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‘Pig’ Writer Explains Why Nicolas Cage Drama Is Nothing Like ‘John Wick With a Pig’

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trailer for “Pig” might’ve made a lot of wrong assumptions about the film — like that at any moment, Cage would go nuts and mow down a room full of people in search of his prized, kidnapped truffle pig.

Many online quickly jumped at comparing the trailer to action epics like “John Wick” or “Taken,” and we at TheWrap even dubbed the film a “revenge thriller.”But as it turns out, Cage never really goes there; his performance is one of his most restrained and complex in years.

And the film itself is far more meditative, thoughtful, profound and elegant than you may have expected. In fact, as the film’s co-writer Vanessa Block told TheWrap, she hasn’t ever seen “John Wick,” and the Keanu Reeves movies certainly never came up as a reference.

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