There’s no way of knowing

But the odd thing about Mr. Cage in this movie is that even when he is responding to the threat of complete human extinction, you still can’t help feeling that he’s overreacting.

I miss the Nicolas Cage of movies like Matchstick Men and Adaptation.

I was also struck by Scott’s assertion that Cage’s character

is, like most movie dads these days, a widower, stricken with grief and trying to raise a cute, precocious young son…