Arsenal

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Arsenal

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2017

1h 32m

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Mystery & Thriller

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The Lindel brothers, Mikey and JP, only had each other to rely on growing up. As adults, JP finds success as the owner of a construction company, and Mikey becomes a small-time mobster. When Mikey is kidnapped and held for a ransom by ruthless crime boss Eddie, JP turns to the brothers' old pal Sal, who is a plain clothes detective, for help. JP must risk everything and unleash his vengeance against King's relentless army of gangsters to rescue his brother.

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Critics Consensus

Aside from an opportunity to watch a mustachioed Nicolas Cage acting from under a wig and behind a prosthetic nose, Arsenal has depressingly little to offer.

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

Feb 26, 2017

1/5

The only thing that is less convincing than Cage's prosthetic schnozz is the car crash of a plot.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

Feb 23, 2017

1/5

Nicolas Cage delivers one of his all too frequent cringe-making, extra-screamy, dial-a-psycho performances in this ultra-violent Southern noir.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Feb 23, 2017

1/5

One to avoid.

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Robert Kojder

Flickering Myth

Dec 5, 2017

2/5

Is there a better way to ring in a new year of movies with some more material to add to the Nicolas Cage 'Losing His S*** Montage'?

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Matthew Bond

The Mail on Sunday (UK)

Oct 17, 2017

1/5

Whose film career is going downhill faster -- John Cusack's or Nicolas Cage's? It's a good question, and one that the truly wretched drugs thriller Southern Fury (US title: Arsenal) gives us far too much time to consider.

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Marija Djurovic

Cairo360

Mar 3, 2017

1/5

Bad acting and even worse facial prosthetics are the main talking points of Steven C. Miller's crime-thriller, Arsenal; a dreary drama about one man's attempt to rescue his loser of a brother from the hands of the mob.

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Gretchen G

@RT25324654 Jun 10, 2026

There’s an hour and a half gone that I could have been cleaning the oven, which would have been preferable. So bad. So so bad. I kept waiting for a twist or an omg moment but no. Dull pointless "story", heaps of blood - comical amounts really- and shallow characters depicted by forgettable actors/acting. There was no plot development because there really wasn’t a plot…🤷‍♀️. I’m annoyed I didn’t watch a Dawsons Creek rerun or an infomercial for the latest anirfryer instead.

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David W

@Sternhammer Aug 9, 2025

More arse than arsenal.

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Deepest Bluest Suede Darius Dick Stinger Apini Emanuel Grouch Nukem III AKA The Rumble AKA Jennyanyany McPoopface Bridgerton AKA The Count of Monte Fisto

@RT91120088 Apr 5, 2025

Nic Cage ass off as always.

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Jan 19, 2021

Aside from an opportunity to watch a mustachioed Nicolas Cage acting from under a wig and behind a prosthetic nose, "Arsenal" has depressingly little to offer.

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Aug 18, 2020

Worst movie of 2017. Straight-to dvd dump with very little storytelling, action that feels from a 90s movie and absurdism, this should be avoid at every cost.

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Jul 26, 2020

If they could have just dropped their half-assed attempt at a 300-esque stylised slow-down/speed-up edit, all of the violence in Arsenal might have actually come across quite well. Unfortunately, they chose to include it, which ruined literally the only good thing it ever had going for it.

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Synopsis

The Lindel brothers, Mikey and JP, only had each other to rely on growing up. As adults, JP finds success as the owner of a construction company, and Mikey becomes a small-time mobster. When Mikey is kidnapped and held for a ransom by ruthless crime boss Eddie, JP turns to the brothers' old pal Sal, who is a plain clothes detective, for help. JP must risk everything and unleash his vengeance against King's relentless army of gangsters to rescue his brother.

Director: Steven C. Miller
Producer: Randall Emmett, George Furla
Screenwriter: Jason Mosberg
Distributor: Lionsgate Premiere
Production Co: Emmett/Furla Films
Rating: R (Drug Use|Brutal Bloody Violence|Language Throughout)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 6, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 28, 2017
Runtime: 1h 32m

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