PremiumNicolas Cage’s Dream Scenario climax on Lionsgate Play left you confused too? Let's dissect it and decode
Dream Scenario stars Nicolas Cage as a man who suddenly starts appearing in people's dreams. The film is now streaming on Lionsgate Play, which you can watch through the OTTplay Premium app.
Last Updated: 12.43 PM, Apr 22, 2024
The constant resurgence of Nicolas Cage in every decade is something we must discuss. The actor, who delivered some back-to-back duds in the past decade, bounced back to become a critics' favorite with Pig and the self-referential The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. Now that he was finally back, he chose to take on roles that he has made a niche out of, playing a man who suddenly became famous and is now a celebrity.
Through him, he explores what instant fame looks like, what it does to a person, and how it takes a toll on the lives of the people around and involved. Yes, we are talking about Dream Scenario, a movie that is fascinating for many reasons and, even with its flaws, is worth investing time in.
Dream Scenario Ending Explained
While many across the world have already witnessed Dream Scenario on the big screen, the Indian audience now has the privilege of catching the Cage starrer streaming in the country. The film finally made its way onto the Lionsgate Play app, where it is now streaming in India. While everyone appreciates Nicolas Cage’s stellar performance, everyone is equally confused about what happened at the end. The head-scratching climax has caught us all off guard.
So, at OTTplay, we thought let's end that confusion for you. Today, let's dissect the climax of the Dream Scenario. Nicolas Cage plays Paul Matthews, a man who is happy with his wife and two young daughters. He has always lived in oblivion and hasn't had much of an impact in his professional life where he is a professor. His world turns upside down when his daughter Sophie says he was in her dream that had an apocalyptic backdrop. And while he thinks this is one of the situations, it suddenly becomes a phenomenon, and many across the world have seen Paul in their dreams. He is now famous, and everybody wants to be around him.
But soon after he goes against the visuals that people have of him, he is turned into a villain in no time and is now one of the most hated men. The world doesn't give him a pass to move freely, he loses touch with his family, his marriage is broken, and his wife moves on with someone else. One day, a tech that can enter people's dreams becomes more famous than Paul, and the world forgets him. It is a detailed study of fame and how fickle and uncertain it is.
But it is the end frame, where he appears in the dream of his ex-wife Janet, that leaves us with a hanging question in the Dream Scenario. Nicolas Cage’s Paul can be seen wearing a David Byrne in Stop Making Sense costume. Janet had always fantasized about Paul in that costume, and thus she sees him wearing that. But there is more to it. It raises the most important question: was Paul the man she always aspired to have in her life? Dream Scenario captures the instant fame and losing it so well that the final scene shows how the circle still continues but it no longer affects the world because it is not as fascinating as it was.
Dream Scenario is now streaming on Lionsgate Play, which you can watch through the OTTplay Premium app. Stay tuned to OTTplay for more such content and everything else from the world of streaming and films.