Yeah, that was an interesting role for Caine. Very different than the usual typecast.
Even his character seemed very hamfistedly tacked on though. I'm not sure if it was in the OG novel.
Caine's character was obviously a representation of the "old", the spiritual boomer in a dying world suddenly bereft of the young. In a movie supposedly about humanity graying & dying out, there were surprisingly few old & decrepit archetypes.
And the boomers (technically not actual boomers likely since the plot takes place in 2027) are represented through hippie Michael Caine as full of mirth & chill & hedonism & cool. Instead of the stodgy, entitled, panicky, propagandized, useless eater types they actually were likely in the novel & IRL.
Caine's character similarly has very little purpose in the disjointed story arc. He mostly exists as another MacGuffin to represent a temporary sanctuary when Clive Owen & nig not-so-Virgin Mary are on the run again. And his ultimate fate is to simply illustrate that the freedom fighter rebels are just as bloodthirsty as the totalitarian Bong police state when they gun Caine down in his driveway between dad jokes.
Michael Cain as a hippy was great though.
Yeah, that was an interesting role for Caine. Very different than the usual typecast.
Even his character seemed very hamfistedly tacked on though. I'm not sure if it was in the OG novel.
Caine's character was obviously a representation of the "old", the spiritual boomer in a dying world suddenly bereft of the young. In a movie supposedly about humanity graying & dying out, there were surprisingly few old & decrepit archetypes.
And the boomers (technically not actual boomers likely since the plot takes place in 2027) are represented through hippie Michael Caine as full of mirth & chill & hedonism & cool. Instead of the stodgy, entitled, panicky, propagandized, useless eater types they actually were likely in the novel & IRL.
Caine's character similarly has very little purpose in the disjointed story arc. He mostly exists as another MacGuffin to represent a temporary sanctuary when Clive Owen & nig not-so-Virgin Mary are on the run again. And his ultimate fate is to simply illustrate that the freedom fighter rebels are just as bloodthirsty as the totalitarian Bong police state when they gun Caine down in his driveway between dad jokes.
He said it was a really hard because it was so different. Caine has made some interesting films. Victory was surprisingly fun.