Off the CUFF: PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND

Our Off the CUFF Series is heading back to Globe Cinema this August with the new Nicolas Cage film from prolific Japanese director Sion Sono. The film from three-time CUFF alum (2008 Selection EXTE: HAIR EXTENSIONS, 2014 Selection WHY DON'T YOU PLAY IN HELL?, 2016 Selection LOVE & PEACE) is a samurai-Western rescue story set in a post-nuclear wasteland.

When: Tuesday, August 24 @ 7:00 pm
Where: Globe Cinema (617 8 Ave SW)
Tickets: $10 ($8 members / students / seniors)

Tickets are now SOLD OUT

DETAILS 
100 mins, USA, 2021, English and some Japanese with English subtitles

SYNOPSIS
In the treacherous frontier city of Samurai Town, a ruthless bank robber (Nicolas Cage) is sprung from jail by wealthy warlord The Governor (Bill Moseley), whose adopted granddaughter Bernice (Sofia Boutella) has gone missing. The Governor offers the prisoner his freedom in exchange for retrieving the runaway. Strapped into a leather suit that will self-destruct within five days, the bandit sets off on a journey to find the young woman— and his own path to redemption.

CREDITS 
Director: Sion Sono
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Imogen Poots, Sofia Boutella, Ed Skrein

OFFICIAL SELECTION 
Sundance Film Festival 2021

"Renegade Japanese auteur Sion Sono and totally normal American actor Nicolas Cage make some beautiful nonsense together." – IndieWire

"Another solid, snarling turn from the hardest working action man in Hollywood." – Little White Lies

"Nicolas Cage leads an eclectic international ensemble in an equally bizarre casserole of sci-fi, western, horror, and dark comedy." –Thrillist

OFF THE CUFF is a year-round series presented by the Calgary Underground Film Festival. For those films we just can't make work with our festival dates, we go off the CUFF.