Between Worlds
Directed by:
Maria PuleraScreenplay:
Maria PuleraCinematography:
Thomas HenczComposer:
Jason SolowskyCast:
Nicolas Cage, Franka Potente, Penelope Mitchell, Garrett Clayton, Lydia Hearst, Brit Shaw, Hopper Penn, David Lee Smith, Philip Fornah, Paris Bravo (more)Plots(1)
Nicolas Cage plays Joe, a down-on-his-luck trucker haunted by the recent deaths of his wife and daughter. Joe seemingly rescues Julie (Franka Potente) at a truck stop, but she reveals that he has actually interfered in her saving her injured daughter. Julie, it turns out, has the ability to send her spirit between this world and the next, and Joe stopped her from finding her daughter’s spirit and guiding it back. As Julie’s daughter slips into a coma, she and Joe comfort each other in ways that don’t exactly sit well with Joe’s dead wife, Mary. When Julie again tries to help her daughter by entering the spirit world, Mary takes the opportunity to come back from the other side and settle a few scores with her husband. (Fantastic Fest)
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Between Worlds feels totally interchangeable with any (below) average episode from a television horror series from the 1990s, both technically and in terms of the story. In fact, from the beginning, you wonder if the movie is so terrible and outdated on purpose, or if it is some kind of subversive ironic joke. I am convinced that it is the former, and the movie is simply terrible, fortunately, Nicolas Cage saves the day with his frenzied deranged performance and hilarious one liners, which makes what would have otherwise been an atrociously boring movie an unforgettable affair that can actually be enjoyed.
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