Fine, Nicolas Cage. I give up. I have held off on climbing aboard the crowded Nicolas-Cage-is-squandering-his-talent bandwagon. But, goodness me, the one-two punch of “Season of the Witch” and “Drive Angry” (opening today) has made even me wave the white flag.

Cage’s latest piece of drivel opens today, and he plays a father hunting down those who murdered his daughter and kidnappned his granddaughter. And it’s in 3D!

He was such a weird, idiosyncratic actor back in the day, with “Wild at Heart” and “Vampire’s Kiss.” Even his performances in mainstream fare like “Peggy Sue Got Married” and “Moonstruck” were entertainingly ... off.

They always talk about actresses seem to slide into junky movies after they win an Oscar, but Cage is one of the few actors who’s done the same. Halle Berry may have had “Catwoman,” but Cage had “Snake Eyes” and “Gone in Sixty Seconds” and “The Family Man.” (Okay, okay, he had a few goodies in there, too, particularly 2002’s “Adaptation.”)

I realize Cage is motivated in part by his money trouble. It’s the kind of money trouble that only happens in Hollywood; it involves owning two castles and four yachts and 15 homes and a whole fleet of Rolls Royces. He blames his former business manager for the mess and accuses him of taking millions in business management fees. The manager, meanwhile, told Cage that the actor had to make $30 million a year to “maintain his lavish lifestyle.” $30 million a year? You’ve got to star in a lot of bad movies to rack in that much.

Whatever the case, even the most casual moviegoer has come to the conclusion that Cage is making movie decisions based on the paycheck these days.

Dear Nicolas, sell the castles and the yachts and the Rollses ... or whatever examples of ridiculously conspicuous consumption you have left. Then do a good movie. Or several. Take a small part in a David Fincher movie (you belong in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”!) or a Christopher Nolan film.

Drag youself out of the muck. It’s not too late!

Okay, movie fans, what would you like to see Nicolas Cage do?