Sympathy for the Devil
Short description
David Chamberlain is traveling to a hospital in Las Vegas to be with his pregnant wife when an armed stranger forces his way into the car. At gunpoint, the man demands to be driven to another city. As the journey progresses, a psychological battle emerges, and the passenger claims to know the driver by a different name and asserts a connection to organized crime. The driver must navigate this dangerous situation to survive the night.
This action thriller was directed by Yuval Adler, following his work on Bethlehem, The Operative, and The Secrets We Keep. The film stars Joel Kinnaman as the driver and Nicolas Cage as the passenger, with Cage also serving as a producer. Produced by companies including Saturn Films and Hammerstone Studios, the movie features a credited crew of 51 people.
Audience reception is mixed, with a 5.5 rating on IMDb based on 14,000 votes and a 5.9 rating on TMDB from 352 votes. Film critics provided a similar assessment, giving the movie a rating of 5.6 based on 82 reviews.
What's left behind the scenes
- Nicolas Cage came up with the idea to make his character red-haired himself.
- At the 63rd minute, when Joel Kinnaman's character examines his wounded leg and decides to bandage it with a belt, the handcuffs on his hand are fastened, but in the next shot the dangling handcuff is already unfastened. After the car accident at the 79th minute, the belt on his leg disappears.
- The film's title translates to "Sympathy for the Devil".
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