After silencing the hardcore metal band on a dark dance floor with a slight wave of his arm, he reasserts his claim on Lulu and resumes his relaxing night on the town. They begin their journey with hours of marathon-style sex and a visit to a nice speed metal bar, wherein Sailor interrupts his slamdancing to pick a fight with an innocent mosher who got too close to Lulu. In order to properly orient his audience for the journey, Lynch opens with a severe and brutal death scene, wherein a hired killer brandishes a knife at Sailor Ripley (Cage) and Sailor reacts by smashing the man's head repeatedly against the marble floor until he's dead.Īfter a brief stint in prison, Sailor is released and picked up by the love of his life, 20-year old Lulu Fortune (Laura Dern) and the two get out of dodge and head toward California. Cage brings his signature manic delivery, Elvis infatuation, and snakeskin jacket to Lynch's ultra violent Wizard of Oz referencing psychotic surreal romantic road movie Wild at Heart.

What's surprising is that it took until 1990 for Nicolas Cage to collaborate with David Lynch, only to never do so again. It's natural for one of Hollywood's most fearless actors to team up with one of its most fearless directors.

Cast of wild at heart 1990