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|name = Grand Isle |
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|image = Grand Isle 2019 film poster.jpg |
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|caption = Theatrical release poster |
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|director = [[Stephen Campanelli]] |
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*Iver William Jallah |
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*[[Nicolas Cage]] |
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*[[KaDee Strickland]] |
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*[[Luke Benward]] |
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*[[Kelsey Grammer]] |
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|editing = [[Eric Potter]] |
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*Iver William Pictures |
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*ORWO Studios |
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*[[Saturn Films]] |
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|distributor = [[Screen Media Films]] |
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|released = {{film date|2019|11|15|Lone Star Film Festival|2019|12|06|United States}} |
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|runtime = 97 minutes |
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|country = United States |
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|language = English |
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|budget = $5 million<ref name=NextGen>{{cite web|title=Initial Certification Search |url= https://fastlaneng.louisianaeconomicdevelopment.com/public/search/ent|website=Fastlane NextGen|format=Type "Grand Isle" in the search box|accessdate=June 30, 2021}}</ref> |
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|gross = $5,566<ref name=BOM>{{Cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr1119703557/ |title=Grand Isle |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |publisher=[[IMDb]]|access-date=May 17, 2024}}</ref> |
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'''''Grand Isle''''' is a 2019 American [[action film|action]] [[Thriller film|thriller]] film directed by [[Stephen Campanelli]] and starring [[Nicolas Cage]]. It was released in the United States on |
'''''Grand Isle''''' is a 2019 American [[action film|action]] [[Thriller film|thriller]] film directed by [[Stephen Campanelli]] and starring [[Nicolas Cage]]. It was released in the United States on December 6, 2019. |
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==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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In the coastal town of Grand Isle, Louisiana, Fancy answers the door to find girl scouts selling cookies. She is very enthusiastic but also creepy. |
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A woman buys cookies from two Girl Scouts and makes one of the girls uncomfortable. Later that night a noise awakens the other house's occupant, who quickly grabs a robe, slippers and a gun before going downstairs where it appears someone is stealing from them. The intruder attempts to flee from a window, but he is shot and killed. The next morning, the body is gone. |
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In 1988, Walt, who has long hair and a beard and looks and acts scary, confronts a burglar, shooting him as he runs away. The burglar breaks the fence as he falls. |
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A young man, Buddy ([[Luke Benward]]), with cuts and blood on his face and arms in police custody, handcuffed and being questioned by Detective Jones ([[Kelsey Grammer]]) about a murder and the events beforehand. |
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Buddy is covered with blood and being interrogated by Detective Jones. Occasionally, the interrogation is shown again. |
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In a local diner, the day before, Buddy is seen trying to entice an uninterested investor. Buddy walks over to the booth with his wife, Lisa ([[Emily Marie Palmer]]) who has their 6 month old baby in a stroller. They discuss their financial and sexual concerns. He tells her he was requested by name to fix someone's fence and that he will try to get an advance. She declines his proposition for sex, possibly because of stress and/or postpartum hormone changes. He reluctantly agrees to give her more time. |
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In a flashback, Buddy, whose wife doesn't want sex after months with a baby, is having financial problems. When contacted by Walt, who lives in the house visited by the girl scouts, he says he can fix the fence for $200. Walt offers him $250 to fix the fence that day. Fancy, Walt's wife, flirts with him. On the news, the big stories are the approaching hurricane and several missing teenage boys. |
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Buddy drives over to the house from the beginning of the movie which is owned by Walter ([[Nicolas Cage]]), a disheveled veteran. His wife, Fancy ([[KaDee Strickland]]) was the woman who bought the cookies earlier. Tension is high between the two of them for more than one reason, one reason being that Walter forgot that that day is their 15 year anniversary. Both are physically and verbally abusive towards one another. |
