I guess it was bound to happen, but Nicolas Cage has been churning out so many Redbox-ready-thrillers for so long now that its a genuine surprise that he's actually made something that's totally worthwhile again. The heist film,
The Trust will place highly in 2016's sleeper hit contest, that's unfortunate, but its also kinda to its benefit, as its strange hybrid of Mike Judge and James Ellroy becomes sneakily effective going into it without high expectations (sorry if this post raises them too much). Nicolas Cage and Elijah Wood play two evidence handling cops, cop bureaucrats basically, who endure constant minor humiliations and are the least cool protagonist duo to lead a film in some time, they're just desperate enough to try their hand at maybe pulling off a job that they know they're wholly unqualified for. The honestly hilarious first half of the film builds a lot of goodwill for the characters as the second half becomes about two guys who are just essentially drilling a hole. Its really a solid little flick, funnier then most straight comedies, and it handles its tonal shifts to the more standard thriller tropes rather well.
Also, Jerry Lewis is briefly in this, presumably just to prove that he's still alive (from the looks of it, just barely).
