Hollywood legend Nicolas Cage is at his gonzo, gurning, goofball best as an American man on a mission to Pakistan to single-handedly mount a war on terror, in the most outrageously hilarious culture clash comedy to hit the screen since Borat, and directed by the comedy genius behind that film, Larry Charles. It’s made all the more berserk and bizarre by the fact that it is a true story.

Starring
Nicolas Cage (Con Air, Adaptation, Raising Arizona)
Russell Brand (Get Him To The Greek, Forgetting Sarah Marshall)
Rainn Wilson (The Office, Juno, Monsters Vs Aliens, Super)
Dennis O’Hare (American Horror Story, True Blood, Dallas Buyers Club)
Wendi McLendon-Covey (Bridesmaids)

Director
Larry Charles (Borat, Bruno, The Dictator, Curb Your Enthusiasm)

Eccentric ex-convict Gary Faulkner has a vision from God, telling him he must single-handedly mount a war on terror. Faulkner, armed with a single samurai sword bought from a home shopping channel, travels from the US to Pakistan to embark on his highly dangerous and foolhardy mission – where he runs into bemused locals, irate CIA men, and even America’s most wanted, Osama bin Laden himself.

“You’re in a bizarre fantasy that somehow you’re James Bond or something”

With a title like ARMY OF ONE, and a star of the calibre of Nicolas Cage, you’d be forgiven for thinking this is yet another action spectacular along the lines of Con Air or The Rock. Instead, it is a truly raucous and extraordinary comedy that will remind audiences that Cage, before he re-invented himself as an action hero, is a dab hand at comedy. From Raising Arizona through Honeymoon In Vegas and Adaptation, Cage is never better than when he is playing an off the wall goofball – and ARMY OF ONE appears to be the role of a lifetime for the actor.

As the feckless, reckless bearded Faulkner – a real life character whose ill-equipped warlord hunting antics astounded the world - Cage is mesmerizingly hilarious. Gleefully unhinged, sporting combat gear and wraparound shades, he plays beautifully off stand-up superstar Russell Brand (as God) and Wendi McLendon-Covey, as the high school crush who helps him prepare for his ill-advised solo mission. When the fearless Faulkner gets to Pakistan, things get seriously silly and reach a fever pitch of funny not seen since Borat went round America.

Larry Charles – the comedy legend behind that film as well as Sacha Baron Cohen’s Bruno and The Dictator, and TV series Curb Your Enthusiasm, directs this truly offbeat true story in his uniquely irreverent style, making this the must-see comedy of the year and showcasing one of Cage’s most memorably nutty on-screen performances.

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