Mobilians will find ‘Rage’ fun despite some silliness

It has its silly moments, but anyone from Mobile would get a kick out of the Nicolas Cage vehicle “Rage” or, as it was known when they filmed it here, the vastly superior title, “Tokarev.” Almost every minute of the thing takes places somewhere recognizable, and, as I gave up on pointing out holes in the plot, I enjoyed pondering the possibilities of Mobile as a film location, which I didn’t properly appreciate until I saw how you could form our beloved burg to your own movie purposes.

First thing we see is the Museum of Mobile on Royal Street, transformed into the high school that Nicolas Cage’s daughter attends. Good idea. Soon, Cage and his daughter are whisking around our familiar streets, and later Cage is at a press conference attended by what I presume are some local extras, but I couldn’t pick anyone out, and even our own TV news trucks. This was a total one-stop shop for this movie.