Movie: The Wicker Man

Starring Nicolas Cage and supported by Ellen Burstyn and a small part by Leelee Sobieski this movie had plenty of promise. Cage plays a police officer that is called to a secluded island to investigate the case of a missing local girl. He quickly learns that the island dwellers are harbouring dark secrets and races to uncover the mystery of the disapperance before something further happens. I think as movie goers we have been so moulded into a particular style of story telling that we are disappointed when we don’t get the expected result. Without giving anything away, this movie left me disappointed but more so at the recognition that I am one of those that have been moulded to that style of story telling. If you think that you can work out the plot, go for it, I didn’t even see it coming! 5 out of 10.

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