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Pig has nothing to do with animals as much as it does with the world of fine dining, the pig is just a story tool, fine dining is a mixture of art, commerce, passion for industry and ambition.

For Rob (Nicolas Cage), the lonely and sloppy Pig hero, restaurants are a competitive industry that he put behind his back 15 years ago. He sells it to Prince (Alex Wolfe), a young man who supplies truffles to fine restaurants.

I mean, Rob hasn't completely cut off his relationship with the restaurant industry, but when it comes to human communication, Rob isn't at his best and never seems to be interested in creating any kind of connection with civilization, except when he's attacked and his pig is stolen, so he decides to go back to the life he left to get his animal back. .

The idea of ​​the film is largely ridiculous, and it can be compared to the idea of ​​John Wick who left his retirement life to wage war on the gang that killed his dog, but the difference is that the second film does not take itself seriously, and makes an integrated and impressive action movie, regardless of the hero's motives, and this is what calls for Admiring the movie instead of making fun of it.

In the case of Pig, the film is very serious and takes the direction of independent films with its focus on Cage's performance, that is, it is a study of character behavior, this is the first film by writer and director Michael Sarnosky.

Nine minutes into the film pass before Rob makes his first words to his pig, who is more like a dog than a pig.

Rob asks for help from Amir after assaulting him and stealing his animal, especially after his car breaks down, and confident that he will find the criminal, Amir takes Rob to a group of suspected drug addicts who have picked up another truffle in the area.

Addicts claim they gave the pig to someone in downtown Portland. Robb and Amir infiltrate a strange, secret underground world similar to the movie Fight Club, a club where the city's chefs fight, run by Edgar (Darius Pierce), an old friend of Rob, and gives them information about the location Rob pig.

Rob asks Amir to reserve a table for them at Eurydice, a popular restaurant in the city. Rob visits the house where he lived with his wife Laurie (Cassandra Violet), who died, and because of that, Rob retired from society and lived in the woods.

At the restaurant, Rob asks to meet chef Derek (David Neal), a former pasta chef at Rob's restaurant. over here.

There's no clear idea in the movie, or what he's up to, and there's no reason to care about a man who's gone back to civilization in search of a sow!

The title of the film is one word: "Pig", but its material is about a man's journey from solitude in the forest to the city and back to the forest. Animal theft is Rob's motive to leave his solitude and return to civilization, but all of Rob's actions during that trip do not indicate his urgent need for that sow.

Regardless of the animal and its fate, Rob's trip to the city takes a toll on him. Is it worth it?

Moreover, the film presents the idea of ​​turning it upside down, which is the existence of a secret underground place where chefs fight!

Let's say it's borrowed from the 1999 movie Fight Club, but it deserves a standalone movie and not a movie about an animal we don't care about, because it only appears at the beginning of the movie.

In the middle of the film, Rob admits that he doesn't need his pig to pick up truffles, but he misses her company, so if he doesn't care why should we?

Especially when he's looking for an animal in a city, which is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

If we leave Rob and look at Amir, a character who is there to relieve Rob (and us from the very bleak atmosphere of the film), is the pig important to Amir?

The answer may be yes, but logic says no, even if the text says yes, a young prince can agree with anyone else to get truffles, and is not forced to deal with Rob except in terms of friendship.

Do we have a movie if we cancel the pig?

Yes, we have a movie with a complex and deep character, Rob, who will find a reason to leave his solitude. Do we have a movie if we cancel Rob?

Certainly not.

This is a Nicholas Cage performance film, his best performance in over a decade, and it raises an important question: Who is this man?

And why does a former chef live alone in the woods?

How did the city he left 15 years ago change?

And all the character's scenes and her encounters with other characters answer these questions, the only thing that doesn't answer any question is the pig!

The only thing that puzzled the writer of this topic and did not find a convincing reason for his presence in the movie is the pig!

The film presents the idea of ​​turning it upside down, which is the existence of a secret underground place where chefs fight!

Do we have a movie if we cancel the pig?

Yes, we have a movie with a complex and deep character, Rob.

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