's crime drama/thrillers like "Pulp Fiction" (1994), "Mojave Moon" (1996) and "The Way of the Gun" (2000). It's not on the level of "Pulp," but it's more entertaining than the other two. Knowing Schrader, I suspect there's more in the movie than meets the eye and I may up my rating with repeat viewings. Then again, it may be wannabe hip/edgy tripe. You make the call. THE FILM RUNS 1 hour & 33 minutes and was shot in Northeast Ohio (Cleveland & Sheffield Lake) and Tampa, Florida (Restaurant & street scenes and night skyline). WRITERS: Edward Bunker wrote the script based on the novel by Matthew Wilder. GRADE: B-

When you have the Taxi Driver screenwriter at the helm, you know what you are in for. Well you should, if you have seen that Robert De Niro starring movie. We're talking about a very weird movie, that has quite a few spikes in violence, that may offend quite a few people. It's a taste thing when it comes to what is shown on screen.Starring Nicolas Cage in one of his best roles in years. He doesn't just dials in it. The really crazy Willem Dafoe and an unknown face to me at least complete a totally weird trio of people, who seem to have a couple of things in common. One of them is Trust issues. The movie is seriously out there and will put viewers to test in many of their senses. It does have a few hiccups and it feels like it loses its drive or focus at times, but there's always another great scene/character moment around the corner

Normally a Nicholas Cage movie is worth a look. I clicked on this through Netflix and got quite a surprise - this movie totally sucked! I gave it about an hour to get interesting, which it never did - so it got canned.The whole movie seems like a mere child running around with a camcorder, sneaking around recording people. Really quite lame.

I couldn't believe how this film started. I mean Paul Schrader, for Christ's sake? I had a "What the f..k is this?" moment. If the film had been like this for the rest of the duration, or never really would of improved, I would label it, an eat dogs..t of a movie. But luckily it does. This film, it's story, based on a novel by late ex con/RD actor, Bunker, a true Mr Blue, to me, was a crazy inane film, that's an intriguing mess, about three ex con losers, we don't necessarily like, or give a s..t about, especially's Dafoe's Mad dog, his murderous activities, where in their way, by their lifestyle of high drug taking and murder, their on their path to self destruction. The plot of the film comes halfway in, where before this, we have to endue all of our three's problems, bonding, boozing, sex play and in flashback, how our two mains met, where Cage's character, is some one, we'd expect him to play, Dafoe, the out of control one, here, a necessarily repellent character. When Dafoe, who desperately needs the money, is thrown an offer by the mob, to kidnap the baby, of a rival party, who hasn't paid up, our ill fated three take it, but it's doomed from the start, soon bringing the attention of the cops and the mob, where our ill fated three, have signed their own death warrant. Did I expect better from this film, yes? But it's trippy, indulging entertainment, Cage's demise, remembered the best, and the scenes prefore, after that fade in, diner shot. Dafoe is such a f..k up, and these great actors, give it enough clout, esp, Dafoe, but I have seen better from these two, where their black guy mate, the more quietly levelled, grounded, in control sort, was the most likable out of the three and it's not saying much. This movie is a wild ride, yeah, but it won't go in the Schrader archives. Sorry.