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The hurricane is approaching and Buddy can't finish his work. When his truck won't start, Fancy invites Walt to dinner and gives him a tour of the house, which has been in her family for generations. But she won't explain the locks on the basement door. Fancy also flirts some more and says she couldn't have children but would have liked to very much. |
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Fancy watches as Buddy fixes the fence (who seems to not notice the blood on a fence post), holding a handmade doll while the local news reports on a missing 16 year old boy. She goes out to flirt with Buddy on multiple occasions. Walter observes Fancy's advances. Jealous, he fires several shots at Buddy from inside the house, pretending to practice his shooting skills. The tension only grows when Walter refuses to pay Buddy as much as previously agreed upon, due to the fence not being finished at the agreed upon time because of the weather. Fancy invites Buddy for dinner while Walter sullenly looks on. Buddy declines on account of his family and the storm, unknowingly setting up a way for Fancy to insult Walter in front of him. Unable to start or fix his truck, he turns to go inside. |
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Buddy falls asleep on the sofa but is awakened by Walt, who takes him up to the attic. They talk about their military service. Walt served as a Marine in Vietnam but went home before his entire unit was killed and he is bitter. Buddy was in the Navy and his ship was attacked, with 37 dead including his friend, who he says he tried to help. Walt shows Buddy thousands of dollars in cash and says his wife is terminally ill. He wants Buddy to kill her and gives him [[cyanide]]. Instead, when Buddy finds her in the bathtub, Fancy flirts some more which leads to sex. |
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As he reaches for the doorknob the scene shifts to Buddy being questioned by Detective Jones who recounts Buddy's juvenile record while a woman, Detective Newton ([[Zulay Henao]]), looks on. Jones asks him if he is the kind of guy who secretly likes to hurt people, to which Buddy says he is not. |
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Learning her husband's intentions, Fancy stabs Walt and he knocks her out. Buddy and Walt fight and when the power goes out, Buddy takes a flashlight to the basement and finds a young man hooked up to an [[Intravenous therapy|IV]], who is holding a colorful piece of cloth with Japanese writing and struggles to ask for help. Buddy goes back upstairs where he is knocked out and wakes up bloody in his truck next to a dead body, cop cars headed his way. |
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Buddy asks to use Walter's car, while leaving his equipment and truck, to check on his family. Buddy calls Lisa who becomes upset with him and hangs up. Fancy stirs something in a pot, seemingly in a trance. After a distinctly awkward dinner, Fancy gives Buddy a tour of the house while Walter is seemingly passed out drunk, the local news is on about the fourth teenage boy missing. They pass a door with many locks that Buddy queries Fancy about, she jokes with him then claims it's storage and tells him to come upstairs. |
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At the police station, Jones is finished with the interrogation. Another detective who was watching through a [[one-way mirror]] believes Buddy because of his description of the cloth the young man was holding. Shown a photo of a missing woman wearing a dress that looks like the cloth, Buddy says that is what he saw. |
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In Fancy and Walter's bedroom, her favorite room, she changes behind a cloth screen and bids Buddy to sit on the bed. Buddy observes [[VooDoo]] figures on a mantel. Fancy confides that she has always wanted children, but says she is medically unable to. She begins to seduce Buddy with a series of questions about affairs and fantasies only to share one of her "young boy" fantasies with Buddy. Buddy becomes uncomfortable as Fancy touches him and tries to leave, but inadvertently trips and falls, awakening Walter. |
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Using a [[search warrant]], the police visit Walt and Fancy, and eventually find the missing woman, who was held prisoner to give them children, as well as missing teenagers. Walt gets away while the cops shoot. Lisa wants to leave Buddy because they can't make their marriage work. |
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Upon hearing the noise, Walter noisily makes his way upstairs while Buddy remains prone on the ground. Not seeming to notice or care about Walter's approach, Fancy calmly walks over and places her golden heeled foot on Buddy's chest, moving it down his stomach. Walter makes his way to the bedroom and Fancy uses her shoe's high heel to flick off the button on Buddy's jeans. The button lands just under the door. Walter leans his ear against the door, listening only to walk away without opening the door. Buddy quietly tells Fancy she is crazy. |
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On the news, the destruction caused by the hurricane is the biggest story, but Walt has been on the run for weeks. |
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Coming downstairs, Buddy views the local news on a TV, which states that the governor has declared a state of emergency and the National Guard is being called in. Buddy turns off the television and lays down on a couch in the room. |
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Later Buddy awakens in a start, seeing Walter seated nearby, brandishing a revolver. Walter invites Buddy into the attic for a drink. |
