What goes on in this movie, is there a plot? What the heck happened to movies with plots any dang way?

This film is more interesting in the story of it's release than the film itself, it's director Paul Schrader (writer of such classics as Raging Bull and Taxi Driver), producer Nicolas Winding Refn and stars Nicolas Cage and Anton Yelchin campaigned against its very release due to what they felt was a severe case of studio interference in their product. The story is unbelievable, Cage with terminal dementia hunts down the bloke who tortured him who also is dying, I think Nicholas Cage over acts so in this film it is Nicholas Cage as the dying CIA agent, mind you the laugh out loud moments is near the end when he turns his car into the lorry to kill himself, obviously the poor trucker driving back to see his wife and kids does not matter being African does not matter as only American life's count.

This movie is low budget, which doesn't necessarily mean bad, but this one happens to be poorly written. With movies like Joe (also low-budget, but well-written), Gone in Sixty Seconds, City of Angels, Moonstruck, Guarding Tess, and Leaving Las Vegas, Nicholas Cage has shown that he is a very capable actor. Looking at his history, he seems to average about 3 movies per year, so he is a very busy actor. But, he seems to take any part he is handed. Only he knows whether or not that is true, but there are so many horrible movies he has played a part in, I just don't get it! Maybe he just likes to keep busy. I will watch about 5 of his movies and think, "wow, I guess his best days as a good actor are gone." Then a movie will pop-out, like "Joe," which he just does an amazing job in. I have come to the conclusion that he is a fantastic actor, but I do think he chooses many movies based on a paycheck and his heart is obviously not in it, or else he would do a better job.

Dying of the Light featuring Nicolas Cage, well that's the reason I chose to watch the movie. I'm used to seeing Nicolas Cage typically play himself in every film and I'm typically sure of what to expect; so I didn't feel that watching this movie could be any different. Now Dying of the Light had a great story idea and the acting for the most part was sort of fair, not great. The issue with this film is it seemed to not ever get to what it was aiming for. It's not a bad movie, though it is one of those films that is hard to hold your attention.Dying of the Light did have some really good potential it just didn't come through, great attempt.