"Nicolas Cage starred in Bringing Out the Dead as Frank Pierce, an insomniac Manhattan paramedic who struggles with depression after losing a young patient. Although he ignites a relationship with the recovering addict Mary (Patricia Arquette), Pierce's nightmares become so visceral that his grasp of reality begins to slip away. While Bringing Out the Dead 's haunting portrayal of a decaying city is as gloomy as any '90s crime film, its stirring exploration of faith and futility could have only been realized by Scorsese."
"The modest reviews for Bringing Out the Dead wouldn't have been considered a disappointment if it hadn't been hyped as the reunion between Scorsese and Paul Schrader, whose previous New York anti-hero films, Taxi Driver and Raging Bull, were considered unimpeachable classics. Although Roger Ebert awarded the film four stars and named it as one of the year's best, Scorsese would later admit that Bringing Out the Dead " failed at the box office, and was rejected by a lot of the critics.""
Martin Scorsese blends Catholic guilt and existential anxiety with psychological terror in Bringing Out the Dead, now restored in 4K Blu-Ray by Paramount. Nicolas Cage plays Frank Pierce, an insomniac Manhattan paramedic traumatized by a young patient's death whose nightmares erode his grip on reality. Pierce forms a relationship with recovering addict Mary (Patricia Arquette) amid a decaying cityscape. The film's tone matches grim '90s crime cinema while foregrounding faith and futility. Initial reception was modest; expectations as a Scorsese–Paul Schrader reunion heightened criticism and box-office underperformance despite praise from some critics like Roger Ebert.
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