Nicolas Rage

 This movie can be seen for free on Netflix, so I highly recommend watching it before reading this review. It is way better without spoilers. I'm trying out a new strategy of critique this time, so let me know if you prefer this quicker technique or the larger summary style. Now let's tackle this impressive B movie!

 Rage stars Nicolas Cage as a former criminal who got out of the game and got a job in the city government. At the begining of the film you'll notice that his daughter, while not an amazing character, is way better than most teenage girls in action movies. She gets kidnapped (because of course she does) early on, but it wasn't because she didn't listen to her dad, it just happened when she was at home with her friends while her parents out at dinner. This really helps the audience care about her fate, because unlike movies like Taken, she didn't bring it on herself.

 Nicolas Cage gets help from his two best friends to help find his kid. While Cage was a criminal they did a job where they ended up killing the brother of the boss of the Russian mob. Despite their efforts to find her she turns up dead. When they discover she was killed by a Russian handgun they figure she was killed in an act of revenge. While most of this movie is well made, the action sequences have problems. First off there's no blood, squibs or CG, which would't be as noticable if Nicolas Cage wasn't using a giant knife! But more significant is the damn shakey cam. I usually don't mind it, but the camera sways so freaking much and it isn't called for! But two action scenes do work really well, there's a shootout an apartment and a bar where the lack of blood isn't noticable and camera isn't moving all over the place. Those scenes were pretty awesome.

 This movie was a 6.5 because of ridiculous shakey cam crap and a complete lack of blood despite Nic Cage using a dagger, but the ending is one the best I've seen for a while. It turns out his daughter and her friends pulled out some of his old guns and her one friend accidently killed her while they were messing around with them. Cage spared him because he knew that kid loved his daughter and was riddled with guilt. Cage then goes home and waits to be killed in his daughter's room.

Distracting shakey cam
No blood
Some good action
Decent characters
Well written teenagers
Dark and gritty in a good way
Great story
Nicolas Cage
Excellent unseen plot twist

8 Excellent

 There are drawbacks, but an excellent movie you should absolutley watch. It's like Taken, but with worse action and better EVERYTHING ELSE.