Man cannot live on Nicolas Cage alone, however - take him out of the proceedings and The Trust proves to be a by-the-numbers bank job with a disappointing conclusion.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 2, 2019

There's an absence of any sort of genre or thematic cohesion, leading to a film littered with tonal fits and starts that come off as more or less random.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Feb 19, 2019

The Trust is perfect for those wishing to see two fantastic actors paired in delightfully quirky roles.

| Aug 6, 2018

Cage returns to the Las Vegas he once famously left, joined by Elijah Wood for a simple but mostly effective heist flick.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Mar 16, 2017

The ending is a tad flat [but] there's fun to be had along the way, not least from the way Cage adds kooky flourishes to the narrative. 'I have an idea,' he says when inspiration strikes... 'It's kind of wacky.'

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 7, 2017

Sibling co-directors Alex and Benjamin Brewer have fun establishing their Ocean's Eleven-esque scenario, one that gives Cage plenty of room to lend comedic and sinister shadings to his unlikely criminal.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 30, 2016

There is, in the end, a lot to like and enjoy contained within The Trust, but it's predominantly outweighed (and essentially negated) by an unfocused narrative that grows more and more tiresome as it progresses.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 24, 2016

Even with all its flaws, The Trust is still a far superior Nicolas Cage film than anything we've seen in recent times.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 25, 2016

The Trust is a vehicle that works for both Cage and Wood. The Brewer brothers must have seen what could be done with the pair's unlikely chemistry and the strange, murky darkness and black humor that emerges from it.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 17, 2016

It's a smart, well-observed piece, and it has a jet black sense of humor that makes it feel like something special. It's very small, and because of that, it feels very focused.

| Aug 16, 2016

The Trust is a heist movie that gives Nicolas Cage his juiciest performance since Kick-Ass and indulges some very kooky Cageian line readings.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 20, 2016

Some of the quirkier touches feel a little forced but more often than not there's a winning sense of oddball charm.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 20, 2016

This subversive rearranging of genre clichs features a pair of amusing performances and a quirky vibe to overcome its pedestrian plotting.

| Jun 17, 2016

To its credit, The Trust is considerably more interested in character quirks and offbeat conversations filled with basic tropes and cliches, and the chemistry between the two leads is really quite entertaining.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 13, 2016

There are foetuses that would be more convincing in the role of a jaded lawman than Wood. You can festoon him with hookers and drug paraphernalia - he still looks like a newly hatched baby bird.

| Original Score: 1/5 | May 29, 2016

Cage is on fine form in this slick little thriller.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 27, 2016

Wood, a very long way removed from his Lord of the Rings glory days, is a womanising, drug-taking small timer, essentially decent but easily led astray by his friend. They're on the road to nowhere and that's where the film is headed too.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 26, 2016

There's little in the way of tension, surprise or consistency, and the disappointing ending leaves questions about the point of the whole exercise.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 26, 2016

Tune into its offbeat frequency ... and there is much to enjoy.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 26, 2016

Though incredibly funny in parts, with a handful of one-liners that will have the whole room laughing, such farcicality is persistently enriched by the sheer darkness that lingers.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 26, 2016