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6 Degrees Entertainment

'Honeymoon in Vegas'
(James Caan, Nicolas Cage, Pat Morita, Johnny Williams, et al / Blu ray / PG-13 / (1992) 2011 / MGM)

Overview: Jack Singer (Cage) is terrified of commitment but even more terrified of losing his beautiful school teacher fiancée Betsy (Parker). So as an act of faith, he takes the plunge and agrees to tie the knot in a quickie Vegas ceremony. But when he makes a bad $60,000 bet with mobster Tommy Korman (Caan), the marriage "knot" and all of Jack's dreams starts unraveling fast.

Blu ray Verdict: `Honeymoon in Vegas' is pretty much the comedic equivalent to `An Indecent Proposal', which is sad because `An Indecent Proposal' is a much better drama than `Honeymoon in Vegas' is a comedy. I'm really not a fan of Nicholas Cage, not in the least. I enjoyed him twice that I can recall (in `Adaptation' and `Matchstick Men') but aside from those two fluke performances I'm always left cold by his horrid line reading.

In fact I'm willing to say that his spastic performance in this comedy could very well be his worst ever. He happens to be one of those actor's who thinks if he screams his lines they'll grab a hint of hilarity, but they don't and he comes off ridiculous, especially when paired next to Sarah Jessica Parker and James Caan who work with what little they're given with much greater success than Cage.

In the film Cage plays Jack Singer, a man afraid to commit. He travels to Vegas with his girlfriend Betsy, played by Parker, to finally tie the knot but before he can he finds himself in a high stakes poker game with a mobster named Tommy Korman. Tommy, who has his eye on Betsy, ends up taking Jack for $65,000, money that Jack doesn't have, but in turn offers him a resolution. If Jack will lend Tommy his fiancé for the weekend then his debt will be erased.

Betsy reluctantly agrees only to find out that her weekend will not be spent in Vegas but in Hawaii with Tommy and his family (son and daughter-in-law and his new granddaughter). It's in this tropical paradise that Tommy begins to woo Betsy for himself while Jack frantically tries to find her and win her back.

Parts of this film are funny, in particular the `Flying Elvis's' at the end of the film are delightful, but almost every scene involving Cage is dreadful. Sarah Jessica Parker does a nice job of playing the fed up girlfriend who can't make up her mind who or what she believes, but it's Caan who steals the show in my opinion. He's always been a great actor, and not much has changed since his glory days. He's still on top of his game and acts circles around the rest of the cast. This is a Widescreen Presentation (1.85:1) enhanced for 16x9 TVs.

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