This movie starts out rather odd. Is it a comedy? Is it meant to be ironic? Or is it just simply a hard-boiled heist movie? This story has a rocky start, because it was wrong-footing me, what kind of movie genre it was and I guess this has put off many people who just dont like quirky in-between genre movies. In the end this quirky story,turns out to be a worthwhile addition to the heist genre though.

But I had my trepidations at the beginning, because knowing Nicholas Cage's bad rep for starring in flops lately, at the start of this movie I was wondering if this was another one of those flops. It certainly aint. It takes some patience to understand what kind of movie this is, but once the story about cracking a vault gets going, it is a suspenseful, enjoyable, quirky story to watch. Add to that excellent acting by Elijah Wood and Nicholas Cage and what at first seemed to be a mishap, turned out to be quite an unexpected heist gem!

Another deep dive into Netflix has yielded a surprising little gem that starts lighter and funnier than I expected, before sliding into a mess of lies and death. Cage and Wood have great chemistry, bolstered by the sharp patter in the script. It's a steady snowball of tragedy whose plot isn't quite shocking but has plenty of unexpected turns around each corner.

THE TRUST is an unorthodox thriller lifted by a couple of stand-out performances from Nicolas Cage and Elijah Wood as the unlikely leads. They play a pair of corrupt cops who decide to pull a heist on a vault said to contain a fortune in diamonds. This starts out as a very quirky comedy that gradually becomes darker and darker as it goes on. The story is familiar but the execution isn't: there's a good mix of funny bits, awkward moments, and a growing sense of unease and suspense as the story goes on. The film itself is quite low budget with only average direction, but Cage's oddball character lights up the screen. The real winner is Wood, once again delivering an oddly sympathetic and fragile performance, one of many in his interesting career.