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At a restaurant, Walt shoots and everyone gets down to avoid the bullets. Buddy comes outside to see Walt holding Lisa hostage. Eventually, Walt is shot and Buddy and Lisa make up. |
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In the attic, the two men drink alcohol and exchange stories about their time in the military. Walter shares about his brief time as a Marine in 1970, seemingly overcome with survivor's guilt. Buddy is haunted by a memory in which he let a soldier die during an accident on a ship. Walter begins a tirade about the government exploiting young people to make money. He shows Buddy a small duffel bag full of cash, telling him to kill Fancy. Walter then gives Buddy some cyanide, explaining that Fancy is terminally ill and that she should be killed in an act of mercy. Buddy seems unsure, but goes off to find Fancy. He finds her singing blues songs in the bathtub. She invites him in and they speak of their childhoods. She pulls him in for a kiss which he returns. |
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On the news, photos of the girl scouts are shown, as they have been found in bad shape. |
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Detective Jones questions Buddy's story and morals. Buddy replied he had been feeling sexually frustrated before and that his emotional vulnerability and Fancy's appeal were to blame. Detective Jones implores Buddy to confess, but he refuses. |
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Buddy and Fancy have sex in the bathroom after which Buddy hurriedly dresses and Fancy finds the cyanide. He says Walter had told him she was dying and had asked Buddy to kill her. Fancy thanks him for telling her and says that she won't tell him Buddy told her. |
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Walter is boarding up the windows from the inside of what Fancy says is his favorite room when he sees her walk by. She brings him a drink and says they should work on their resentment for one another with forgiveness. She then stabs him in the hand. Walter knocks her out then points a gun at Buddy and blames him. Walter tells him to finish it with the cyanide. Buddy attacks Walter and ties him to the staircase railing. As Fancy asks Buddy to take her with him and run away with her, Walter tells Buddy how sadistic Fancy is. She tries to convince Buddy to have sex with her in front of Walter. Walter, who seems unconcerned,laughs and threatens Buddy and his family. As Fancy and Buddy leave, Walter tells Buddy to look in the basement while laughing. Buddy tries to open the door, but Fancy tries to convince him not to go down. As he takes a lock off Fancy begins shooting at him to Walter's delight. Buddy escapes to another room where he finds a drugged boy imprisoned by the couple who asks for help. The boy warns Buddy that there are other prisoners. In the meantime, Fancy frees Walter, and together they chase Buddy. Walter and Buddy fight and as Buddy struggles with the front door, Fancy knocks him unconscious. The pair leave Buddy bound in his truck, along with the now-dead boy. Buddy wakes as the police find him. |
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Detective Jones doesn't believe Buddy's story. Lisa comes to see him and is shown into the interrogation room. Detective Newton tells Jones she remembers a missing girl was seen wearing a dress of the same material Buddy saw a boy holding at the house. Led by Detective Newton, the police execute a search warrant on the house. They find several hostages and arrest Fancy, but Walter escapes. The police release Buddy to Lisa, who is heartbroken to learn of his infidelity with Fancy. She leaves him and moves in with her sister. |
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Some time later, Buddy is enjoying breakfast in a diner when Walter, now clean-shaven and wearing a military dress uniform arrives outside. He is holding Lisa hostage. Buddy admits that he let his friend in the military die, and Walter calls him a coward. Buddy switches places with his wife as the police arrive to negotiate, as Walter wants Fancy's release. Walter releases Buddy and proceeds to deliver a speech, claiming his actions represent a sacrifice against the government for its poor treatment of veterans. During the ensuing shootout Walter is shot and Buddy is wounded. |
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As Buddy recovers in the hospital, his wife forgives him for his actions and he holds his daughter. The couple resolves to repair their relationship. |
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A news reporter states that Walter and Fancy were holding teenage hostages in their basement and forcing them to have babies. The two Girl Scouts from earlier are found there as well, in an emaciated state. The film ends with a scene in Buddy's house, now ransacked and apparently the scene of a crime. A reporter on the television states that no one can really know their neighbors. |
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==Cast== |
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*[[Nicolas Cage]] as Walter, a hard-drinking [[Vietnam veteran]] who is haunted by his past. |
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*[[Kelsey Grammer]] as Detective Jones |
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*Emily Marie Palmer as Lisa |
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*[[Ziggy Elizabeth Marley]] as David Lizzie Roberts |
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==Reception== |
