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The life of white-collar New Yorker Peter (Nicolas Cage) seems to revolve solely around making as much money and sleeping with as many women as possible. After a typical night of scouring trendy bars for some action, Peter manages to take home the sexy Rachel (Jennifer Beals), who bites him on the neck while they're in bed. The next day, Peter is certain he is now a vampire. Though no one shares his point of view and he hasn't changed physically, he dons fake fangs and begins stalking women.
This is it, the movie that spawned "that"meme and introduced the world to the nic cage we all know and love. Here he gives a performance that is perfect for his character (and one of the stand outs of his career imo)
A very funny black comedy touching on some deep underlining issues about loneliness and lack of fulfilment and a desperate bid to emotionally connect with something. Had this been played straight it wouldn't had worked nearly as well, but I found the tone the director went for was perfect.
4/5