I didn't expect much and I didn't get much. Having Nicolas Cage and John Cusack in it didn't make the movie any better to me. Maybe I've watched too many action movies but still there is something lacking in it.

Arsenal is another appearing straight to video/limited theatrical release in which Nicolas Cage has appeared. Starring Adrian Grenier, the plot is something in which we have seen many times before, about a family member being kidnapped by a drug lord or gang member of some sort, where the lead has to find of a way of reusing them and of course money is involved. Arsenal sees a role where Nic Cage plays the lead villain and he isn't in the film much in the first half. He does appear to have decent sie role of importance, but the leads are clearly the brothers. John Cusack also have a small role in this film as a helping hand to the brothers. Overall, the film is over the top in its violence and everything is predictable. Lack of suspense but a decent way to fill time. Not as bad as some are panning it but not too mcuh worth the watch.

A powerful action thriller, ARSENAL tells the intertwining stories of the Lindel brothers, Mikey (Johnathon Schaech) and JP (Adrian Grenier), who had only each other to rely on growing up. As adults, JP found success as the owner of a construction company, while Mikey became a small-time mobster, mired in a life of petty crime. When Mikey is kidnapped and held for a ransom by ruthless crime boss Eddie King (Nicolas Cage), JP turns to the brothers' old pal Sal (John Cusack), a plain clothes detective for help. In order to rescue his brother, JP must risk everything and unleash his vengeance against King's relentless army of gangsters. Arsenal was going to fail no matter what just from the fact that Nicolas Cage is wearing a wig, a fake moustache and a fake nose and don't get me start to describe his awful and over the top performance, i still wait to see a good movie from him and it's sad because the man is talented look at Face/Off right? The rest of the cast John Cusack, Adrian Grenier and Johnathon Schaech they all try but it's just that the film has a bad script and a director that doesn't understand how action movies work and i honestly worry about the fact that this guy is directing Escape Plan 2 because the first was one hell of an action film and so far i haven't seen a good film directed by Steven C. Miller but we shall see i guess but overall Arsenal is not just a bad movie but it also might be one of the worst ones from this year so far (0/10)

Crime boss Eddie King (Nicolas Cage) kidnaps Mikey (Jonathon Schaech). Mikey's brother JP (Adrian Grenier) turns to Detective Sal (John Cusack) for help. JP has his work cut out for him going against Eddie King's thugs. This is one of the most violent movies I have seen in a long time. Let me add that most of the violence was totally unnecessary. Maybe the movie should have been titled Blood Bath. There really should be a stronger term than "cringe-worthy." (There is) Most of the story involves brothers Mike and JP. We see them as kids and later as adults. JP owns a construction company and Mike or Mikey, a former Marine with Bad Conduct Discharge, is someone always out of work. Oh, we do see Nicolas Cage as Eddie King, a true out-of-control (Whack-job comes to mind easily) small time crime boss. I doubt that the Nicolas Cage Impersonators found anything of value in Cage's performance. We didn't. He was almost unrecognizable with a very bad wig and some kind of grotesque extension on his nose. We see very little of John Cusack as Detective Sal who is just there to give advice to JP as to how to get his kidnapped brother back. We have to ask why was he in this? However, the acting all around was okay, It is just too violent when there is a beating scene.Going to say that Nicolas Cage and John Cusack are the notables in here as you don't see much of them. Hey, I saw the names and rushed to rent the DVD. Hey, we all make mistakes. (4/10)Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Language: Yes.