Dying of the Light (2014)

Directed by

Paul Schrader

Genre

drama film, action film, mystery film, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

R

Rating

4.7 of 10 from 352 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An ex-CIA agent with dementia hunts down a terrorist who tortured him years ago. He races against his failing memory to complete his mission.

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What happens

Dying of the Light is a 2014 American spy film, written and directed by Paul Schrader. It stars Nicolas Cage as an ex-CIA agent suffering from dementia who is on a personal mission to track down and kill a terrorist who had tortured him two decades earlier. Anton Yelchin and Irène Jacob also feature in the cast. Dying of the Light was released theatrically and through VOD formats by Lionsgate on December 5, 2014 to extremely negative reviews from film critics. Schrader was denied final-cut privilege by the studio, who heavily reedited the footage without his consent. Schrader and his principal cast subsequently disowned the released version of the film and campaigned against it. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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