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Snake Eyes (1998)
Directed by Brian De Palma
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Overview
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.
Rated R | Length 98 minutes
Actors
Nicolas Cage | Gary Sinise | Carla Gugino | John Heard | Stan Shaw | Kevin Dunn | Michael Rispoli | Joel Fabiani | Luis Guzmán | David Anthony Higgins | Mike Starr | Adam C. Flores | Tamara Tunie | Chip Zien | Michaella Bassey | Paul Joseph Bernardo | Jernard Burks | Mark Camacho | Desmond Campbell | Jean-Paul Chartrand | Chip Chuipka | Deano Clavet | Tara Ann Culp | Kelly Deadmon | Frédérick de Grandpré | Sébastien Delorme | George Fourniotis | Christina Fulton | Kenneth Glegg | Alain Goulem | Dean Hagopian | Jayne Heitmeyer | Eric Hoziel | Byron Johnson | Guy Kelada | Sylvain Landry | Cary Lawrence | Robert Norman | Richard Lemire | Christopher B. MacCabe | Sylvain Massé | Patrick McDade | William J. McKeon III | Peter McRobbie | Christian Napoli | Lance E. Nichols | Jason Nuzzo | Patrick Parent | Peter Patrikios | Jacynthe René | Stephen Spreekmeester | Eva Tep | John Thaddeus | Jim Whelan | Brian Anthony Wilson | Richard Zeman | Gerard Max Desilus | Marco Kyris | Antoinette Cancelliere | Kevin Craig West | Andrew Semple
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/09/2015 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 7.5 stars |
| (Average) 7.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
This was a really fun revisit as I remembered not caring much for this when it first came out. It’s patently De Palma from the amazing opening long shot to the use of split screen and the hitchcockian homage shots (the shot down the stairwell and the shot of Cage with Sinise behind him in the hallway being two standouts).
Thanks to Twitter I discovered that the original ending was cut, which is pretty obvious when watching the movie. I’d love to see that ending since it feels like it’d probably fit a lot better than what they went with. Hopefully it makes it onto a Blu-Ray extras disc at some point.
Definitely an under-appreciated De Palma film.
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