PRISONER'S OF THE GHOSTLAND - A Disappointing Nicolas Cage Slog 

I'm sorry but, the more you talk about how this movie is awful the more I want to watch it

I feel like if they made a movie about Nicolas cage just going insane in a room i could watch it for hours.

I could go for Nick Cage in every movie. If just supporting roles, his presence in film just makes me laugh.

The director is actually known for his, ehm, unconventional approach and weird stuff that he is filming. And the whole story has a plot of modern nuclear dangers. Japan is the country that suffered not only from two devastating nuke drops but also from NPP accidents. The latter is more important here since it was mostly covered up by the government and led to so many unnecessary deaths (which is why the gloves are red, go figure). People dressed in mannequins and weird clothes are victims of the radiation. Skin falling off etc. Deep meaning behind a v e r y confusing piece of whatever this movie is.

No movie is truly complete without over-the-top acting from Nicholas Cage.

A movie where Nicolas Cage’s testicle self-destructs is by far the greatest thing a director/writer has ever done.

It’s become glaringly obvious that Elvis has a deep rooted and extremely warped sexual attraction to Nic Cage.

The really disappointing thing is that Sion Sono is a phenomenal director with some genuine masterpieces under his belt. The problem is a clear one, and that's that Sono did not write the film. A film directed by a filmmaker this good and starring an actor as good as Cage should not have been this fucking boring, but alas.

i feel like any movie with good ol' nicolas is brilliant because he is over the top and makes them fun as hell

One thing I can truly appreciate about Nick is that he gives it his all when he acts unlike Bruce Willis nowadays

Nic Cage getting past the ghosts just by talking is like in Fallout when you have high speech and bypass a quest

Hey Elvis, have you heard of this newer nick cage movie coming out called "an unbearable weight of massive talent"? The plot is nick cage (playing himself) is going to a wealthy fans birthday party but then a CIA agent needs cage to go on a weird mission where he plays past characters from his films

Fun fact, Nicholas has a pet crow that insults him Oh and he's goth now Nick's cool

I found the exploding “testicule” dance was a very relatable moment.

To be honest, no matter how bad a movie is. Nicholas Cage's over the top acting brings it to a solid 6 out of 10.

I am watching this movie. Sounds fun as hell.

Nothing better than finishing a long shitty shift in care and coming home to watch some Elvis content. Its so helpful to come down and relax just listening to you talk

I remember watching this a week ago and being confused, its either that they wanted to make many sequels to explain they cuase they thought it would succeed but failed, or they wanted it to be confusing in general

Sad to hear that this film sucked, I'm not the biggest fan of Sion Sono but Love Exposure is seriously great and I thought Prisoners of ghostland would at least be fun.

The “(but this one sucks)” part of the title is honestly the most important piece of info Elvis could have blessed us with. I love that we’re in so deep he’s gotta be upfront about whether the Nick Cage movie we’re about to witness is good or not

Any Nick Cage movie is certain to be a masterpiece, let us be objective here.

I love this man lol. This is one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen, but that’s not going to stop me fro finding a physical copy. This is a must have .

It's crazy that the guy who directed "Love Exposure", one of the all-time masterpieces in the history of cinema, directed this nutty snoozefest. His other stuff is not like this *at all.*

sion sono is an incredible director he is best known for his 4-hour film love exposure which although extremely bizarre like most of his other works it is a superb watch and would highly recommend that and some of his other films such as antiporno and suicide club however i believe that exposure is his best

Im convinced Nicholas Cage is a gift sent to us by God. We dont deserve Nick in our lives.

"What happens if he gets morning wood?" Then I guess he will be mourning his wood :P

I was not expected a back to back video but dang, I’m definitely enjoying it. Thanks elvis.

I watched this movie a month back with my BF and we just kept yelling "WTF IS GOING ON", throughout the movie. Certainly not my favorite but it was captivating for all the wrong reasons.

Nick is always like a lottery, you either win a good or amazing movie, or a funny memable one, or this

We really be getting two Elvis the Alien videos in two days. What a time to be alive!

Cage is absolutely outstanding the bro can do average movies, good one, máster pièces, bad, awful and dumpsters just as easy as you walk down the street, always domingo an over the top performance. I like his work ethic like he says yes to almost Anything that looks like a script but always give everything from himself to the project.

