Hollywood icon Nicolas Cage is back again, this time playing a retired beach bum with a mysterious past in the first trailer for the upcoming comedy action crime flick, The Retirement Plan. Released courtesy of Falling Forward Films, the first footage from The Retirement Plan teases a Nic Cage on top form as he assists his estranged family, and uses his particular set of skills, in tackling a ruthless crime boss. Check out the newly released trailer for The Retirement Plan below.
“Who does he have to kill to get some peace and quiet?” asks The Retirement Plan, which sees Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage chewing scenery and taking out bad guys in the way that only Nicolas Cage can.
The Retirement Plan begins when Ashley (Ashley Greene) and her young daughter Sarah (Thalia Campbell) seek out Ashley’s estranged father, Matt (Nicolas Cage), for help when they wind up in the middle of a criminal enterprise that threatens their lives. Now living the life of a retired beach bum in the Cayman Islands, not long after tracking Matt down, they all find themselves being hunted by a crime boss Donnie (Jackie Earle Haley) and his lieutenant (Ron Perlman). Unlucky for them, they soon find out that Matt is not the layabout beach bum he seems….
Written and directed by Tim Brown, The Retirement Plan sees Cage taking the lead, with the supporting cast featuring the likes of Ashley Greene (Twilight), Jackie Earle Haley (Watchmen), Joel David Moore (Avatar), Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters: Afterlife), Grace Byers (Empire), Rick Fox (Dope), Lynn Whitfield (Fantasy Island), Dax Ravina (The Baker), and Ron Perlman (Hellboy) as lieutenant Bobo.
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Known by many as both the best-and-worst actor in Hollywood, his pitch-perfect role in The Retirement Plan looks to be continuing a pretty hot streak for the iconic A-lister. Cage has received critical acclaim for several of his recent efforts, including the 2021 drama Pig, his turn as Dracula in this year’s horror-comedy Renfield, and his portrayal of, well, himself in the satirical action comedy The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.
“I am thrilled to be working with Falling Forward and Productivity Media on the theatrical release of this film,” The Retirement Plan director Tim Brown said of the project. “I’m super grateful to Nic and the rest of the cast, and being able to watch this film in theaters is a childhood dream come true.”
President of Falling Forward Films, Scott Kennedy, meanwhile hypes up the potential for The Retirement Plan to become a Cage action comedy classic. “This film is destined to be another classic Nic Cage action-comedy,” he declared. “We are big supporters of the theatrical experience and there is nothing better than to have the audience experience the laughter and the thrills of The Retirement Plan on the big screen.”
The Retirement Plan is scheduled for release in the United States on August 25, 2023.