Nicolas Cage revenge movie about a man and his pig serves up a critique of hipster foodie culture

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The actor leans into his underutilised ability for understated intensity in indie drama Pig, playing a truffle-hunting woodsman whose swine is kidnapped by restaurateurs.

Enlisting Amir as his reluctant chauffeur, Rob barrels into Portland in search of the pignappers, trawling through dive bars and old timey hotels that cinematographer Patrick Scola shoots like they've been submerged in a vat of craft beer.

, where the one-time top chef – seemingly prepped for an explosive showdown with his opponents – lays himself out for a brutal punishment, soaking up all the woe and malice of the environment like some dishevelled pacifist monk. Cage's method of payback here isn't fists, guns or Just for Men, but something altogether more withering: a thousand-yard stare and the haunted wisdom of a man who's been conversing with nature for 15 years, casually dropping chilling existential tirades that leave his opponents rattled.

Cage told IndieWire, "The way Michael wrote the script, I felt it would lend itself to the kind of film performance I wanted to get back to."

 

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I want to watch this movie so badly without knowing anything but that summary.

There is absolutely no critique of hipster foodie culture in this movie.

It's not a bad film, although I still don't understand the need for the underground chef fighting club scene 🤷

Okey dokes then.

Nic Cage as hobo John Wick. Plus pig. Awesome

Is he White Anglo-American or White Hispanic-American?

If that’s what you got from the film then I don’t know what to say

If the pig dies, I’m not watching it

Ummmmmmm what?

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