Dying of the Light

Dying of the Light (2014)

Evan Lake, a veteran CIA agent, has been ordered to retire. But when his protégé uncovers evidence that Lake's nemesis, the terrorist Banir, has resurfaced, Lake goes rogue, embarking on a perilous, intercontinental mission to eliminate his sworn enemy.

Date of release
2014-12-04
TMDB
4.7 / 10 (357)
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Thriller, Drama
Director
Paul Schrader

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Bucharest and Australia

Dying of the Light is a 2014 American spy film, written and directed by Paul Schrader. It stars Nicolas Cage as an ex-CIA agent suffering from dementia who is on a personal mission to track down and kill a terrorist who had tortured him two decades earlier. Anton Yelchin and Irène Jacob also feature in the cast.

Production

In January 2010, Nicolas Winding Refn was attached to direct Paul Schrader's script, with Harrison Ford to star as lead. Channing Tatum was attached in a supporting role. Two weeks later, Refn left the film project to direct Drive. In June 2013, it was announced that Schrader would direct the film off his own script, with Refn joining on as an executive producer. A month later, Nicolas Cage was cast in the lead role, replacing Ford.

Filming was set to begin on January 27, 2014, to be shot in Romania, including in Castel Film Studios, Bucharest, and wrapped after five weeks followed by post-production to be done in the US. On March 5, 2014, Cage was spotted on the set of Dying of the Light in Queensland, Australia. The next day, it was announced that the shooting in Gold Coast, Queensland had wrapped and the rest of the film would be shot in Romania.

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