Empire | ‘Mom and Dad’ Review

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Finally, the world is being treated to Nicolas Cage’s The Shining. His character in Mom And Dad doesn’t stay in a ghoul-infested hotel; Cage prefers to do that when he’s not working. But he does go spectacularly bugfuck wackadoodle, attempting to smash down a door so he can murder his kids on the other side. In a nice touch, it’s not an axe he’s wielding, Jack Torrance-style, but a dweeby-looking power tool called a Sawzall. “IT’S A SAWZALL,” screams Cage, eyes bulging, at his terrified offspring, “BECAUSE IT SAWS ALL!”