All bets are off when shady homicide cop Rick Santoro witnesses a murder during a boxing match. Determined to solve the crime, he quickly learns that his search for answers will only uncover yet more questions in an ever-widening web of conspiracy, intrigue, and danger.
Direction
That 12-minute opening single take is INSANE
Acting
Cage's Hawaiian shirt + whisper-shouting = art
Cinematography
Split screens and Steadicam madness everywhere
Director
Brian De Palma
Nicolas Cage
Rick Santoro
Gary Sinise
Kevin Dunne
Carla Gugino
Julia Costello
John Heard
Gilbert Powell
Stan Shaw
Lincoln Tyler
Kevin Dunn
Lou Logan
Michael Rispoli
Jimmy George
Joel Fabiani
Charles Kirkland
Luis Guzmán
Cyrus
David Anthony Higgins
Ned Campbell
Mike Starr
Walt McGahn
Tamara Tunie
Anthea
Chip Zien
Mickey Alter
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
That famous opening 'single take' actually has two hidden cuts — one when the camera passes through a dark doorway, another during a black flash from a photo.
This was De Palma's attempt to one-up his own 'Blow Out' with surveillance paranoia for the '90s, but test audiences hated the original downer ending so much they reshot it.
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