23 Terrible Nicolas Cage Movies

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Guarding Tess (1994)

Face/Off (1997)

How Bad's The Film? Pivoting on a completely ridiculous idea – that a man can steal another man’s face – the three-pronged attack of Nic Cage, John Travolta and director John Woo ensures that the ridiculous premise becomes still more preposterous through their hammy delivery.

How Bad's The Hair? So bad that John Travolta looks genuinely terrified it’s going to smother him in his sleep.

So-Bad-It's-Good? Just about. Never has the word ‘corny’ been more applicable.

Con Air (1997)

How Bad's The Film? Action movie bad. So, big explosions = good. John Malkovich as cackling villain = frenzy-making. Everything else = pretty duff.

How Bad's The Hair? A travesty. Like a faded rock metal star got genetically crossed with a yeti.

So-Bad-It's-Good? Just about. There’s fair entertainment value in the ridiculous action set pieces, while Malkovich gives good ham.

Joshua Winning

Josh Winning has worn a lot of hats over the years. Contributing Editor at Total Film, writer for SFX, and senior film writer at the Radio Times. Josh has also penned a novel about mysteries and monsters, is the co-host of a movie podcast, and has a library of pretty phenomenal stories from visiting some of the biggest TV and film sets in the world. He would also like you to know that he "lives for cat videos..." Don't we all, Josh. Don't we all.