
A powerful action thriller, ARSENAL tells the intertwining stories of the Lindel brothers, Mikey (Johnathon Schaech) and JP (Adrian Grenier), who had only each other to rely on growing up. As adults, JP found success as the owner of a construction company, while Mikey became a small-time mobster, mired in a life of petty crime. When Mikey is kidnapped and held for a ransom by ruthless crime boss Eddie King (Nicolas Cage), JP turns to the brothers' old pal Sal (John Cusack), a... (Full plot summary below)
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A powerful action thriller, ARSENAL tells the intertwining stories of the Lindel brothers, Mikey (Johnathon Schaech) and JP (Adrian Grenier), who had only each other to rely on growing up. As adults, JP found success as the owner of a construction company, while Mikey became a small-time mobster, mired in a life of petty crime. When Mikey is kidnapped and held for a ransom by ruthless crime boss Eddie King (Nicolas Cage), JP turns to the brothers' old pal Sal (John Cusack), a plain clothes detective for help. In order to rescue his brother, JP must risk everything and unleash his vengeance against King's relentless army of gangsters.
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| Film School RejectsRob HunterArsenal offers up some minor Nicolas Cage-fueled laughs, but as an action movie it's firing blanks. Skip it and go rent Marauders instead. |
| PopMattersN. A. CordovaAs a small genre movie, it thrills and entertains, transcending the tropes it uses. |
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfIt's easy to understand why "Arsenal" doesn't inspire anything but an immediate need to do something else with your precious time. |
| New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisDespite solid acting (including John Cusack as a plainclothes detective), Arsenal is hobbled mainly by its director’s histrionic tendencies. |
| JoBlo's Movie EmporiumChris BumbraySome inspired lunacy from Nicolas Cage isn't quite enough to save this modest crime melodrama. |
| Under the RadarAustin TrunickThis competent-but-underwhelming family crime drama feels a bit like a poor man's Hell or High Water. |
| The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenRatcheting up Eddie’s malevolence in ways large and small, Cage delivers the latest installment in his singularly unfettered brand of over-the-top screen madness. |
| The Film StageJonah JengIn light of how riveting Cage is in this film, it is a shame that he doesn’t appear more. Though he is far and away the best part about Arsenal. |
| Total FilmStephen PuddicombeThe kind of film that serves only to add to YouTube supercuts of Cage freaking out. |
| The Film YapNick RogersObviously and exclusively created for the masochistic community of Nicolas Cage completists, "Arsenal" is far too cut-rate to collect any sort of enduring campy legacy like "Deadfall." But for the often beleaguered actor, it's still good to be King. |