Oh, give Nic a break. He used to be a fairly good actor until he went for the money. He needs to try to turn his career around before it's too late.

Let's stage a correction intervention here: You're 100 percent wrong about the "National Treasure" movies. In fact, both films broke $100 million, received generally good reviews, and were guaranteed, bonafide hits. In fact, they are actually very well-made, entertaining, funny, intelligent films. And, no, they are not "Indiana Jones" rip-offs. They actually have better stories, better dialogue and better actors than the "Jones" series, in general. The two "National Treasure" movies are very intelligent, fun, well-done films–and they were huge hits at the box office. It should also be noted that at least two other Cage films in recent years were also hits. Like any other actor, you have hits and misses. Nicholas Cage remains a popular actor.

He threw LaBute to the wolves, letting him eat all of the bad press for "Wickerman", when it was Nic who forced so many scenes to be re-written, etc.

Now, he's done it to the directors who did a great job on the original "Bangkok Dangerous".

Nic, dinner theater is calling your name!

I'm with thefrontpage on this one. I enjoyed both the National Treasure films. BoxOfficeMojo lists the first film as reaching $173 million domestically ($347 mil world total). I always read that it was "a surprise hit" thus Disney decided to churn out another which then gathered over $220 mil domestically and $457 mil worldwide. For clarity, me liking films and high box office receipts are generally mutually exclusive. I frequent arthouse cinemas more frequently…

He may have lost his "edge" but his box office take is still alive. You also have to keep in perspective that Cage's version of "dwindling career" and the average person's are a universe apart. Cage still makes tens of millions a year off bad movies so I'm sure he's ok with it, even if we aren't.