Have any of you mugs actually seen this film?

Since it's not out yet, take a guess. ;-)

How can you write a film off without seeing it?

Well the original varies between thriller, movie video and soft-porn flick. Any attraction it has (and that's very little to me, I have to say) comes purely from the novelty value, and possibly from Britt Ekland in the buff, for male fans. You do anything twice, there's no novelty value. And Britt Ekland is unlikely to be stripping for this one.

Maybe it could be remade as a standard thriller. Trouble is that there's been a zillion "rescue/escape-from-wacky-cult" made-for-TV or direct-to-video films already, so there's no originality there.

Is it that Nicholas Cage is a Christian? I know that a lot of mudcatters are anti-christian zionists - frightening!

Oh pur-leese! I bloody hope that was meant to be ironic and you forgot a smiley...

Cage is a semi-competent actor, but nothing more. He's got the Harrison Ford or Tom Hanks "everyman" about him, but he's not as good as either of them (and Tom Hanks is no Olivier himself). Maybe he just hasn't had a film that required him to push himself and develop further, but from the trailers it doesn't look look this film is going to be the one to do it.

Graham.