Prisoners of the Ghostland is a 2021 American neo-noir Western action film directed by Sion Sono, from a script by Aaron Hendry and Reza Sixo Safai. The film stars Nicolas Cage, Sofia Boutella, and Bill Moseley.
The film had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on January 31, 2021. The film will be released in theaters and on video on demand on September 17, 2021, by RLJE Films. Critics gave the film generally positive reviews.
In December 2018, it was announced that Sion Sono was working on his first overseas production and English-language debut, Prisoners of the Ghostland, starring Nicolas Cage. Cage said the film "might be the wildest movie I ve ever made." In February 2019, shortly after Imogen Poots was cast in a starring role, Sono underwent emergency surgery following a heart attack, halting pre-production on the film. In November 2019, Sofia Boutella, Ed Skrein, Bill Moseley, Young Dais, and Tak Sakaguchi joined the cast, in undisclosed roles, from a script by Aaron Hendry and Reza Sixo Safai.Safai, Laura Rister, Michael Mendelsohn, Ko Mori, and Nate Bolotin signed on as producers.
Principal photography began on November 6, 2019, in Japan, with SΓ΄hei Tanikawa serving as cinematographer.Filming also took place on March 31, 2020, in Los Angeles, California.
The film had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on January 31, 2021.RLJE Films acquired distribution rights to the film at Sundance and will release it in theaters and on video on demand on September 17, 2021.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 75% based on reviews from 87 critics, with an average rating of 6.3/10. The website s critics consensus reads, "Prisoners of the Ghostland is far from Sono s most distinctive work, but viewers in the mood for a deliriously gonzo genre mash-up featuring an explosive performance from Nicolas Cage just might have a ball."On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 53 out of 100 based on reviews from 19 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews."
Screen Daily commented positively Sion Sono s film writing that: "The film is held captive by its myriad influences, but Cage is so high-spirited that you won t mind being its prisoner".Variety wrote a mixed to positive review, sentencing: "Somehow, it doesn t actually seem surprising that Cage would partner with Sono".HorrorBuzz awarded the film with a rating of 6 on 10.
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A notorious criminal, Hero (Nicolas Cage), is sent to rescue the governor s adopted granddaughter, who has disappeared into a dark supernatural universe. To escape the nightmare world, Hero must break the evil curse controlling the mysterious Ghostland.
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