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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Name: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Released: 2022-04-20
Duration: 1 h 47 min
Rating: 5
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Sharon Horgan, Ike Barinholtz, Alessandra Mastronardi

“Nicolas Cage is Nick Cage.”

ActionComedyCrime

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Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, Nick Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan. Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative and forced to live up to his own legend, channeling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters in order to save himself and his loved ones.

Starring:Nicolas Cage,Pedro Pascal,Sharon Horgan,Ike Barinholtz,Alessandra Mastronardi

Featured Cast

(12 actors)

Nicolas Cage

Nick Cage / Nicky

Pedro Pascal

Javi Gutierrez

Sharon Horgan

Olivia

Ike Barinholtz

Martin

Alessandra Mastronardi

Gabriela

Jacob Scipio

Carlos

Lily Mo Sheen

Addy Cage

Neil Patrick Harris

Richard Fink

Tiffany Haddish

Vivian

Paco León

Lucas Gutierrez

Katrin Vankova

Maria

Demi Moore

Movie Actress Olivia

Key Production Crew

Director

Tom Gormican

Screenplay & Writers

Tom Gormican, Kevin Etten

Cinematography

Nigel Bluck

Original Score

Mark Isham

Producers

Nicolas Cage, Kevin Turen, Mike Nilon

Film Details

Budget$30,000,000

Box Office Revenue$29,116,320

Original Languageen

Production Studios

Saturn FilmsBurr! Productions

Keywords & Themes

#central intelligence agency (cia)#undercover#screenplay#satire#birthday party#drug lord#struggling actor#father daughter relationship#ambiguous#euphoric

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Aniket Shukla @aniket11

Oct 13, 2026

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5.0

Listen up, you sons of bitches! Pedro Pascal and fuckin’ Nicolas Cage are in a movie together, and if you’re not watching it already, what the hell are you doing with your life? This isn’t your typical, watered-down Holl...

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