==Reception== |
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===Critical response=== |
===Critical response=== |
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On review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of {{RT data|score}} based on {{RT data|count}} reviews, with an average rating of {{RT data|average}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/grand_isle_2019|title=Grand Isle (2019)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]]|access-date={{RT data|access date}}}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a [[weighted arithmetic mean|weighted average]] score of 29 out of 100, based on four critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web|title=Grand Isle Reviews|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/grand-isle|website=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|accessdate=June 30, 2021}}</ref> |
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Kristian Lin from ''[[Fort Worth Weekly]]'' gave a good review, praising the plot twists and the performances of Cage and Grammer.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lin|first=Kristian|url=https://www.fwweekly.com/2019/11/16/lone-star-film-festival-report-days-1-3/|title=Lone Star Film Festival Report (Days 1-3)|accessdate=June 30, 2021|date=November 16, 2019|work=[[Fort Worth Weekly]]}}</ref> Dylan Andresen from ''[[Film Threat]]'' appreciated the film, writing that: "Generally, I enjoyed watching it, which already places it higher than most films out there. If you are a fan of Nick Cage, his acting antics, or just need a new film for the evening, then this one is most certainly worth a watch", giving it a positive rating of 6/10.<ref>{{cite web|last=Andresen|first=Dylan|title=Grand Isle|url=https://filmthreat.com/reviews/grand-isle/|work=[[Film Threat]]|accessdate=June 30, 2021}}</ref> |
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Kristian Lin from ''[[Fort Worth Weekly]]'' gave a good review, praising the plot twists, Cage and Grammer's performances.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lin|first=Kristian|url=https://www.fwweekly.com/2019/11/16/lone-star-film-festival-report-days-1-3/|title=Lone Star Film Festival Report (Days 1-3)|access-date=January 16, 2021|date=November 16, 2019|work=[[Fort Worth Weekly]]}}</ref> Also Dylan Andresen from ''[[Film Threat]]'' appreciated the film, writing that: "Generally, I enjoyed watching it, which already places it higher than most films out there. If you are a fan of Nick Cage, his acting antics, or just need a new film for the evening, then this one is most certainly worth a watch", giving to it a positive rating of 6/10.<ref name="andresen20">{{cite web|last=Andresen|first=Dylan|title=Grand Isle|url=https://filmthreat.com/reviews/grand-isle/|work=[[Film Threat]]|access-date=February 3, 2020}}</ref> |
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===Awards=== |
===Awards=== |
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Grand Isle won the Spotlight Award at Lone Star Film Festival and received a Special Mention at [[Noir Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Preston|first=Maddie|url=https://dallasinnovates.com/lone-star-film-festival-to-feature-texas-filmmakers-celebrities-and-more-than-140-films/|title=Lone Star Film Festival to Feature Texas Filmmakers, Celebrities, and More Than 140 Films| |
Grand Isle won the Spotlight Award at Lone Star Film Festival and received a Special Mention at [[Noir Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Preston|first=Maddie|url=https://dallasinnovates.com/lone-star-film-festival-to-feature-texas-filmmakers-celebrities-and-more-than-140-films/|title=Lone Star Film Festival to Feature Texas Filmmakers, Celebrities, and More Than 140 Films|accessdate=June 30, 2021|date=November 8, 2019|work=Dallas Innovates}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Guida|first=Chiara|url=https://www.cinefilos.it/cinema-news/2019b/noir-in-festival-2019-tutti-i-vincitori-della-29-edizione-419036|title=Noir in Festival 2019: tutti i vincitori della 29° edizone|trans-title=Noir in Festival 2019: All the winners of the 29th edition|accessdate=June 30, 2021|date=December 11, 2019|work=Cinefellos|language=It}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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*{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/grand-isle-movie-review-2019|last=Kenny|first=Glenn|title=Grand Isle|website=[[RogerEbert.com]]|date=December 6, 2019}} |
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Latest revision as of 22:30, 21 December 2024
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| Directed by | Stephen Campanelli |
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| Edited by | Eric Potter |
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| Distributed by | Screen Media Films |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5 million[1] |
| Box office | $5,566[2] |
Grand Isle is a 2019 American action thriller film directed by Stephen Campanelli and starring Nicolas Cage. It was released in the United States on December 6, 2019.
Plot
[edit]In the coastal town of Grand Isle, Louisiana, Fancy answers the door to find girl scouts selling cookies. She is very enthusiastic but also creepy.
In 1988, Walt, who has long hair and a beard and looks and acts scary, confronts a burglar, shooting him as he runs away. The burglar breaks the fence as he falls.
Buddy is covered with blood and being interrogated by Detective Jones. Occasionally, the interrogation is shown again.