I feel like this movie could’ve been so good if more time and thought went into it instead of poor action scenes, unnecessary contrivances, and way too ambiguous plot. The color palettes of the beginning are so saturated and artificial and they slowly transform into burnt and anarchic which could be a great message on the stage of the people-except it isn’t fully utilized and is drowned out by odd and random choices that drag the story out so much long than it needs to be. Overall I’d say it’s like choosing a roller coaster ride that starts out excitedly going up just for you to get off at the top as it turns into an over an hour long zip line that you didn’t expect.

Elvis put down the normal pills any movie featuring Nicolas Cage is a cinematic masterpiece

Nicolas Cage's dedication to being a madman is something im entirely happy about.

Someone tell Nick Cage, "YOURE ALREADY RICH, DUDE! YOU CAN SAY NO TO A JOB!"

I was watching this movie an hour before this video came out by coincidence and you definitely hit the nail on the head here. On paper it sounds great, but in reality it’s just too much, and a bit boring. Coming from a big Nicholas cage fan

That Rattman reference was the perfect cherry on top for this hilarious video

there are kids at my school are actually obsessed with nicolas cage and have started putting banners with his face on them ALL OVER THE SCHOOL. its actually insane LOL

It’s good havin ya back Elvis

I feel like some of the movie was lost in translation - the exposition part makes much more sense when you know that "slide theaters" - kimishibai - were a pre-war entertainment in Japan. In fact, one of the heroes that later showed up in manga and anime - Ogan Bat - started as a character in kimishibai. So them explaining the story in slides is a way of showing even more that people in Ghostland had to go to basics.

Elvis the Alien videos are like buses. You don’t see one for ages then 2 come at once ;) Also, an Elvis video about a Nick Cage movie is always gonna be good!

If you're a writer and you think it's a great idea to name your character "Hero" or "Protagonist" I assure you your movie will not be as good as you think it is.

I watched this movie in a movie theatre that had no subtitles. Not even for the Japanese parts. You can imagine my thorough confusion throughout the entire film.

I’m glad you have something new to work on with your work

Hey hey hey! Love your stuff man, just wanted to let you know that you have been helping me through a tough time, so thank you, and whatever is going on in your life, keep at it and don’t ever give up. You are amazing man!

Elvis, put some respect on my man Bill Mosely's name. He was the governor. He was also Choptop in TCM2 and Otis Driftwood in rob zombie's firefly trilogy.

I loved Okami. I know that is a random statement here, but I heard some of the music in the background while you were talking. Awesome ❤

RU-vid: *Are you sure* you want to watch a clip from this TV-14 show? It’s for *mature* audiences only. Also RU-vid: Here’s an ad after watching Nic Cage hold up a bloody testicle

I was 100% hype for this film, not just as a huge fan of our boy Nic, but also as a huge fan of Tak Sakaguchi (The guy who plays Yasujiro) Now I'm only 95% hype for this.........

Sion Sono makes a lot of fun and bonkers films; he has least 5-6 quality pieces I'd always suggest people check out if they want to get into crazy weird Japanese stuff.

Fun review! Idk if I’ve just not paid attention before, but your editing in the recent videos (with the camera following your shaking head) has been really fun! I’m very glad to have your reviews popping back into my feed.

Thank you Elvis, I have always been waiting for this one.

Honestly what's the most upsetting here, is how easily fixed this movie can be and it could've been well up there in universe exploring, had they fixed "what to tell" and "how to tell it" issues. Like very easy stuff to fix because the tools are hear, just gotta use them.

Yay another Nick Cage masterpiece !!! Thank you for going through the movie for us Elvis 😁

For people who are unaware, the Governor is played by Bill Mosley, best known for playing Chop Top in Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. He's basically the closest to Nic Cage any other actor has really gotten.

THANK YOU!! I've been waiting for this video since this movie came out!

Sion Sono is a great director. Sad to see that this movie sucked, I was really looking forward to it. I def recommend watching his others films like Forrest of Love and Suicide Club

I actually have the opposite opinion. I love this movie because it didnt explain everything that was going on. It was dripping in symbolism and style but the story was just simple enough that I could follow it, speed be damned

The guy who plays The Governor is Bill Moseley horror icon who played Otis and Choptop!!

Two videos back-to-back. Thanks Elvis

I think it's obvious that the director wanted to make a silly movie Elvis.

I’m loving Nicholas Cage’s renaissance in recent years because his movies during the 2000’s and 2010’s were pretty damn bad.

