It's not often you'd say this about a film that's central premise revolves around parents wanting to hunt down and violently murder their children, but Mom and Dad needed to be a little more crazy and unhinged to make its downright bonkers plot click.Directed by one half of Crank directing duo, Brian Taylor, Mom and Dad is far from your typical movie going experience in many ways and serves up some juicy black comedy goodies in amongst its horror/thriller elements but it never takes its out there premise far enough as we are instead treated to a more generic "trapped in a house scenario" that is saved from tedium by a joyously unhinged Nicolas Cage performance that is a sure-fire new addition to the Nicolas Cage anti-terrorism alert system.Teaming up with Selma Blair as his on-screen wife Kendall, Cage plays one time petrol-head turned more mild mannered white collar working Brent, whose pent up rage and resentment towards his life is fully unleashed when a virus/outbreak of unknown origins turns loving mother's and father's into murderous maniacs as our leading man goes full "Cage" in his performance.With a psychotic glee in his eye and a wide spanning smile, Cage has a blast bringing Brent to life and while its far from what you'd call a "good" performance, there's an odd and satisfying feeling from getting to see Cage unleash such an unhinged creation and with that, some of the year's most memorable and off-kilter scenes, with a pool table dismantling and a run in with Lance Henriksen the highlights.His clearly having a great time with the whole silly affair and perfectly encapsulates just what a film like Mom and Dad needs to take its insane premise to the next level.If Mom and Dad had truly joined in with Cage to match his same amount of intensity and craziness, it might've become a genuine cult-classic but as it stands this idea and its inception feels rather half-baked and as the film wears on and thinner over a period of a brief 80 or so minutes, you can't help but feel Mom and Dad missed its chance to make its mark.Final Say -There's a fun to be had here, thanks largely to a Red-Bull infused Nicolas Cage taking matters into his own hands, but this seemingly blood filled black comedy never completely commits to its high-concept idea as we are instead treated to a rather generic and increasingly boring home set thriller in its latter half.2 ½ coat-hangers out of 5

Never have I ever been a fan of Bryan Taylor's absolutely atrocious direction and this is definitely the last of all the chances I've given to his work. I saw the trailor and was temporarily sold on the idea and boy, when you witness this colossal mess unfold before your eyes, you know know you'll need all the nachos to digest these 83 minutes of your precious life which unfortunately you're never getting back. It's almost shameful that an idea as creative as parents going all ted bundy on their own children is wasted to such proportions. A sloppy mess with some of Taylor's convoluted signatures makes this movie absolutely passable. Watch at your own risk.

I had been really looking forward to seeing 'Mom and Dad' for quite a while now. It sounded like my kind of movie and I'm still a big fan of Nicolas Cage, even since his career has admittedly dipped off. I wasn't quite expecting what I got from 'Mom and Dad' though. I think I had expected it to lean more towards being a horror movie than anything, not in your traditional sense perhaps, but in terms of suspense and possibly gore. Instead it plays out more like an action movie I would suggest. Did I like it as much as I hoped to? I would probably say no to that, but it had its positive aspects.The film never really explains itself and I didn't love that. I'm assuming they just couldn't come up with a viable reason for this to be happening and so left it out entirely. I suppose that's fair enough but it does come across a touch lazy. I also thought they could have played it out to be a little bit more fun. They got creative in certain scenes, but not in particularly fun ways. This also felt like a missed opportunity.One of the big positives of the film were the flashback scenes. One scene in particular involving a pool table is undoubtedly the strongest in the film. Cage gives it everything he has in this scene and absolutely nails it. It was good to see Cage really putting forward a committed performance and not phoning it in. I also like that the film is nice and short and doesn't outstay its welcome. Plus there is a twist near the end that did have a lot of fun about it (as I mentioned earlier was too often missing). More of that kind of thing in the film and it would have worked a lot better. This isn't a film to rush out and see, but if you find yourself with an opportunity to watch it give it a shot.

This movie is total joke. I'm not sure about all those high ratings lol you guys were stoned or something. Waste of time. Movie looks like it was written by a five year old on top of sub mediocre cinematography and absolutely no story at all.