David Carlson Why? I understand this desire to do low budget independent films with the hope that perhaps, just perhaps, it will be the next pulp fiction - not that this low level script would lead anyone to that conclusion. Yet, there you are, accepting that horrible make-up and rediculous costume. And you didn't walk off the set. You took the inept direction of Steven C. Miller, and just went along with it. Why? Why would a talented actor agree to participate in such nonsense. The other actors all had reasonable characters, with ressonsble accents, and then there was you, Nicolas cage with a rubber nose, waning accent, rediculous wardrobe and hair. I'm sorry, it just begs the question, Why? Did Bernie Madoff take all of your money? Are you now addicted to drugs? Is it just plain greed? I need to understand why. How did they convince you to stay once you witnessed the truth?Please help us all understand.

Floated2 Arsenal is another appearing straight to video/limited theatrical release in which Nicolas Cage has appeared. Starring Adrian Grenier, the plot is something in which we have seen many times before, about a family member being kidnapped by a drug lord or gang member of some sort, where the lead has to find of a way of reusing them and of course money is involved. Arsenal sees a role where Nic Cage plays the lead villain and he isn't in the film much in the first half. He does appear to have decent sie role of importance, but the leads are clearly the brothers. John Cusack also have a small role in this film as a helping hand to the brothers. Overall, the film is over the top in its violence and everything is predictable. Lack of suspense but a decent way to fill time. Not as bad as some are panning it but not too mcuh worth the watch.

lisaarmellino I came all the way to IMDb to write a review because the film was very, very awful.SPOILER ALERT here! I can sum up just why it was so bad...A normal town has a kids video arcade, and through a door in the rear of the arcade is a grimy strip club where Cage sits, doing cocaine off a table. When he's not sitting there, he seems to always have someone to tie up and murder down a plastic lined hallway between the strip club and the arcade.2 brothers grow up nearby and use the arcade in their youth. The older brother, when in his teens, witnesses Cage murdering some random guy in this plastic lined hallway, and then he spends the entire rest of his life mingling with Cage apparently. The younger brother becomes a successful construction company owner. The whole entire movie is about Cage taking the older brother hostage in his plastic hallway, for a multi hundred thousand dollar ransom that he wants from the younger brother.The only reason I was able to give this a 1 out of 10 is for the notion that the brothers were still brothers, and the younger one of course goes on a manhunt to get his brother back. Despite being kind of a screw up, the older brother then learns to finally appreciate his family after his kidnapping.I didn't even think the cinematography was great. I hated the camera aggressively panning and zooming to make a guy driving his ford truck away from his house all the more dramatic. I found all of the display of blood spraying and blood splatter very unsettling.Someone who loves seeing blood would probably like this movie. That's the only artistic value this movie has.

LeonLouisRicci Rivers of Blood Flowing in the Slowest of Motion Resulting in a High-Def Deluge of Jaw-Dropping, Gonzo, Grind-House Movie-Making.Unrestrained Ultra-Nuttiness from Nicolas Cage, Dressing and Made-Up like a Clown and giving a Freak-a-Zoid On-Screen "Performance" that cannot be Ignored. John Cusack, in one of His Patented Baseball Cap, Vape-Pipe Outings. It's all Whispering and Dreamlike, Detached from the Proceedings afraid to "Dip-a-Toe" for Fear of an Infectious Cesspool.The Two Brothers that the Story Wanders Around are Adrian Grenier and Johnathon Schaech. They Barely Register and are as White-Bread and Generic as Cage and Cusack are Wacky-Packs. The Allure in "Arsenal" is the Carnival Visuals and the Study of Bloody Body Parts, Crunching Bones, and Side-Show Antics.Worth a Watch for its Excesses and Peep-Show Salaciousness. All Involved seem to be Proud of its Pandering.