Sp; Nic Cage... I know he's a Coppola, and that probably explains it, but how on earth does this man get so much work. There can't surely be as many people as me who like to watch his films out of awe, a sick obsession where you are constantly wondering if he can get worse than he has previously (The answer is normally yes). I don't even think his films do that much money, and yet he's constantly being handed these high budget films which are supposed to appeal to God knows who and he's had a career that's lasted an unfair amount of time considering.
Now we have the Sorcerer's Apprentice, a film where Nic Cage plays a Sorcerer, who yes, takes on an apprentice, an apprentice who is supposedly going yo be the salvation for the planet, who will finally bring about an end to the bad Wizards in the world. This apprentice is a fairly geeky kid who doesn't really believe what's happening to him, let alone any of the nonsense about him being a chosen one. It's a fairly tired conceit if I'm honest, and feels very much like a lot of Disney crap that they're putting out from their live action arm at the moment.
I assume this film is aimed at pre-teen boys, and it really does feel like that a lot of the time, but whilst other 'kids films' don't patronise or bore the audience, this film does. You've got Nic Cage delivering every line like it's a deep and meaningful message, and action that really fizzles out rather than bangs.
The long and short of it is that this film sucks. Like it's really bad. I think young children may enjoy it for the ridiculous nature of it, but like so many films you enjoy as a child, if you watch it later in life (say when you have independent thought), then you'll wonder why you watched it in the first place. Avoid.
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