Snake Eyes

Name: Snake Eyes
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Mystery
Released: 07 Aug 1998
Rating: 6.18
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise, Carla Gugino, John Heard, Stan Shaw

All bets are off when shady homicide cop Rick Santoro witnesses a murder during a boxing match. It's up to him and lifelong friend, Naval intelligence agent Kevin Dunne, to uncover the conspiracy behind the killing. At every turn, Santoro makes increasingly shocking discoveries that even he can't turn a blind eye to.

Year: 1998

Genre: Thriller, Crime, Mystery

Studio: Paramount Pictures, DeBart, Touchstone Pictures, GP Snake Eyes Productions

Director: Brian De Palma

Cast: Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise, Carla Gugino, John Heard, Stan Shaw, Kevin Dunn

Crew: Brian De Palma (Director), David Koepp (Screenplay), Brian De Palma (Producer), Ryuichi Sakamoto (Original Music Composer), Stephen H. Burum (Director of Photography), Bill Pankow (Editor)

Runtime: 98 minutes

Release: Aug 07, 1998

IMDb: 6.18/10 by 1,384 users

Popularity: 3

Country: United States of America

Language: English

Budget: 73,000,000

Revenue: 103,900,000

Keyword : assassination, casino, gambling, political activism, naval officer, atlantic city, bribery, homicide detective, secretary of defense, whistleblower, corrupt cop, boxing match, assassination plot, navy commander, admiring, adoring, ambiguous, amused, dubious

Comment

Bazzjazz 2018, May 23

It’s just typical John Travolta , Nicholas Cage , doing John Travolta and Nick Cage Until the demise of one of them. Not memorable. But you knew that!
CinemaSerf 2023, Aug 28

My biggest problem with this, aside from the shockingly wooden acting from Nicolas Cage - is that I saw through the subterfuge almost immediately. Quite possibly luck, but once I'd guessed who was doing what to whom, the thing just descended into a remarkably procedural thrill-free thriller that I really struggled to remain engaged with. As it is, dodgy cop "Santoro" (Cage) finds himself embroiled in the assassination of the US Defence Secretary at a boxing match. Working with his military security chief - and close friend "Dunne" (Gary Sinise) he has to try and find out just who would gain by this, and why. There are a few red herrings, a mysterious woman in white, and as the story develops plenty of plausible enough candidates, but there is precious little jeopardy and the "Santoro" character is neither likeable nor engaging. Some of the dialogue is pretty cringeworthy, and I am afraid I just found the whole thing a fairly mediocre and forgettable effort all round.