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Overview
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Believe Everything Except Your Eyes morePlot:
A shady police detective finds himself in the middle of a murder conspiracy at an important boxing match in an Atlantic City casino. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
1 win & 2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(16 articles)
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Please...put a little trash in your heart moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Nicolas Cage | ... | Rick Santoro | |
| Gary Sinise | ... | Commander Kevin Dunne | |
| John Heard | ... | Gilbert Powell | |
| Carla Gugino | ... | Julia Costello | |
| Stan Shaw | ... | Lincoln Tyler | |
| Kevin Dunn | ... | Lou Logan | |
| Michael Rispoli | ... | Jimmy George | |
| Joel Fabiani | ... | Charles Kirkland | |
| Luis Guzmán | ... | Cyrus (as Luis Guzman) | |
| David Anthony Higgins | ... | Ned Campbell | |
| Mike Starr | ... | Walt McGahn | |
| Tamara Tunie | ... | Anthea | |
| Chip Zien | ... | Mickey Alter | |
| Michaella Bassey | ... | Tyler's Party Girl #2 | |
| Paul Joseph Bernardo | ... | Casino Security #1 |
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Rated R for some violence.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
98 minCountry:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Philippines:PG-13 | Iceland:16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Italy:T | Mexico:B | Netherlands:16 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:NC-16 (re-rating) (cut) | Singapore:PG (original rating) (cut) | South Korea:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R | Canada:14A | Canada:G (Quebec)MOVIEmeter: 
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The role of Commander Kevin Dunne was originally written for and offered to 'Will Smith' . moreGoofs:
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: The ring shown at the end of the credits puzzles many audiences. It belonged to a woman that Dunne killed and put into a cement mixer, so claims that it introduces some continuity error related to Santoro are wrong. moreQuotes:
'Ricky' Santoro: It isn't lying! You just tell them what you did right, and you leave out the rest! moreSoundtrack:
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You sit, watching "Snake Eyes," wondering why it was ever made. Clearly a vanity project (is there any other?) for director Brian De Palma, whose career has been in a tailspin for quite some time, it offers an abundance of trashiness and a minimum of depth. Yet, for some reason...it entertains you in spite of itself. A post-Oscar Nicolas Cage plays the perpetually campy Rick Santoro, an Atlantic City detective who witnesses the assassination of the Secretary of Defense (Joel Fabiani) on the eve of a nasty 'tropical storm.' In the meantime, his best-friend Marine buddy Kevin Dunne (Gary Sinise), put in charge of security, frets over allowing the tragedy to happen. Bit by bit, it appears that nothing is quite as it seems, and the assassination carries greater (and also vaguer) implications than initially perceived. David Koepp's script has enough ideas for the first 45 minutes, and de Palma's sweeping, brilliant camera work gives the events a satisfying urgency, but "Snake Eyes" falls in its third act, culminating in a ridiculous finale that suggests everyone involved ran out of ideas for maintaining credibility. Or maybe that's just a part of the film's bad-1960s-action -B-list charm. Aesthetically pleasing if you leave your brain on the shelf, "Snake Eyes" is a solid little guilty pleasure...with low expectations, you will be entertained.