Elvis, I sincerely hope you read this. It's September, 17th, 2021, Philadelphia, PA. My wife has recently returned home from an extended stay in Jordan visiting family. She's been back for a little over a week and feels depressed missing her old culture and life in Jordan before she moved here to be with me. I want to give her a taste of Jordan(In Philadelphia) and take her too a highly rated meditterannean restaurant, the food was phenomenal and she cried at the surprise. It was truly beautiful, she ordered in Arabic, got a discount and everything. A wonderful date. Then we went and saw Prisoners Of The Ghostland in a crowded theater, entrenched in a thick skunk weed smell the movie began. Almost immediately we wanted to die. I quickly turned on the Phillies game in my headphones and listened to that in one ear and the movie with my un-headphoned ear(Phillies won, by the way) throughout the movie, I asked multiple times if she wanted to leave, she denied saying "we did my thing, now let's do your thing". Leaving the theater potheads were raving about how "totally fuckin nuts" it was, and that "it's like... the weirdest movie I've ever seen." Our way back home we simply made fun of the movie and crowd, it was an amazing date. She truly is the love of my life.

Nice to have you back man!

Hi ! I'm not a Sion Sono specialist, but tbh, the man has some really good films in his works, and while Prisoners of the Ghostland might be in his worst films to date, some other really blows the stage, like Tokyo Tribe or even Cold Fish!

Elvis...please for the love of God don't let Twitter dictate EVEN a little on how you run your channel and how "negative" you may or may not be. Utter garbage Twitter is.

Thanks for the video, Allen

I kinda like this movie because I love Sion Sono (and Nic Cage, obviously), this is probably one of his weaker ones but everything he does is insane, over the top and silly with some deep themes behind them. I recomend you "Love Exposure", his four hour long masterpiece, "Why don't you play in hell?", "Suicide Club" and "Antiporno" to name a few (He made two or more movies every year).

How did this movie start so right and go so wrong?

I love Sion Sono. And somehow Nicolas Cage fits in and doesn't at all. You should definitely watch his other works. It's incredible! Love Exposure, Forest of Love, Himizu, Cold Fish

Elvis Pumping out videos, awesome keep it up

it felt like they tried to replicate sukiyaki western django i was forcing myself watching this whole movie, thanks for the review

You should definitely try out other Sion Sono movies. Love Exposure is maybe 4h long but trust me, it's so crazy and great. Cold Fish is also good. If you want something more dramatic, try to go for Noriko's Dinner or Suicide Club. Also look out Strange Circus, that one will blow your mind...

Elvis, how can you list every reason why this movie is fantastic and then say it is Bad?!

*about the shudder ad* The Wailing is one of my favorites. It’s insanely good!!

Elvis! We miss you, bud! Hope all is well and we love your content!! Thanks for bringing humor into our lives 💯

Alright, I gotta admit, I really liked this movie.

Ok so BASICALLY this movie is like Gods of Egypt where it has some rlly cool action scenes and set pieces but the movie itself sucks. Gotcha.

Me *snoozing during the shudder promo/ad because I already have it. Also me, hearing Elvis giving his five recommendations on Shudder: "Wake up; write that down, write that down!"

0:07 thanks so much for shattering my eardrums

Watched this a couple months back and was hoping you'd get around to it. I agree completely. I was hooked by the aesthetic, but completely disappointed by everything else. Also...Nic is the only man alive with a set of testi-cools. He's just that badass.

Incredible how a great director like Sion Sono can make a bad movie when given a shitty script. Anyway, you should check out Love Exposure and Cold Fish, both great movies by him! Ps: it's pronounced "Sheeon Sono" if you're wondering

Ah yes, Nick Cage using the Gantz suit. Now I've seen everything!

Loving the subtle simpsons hit n run in the background🤣

Was waiting on you to see this one.

been waiting for this review since this film came out

The Wailing is definitely a must watch. I hope you make a video about it someday.

"Wild West Samurai, you say? 🤔 Never heard of that combination before..." He said sarcastically, staring at the wiki for Tarantino's "Sukiyaki Western Django".

I remember Sion Sono! He was the guy a who directed Love Exposure - a 4.5 hour movie featuring upskirt photography which was BONKERS and AMAZING!

Love the Okami music @11:22 thank you for reminding me of that game

Two videos? Yes please, thanks man.

Love the visuals in this film!

The "sliding pictures" is actually called 'kamishibai.' It was a type of street performance used to tell stories before mediums like television existed.

WOOO TWO ELVIS ALLEN VIDS IN A ROW WOOOOO

Nick cage went full "Do you know the meaning of....INSANITY?

Our boy is back! (also, this seems like Fallout:NV on LSD)

10:22 was a portal reference poster swap i was not expecting

Hell yeah, another video!

Please review "The Void" and "A cure for Wellness"

I just got an ad for a razor that went "your balls will thank you" It's just too perfect