In a flashback, Buddy, whose wife doesn't want sex after months with a baby, is having financial problems. When contacted by Walt, who lives in the house visited by the girl scouts, he says he can fix the fence for $200. Walt offers him $250 to fix the fence that day. Fancy, Walt's wife, flirts with him. On the news, the big stories are the approaching hurricane and several missing teenage boys.
The hurricane is approaching and Buddy can't finish his work. When his truck won't start, Fancy invites Walt to dinner and gives him a tour of the house, which has been in her family for generations. But she won't explain the locks on the basement door. Fancy also flirts some more and says she couldn't have children but would have liked to very much.
Buddy falls asleep on the sofa but is awakened by Walt, who takes him up to the attic. They talk about their military service. Walt served as a Marine in Vietnam but went home before his entire unit was killed and he is bitter. Buddy was in the Navy and his ship was attacked, with 37 dead including his friend, who he says he tried to help. Walt shows Buddy thousands of dollars in cash and says his wife is terminally ill. He wants Buddy to kill her and gives him cyanide. Instead, when Buddy finds her in the bathtub, Fancy flirts some more which leads to sex.
Learning her husband's intentions, Fancy stabs Walt and he knocks her out. Buddy and Walt fight and when the power goes out, Buddy takes a flashlight to the basement and finds a young man hooked up to an IV, who is holding a colorful piece of cloth with Japanese writing and struggles to ask for help. Buddy goes back upstairs where he is knocked out and wakes up bloody in his truck next to a dead body, cop cars headed his way.
At the police station, Jones is finished with the interrogation. Another detective who was watching through a one-way mirror believes Buddy because of his description of the cloth the young man was holding. Shown a photo of a missing woman wearing a dress that looks like the cloth, Buddy says that is what he saw.
Using a search warrant, the police visit Walt and Fancy, and eventually find the missing woman, who was held prisoner to give them children, as well as missing teenagers. Walt gets away while the cops shoot. Lisa wants to leave Buddy because they can't make their marriage work.
On the news, the destruction caused by the hurricane is the biggest story, but Walt has been on the run for weeks.
At a restaurant, Walt shoots and everyone gets down to avoid the bullets. Buddy comes outside to see Walt holding Lisa hostage. Eventually, Walt is shot and Buddy and Lisa make up.
On the news, photos of the girl scouts are shown, as they have been found in bad shape.
Cast
[edit]- Nicolas Cage as Walter, a hard-drinking Vietnam veteran who is haunted by his past.
- KaDee Strickland as Fancy, an older woman who desperately wants children.
- Luke Benward as Buddy, a former USS Stark sailor who is currently working as a contractor.
- Kelsey Grammer as Detective Jones
- Zulay Henao as Detective Newton
- Emily Marie Palmer as Lisa
- Ziggy Elizabeth Marley as David Lizzie Roberts
Reception
[edit]Critical response
[edit]On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 9% based on 11 reviews, with an average rating of 3.8/10.[3] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 29 out of 100, based on four critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[4]
Kristian Lin from Fort Worth Weekly gave a good review, praising the plot twists and the performances of Cage and Grammer.[5] Dylan Andresen from Film Threat appreciated the film, writing that: "Generally, I enjoyed watching it, which already places it higher than most films out there. If you are a fan of Nick Cage, his acting antics, or just need a new film for the evening, then this one is most certainly worth a watch", giving it a positive rating of 6/10.[6]
Awards
[edit]Grand Isle won the Spotlight Award at Lone Star Film Festival and received a Special Mention at Noir Film Festival.[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Initial Certification Search" (Type "Grand Isle" in the search box). Fastlane NextGen. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
- ^ "Grand Isle". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
- ^ "Grand Isle (2019)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
- ^ "Grand Isle Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
- ^ Lin, Kristian (November 16, 2019). "Lone Star Film Festival Report (Days 1-3)". Fort Worth Weekly. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
- ^ Andresen, Dylan. "Grand Isle". Film Threat. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
- ^ Preston, Maddie (November 8, 2019). "Lone Star Film Festival to Feature Texas Filmmakers, Celebrities, and More Than 140 Films". Dallas Innovates. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
- ^ Guida, Chiara (December 11, 2019). "Noir in Festival 2019: tutti i vincitori della 29° edizone" [Noir in Festival 2019: All the winners of the 29th edition]. Cinefellos (in Italian). Retrieved June 30, 2021.
External links
[edit]- Grand Isle at IMDb
- Kenny, Glenn (December 6, 2019). "Grand Isle". RogerEbert.com.