Review: Spider-Noir recaptures the magic of a bygone era

Nicolas Cage was born to play 1930s PI Ben Reilly/The Spider: part Bogey, part Bugs Bunny, 100% Cage-y.

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[AusPeter]

I've been enjoying it, but it does sound at times like Cage is taking with marbles in the his mouth. Which I find a bit distracting.

That was a part of his backstory. I won't reveal spoilers as to why.

 

[AusPeter]

You mean that he's plastered drunk the entire time?

I finished it last night, really loved it. Aside from a strange detour into body horror territory that padded a bunch of time but didn't add much, it was all very compelling. Cage and Gleeson had delightful chemistry, Morris was perfectly cast.

No, not due to him being plastered! But I can't fault him for turning to booze to cope with his situation (which in some ways was also caused by him turning to booze)

 

[AusPeter]

Cage is the worst part of the show though.. It is tragic how bad he has gotten.

I ended watching anyway because I loved the setting and intrigue, but damn Cage is more ham than Bogart

Gee, how do you expect a homage to Film Noir to play out if it wasn't ham packed?

Maybe Cage is the consummate actor because he did play the trope of the down-on-his-luck, living-in-a-bottle, private-detective-with-a-hidden-past to perfection?