Re: Bringing Out the Dead
Strange movie, but also kinda great. It starts off being just a dark and depressing look at the night life of NYC and a paramedic haunted by all the horror he's seen on these streets. Sounds like a really heavy Denis Villeneuve movie right? But this is Marty, so he tries to find ways to make it funny and mostly succeeds. Cage was perfect choice for an everyman losing his mind amongst this setting. And yet he always has a connection to what little humanity remains. My favorite part was when he tricked the suicidal water guy into coming to the hospital by promising to give him pills which will "kill him." Then, after picking up another patient he tells him "back up or I swear I won't kill you."
Bringing Out The Dead earns an 8.3/10 from me.