Paul Magne Haakonsen Normally, I am not overly keen on Nicolas Cage movies, especially since they tend to be a dime a dozen, as he spews them out by the minute. But still, I do sit down to watch his movies, as my wife happens to be a fan of him.And with no expectation to "Seeking Justice", I could be nothing but positively surprised. And that was the case, because this movie actually turned out to be good and rather interesting, especially as far as your average mass-produced Nicolas Cage movies go.The story presented in "Seeking Justice" turned out to be interesting, albeit somewhat on the edge of being just a tad too far fetched. But director Roger Donaldson managed to keep the movie fast paced enough to maintain its level of interest, and he also managed to keep the audience somewhat in the dark as to what would happen next. So the movie didn't suffer from being generic and predictable as many of Nicolas Cage movies have a tendency of doing.Nicolas Cage actually put on one of the better performances in his career here, and he proves that he still is able to muster together a performance that stands out from his usual generic stuff.Guy Pearce also did a great job in the role, although his role was too small and his talent wasn't fully utilized in my opinion. And it was a sheer joy to have Xander Berkeley, but again, too small a role and not enough screen time.It is the fast pace of the movie and the storyline that keeps the movie constantly interesting, and there wasn't really any dull moments throughout the course of the movie. So it was a constantly fast paced ride.I can highly recommend "Seeking Justice" as a watchable movie, even if you are not a fan of Nicolas Cage.

videorama-759-859391 I'm sure in light of all the little criticisms, whatever, from Ebert or others, the writer here has got all the angles, plot points covered. Much like a film I wrote, Seeking Justice was a film that had me from the start, involving a guy who's bumped off, which made me recollect that scene in Color Of Night, where a pushed car goes off the roof of a car park. Seeking Justice is a thoroughly entertaining film, where if you had to work out all the why's, how's, what's, if's, you'd wrack your crazy, and wouldn't be able to enjoy this movie at all. If you even did that after this movie, you'd go nutso. I love the interesting path this story takes, where more layers of it, develop. Nicholas's Cage's beautiful wife (Jones) who very much looked like that hot chick from Roadhouse 2 is raped by this podgy A list scumbag. She's beaten up pretty bad, evoking quite a rage in our Will (Cage, who plays dramatic roles really good) He's approached by Simon, (yes that's Guy Pearce, again in solid form, bald and all, outshining Cage, sorry Nic). This menacing stranger, offers Will a chance to exact revenge, by giving him a green light to have this scumbag killed. Apparently, Simon knows where he lives. It's a go, and the scumbags' killed. Now what begins, on what is such a painfully predictable path, is that Simon wants something in return, so I'll leave it there, as I really want to give away the story. Cage is really good, Jones is beautiful, but like I said, Pearce knocks it out the ball park, with easily the best performance in the film. Though not without faults, this straight to DVD pic absorbs the viewer the more the movie progresses. I quite enjoyed this one, Cage doing a few straight to DVD, must watch pics around this time. He is a highly criticized actor, nominated for Raspberry awards he just shouldn't be nominated for. He's always good and never disappoints, no matter the project. He's a really good actor, cause he's a brave actor, and will take it all the way. Just go back through his filmography to Valley Girl, where there he showed the same uninhibited bravado. The lead up to climactic finish in this supercharged film is thrilling and exciting. What's I really liked about Seeking Justice, is you don't know what surprise, the next opening door will bring or will take you, but primarily the exciting surrounding set up; thick plotting of story concerning character's motivations.

paulg-67221 The film has an interesting premise: a man in distress agrees to have the man who raped his wife killed and is then blackmailed into killing a man he is told is a sex offender.After trying to warn the man he is supposed to kill, the man dies trying to fight Nicolas Cage's character off. Cage is later arrested and is helped to escape after a police officer after he repeats a phrase that is a code used by the organisation blackmailing him.The performances by the cast are OK, nothing Oscar-worthy. Editing and cinematography are competent but also lack anything special. The filmmaking is fairly standard: it is technically well made but it feels like a re-tread of previous films, it lacks any creativity.In the end of the film it is revealed that the police officer who helped him escape was a member of the same organisation but in a different faction. I understand the filmmakers preferred to stick to the main character's struggles but it would have made it a lot more interesting if the organisation itself was explored. There are clearly factions within the group. The groups origins, how they knew who the rapist was, if they are active in cities other than New Orleans etc would have, in my opinion, made the film a little more interesting.Overall, this is not by any means a great film. It is not a terrible film either. The idea was good but the film has a lot of room for improvement. Edit: I have rescored this film 5/10 rather than 6/10. After some thought I concluded that 6/10 was a little too generous considering the film is weak and that a 6/10 is an overall positive score whereas I'm pretty much indifferent to it. (04/09/16)

Leofwine_draca JUSTICE is one of those twisty-turny character thrillers, a bit like the Michael Douglas film THE GAME, in which every (honest) decision the protagonist makes seems to land him further and further into trouble. The trouble begins in this one when Nic Cage's pretty wife (the slightly vapid January Jones) is raped on the streets, leading him into a spiral of revenge.The movie tackles the topic of vigilantism in a way that's fresh and entertaining, given the genre's usual favouring of ultra-violence and slim plotting (such as in the Kevin Bacon flick DEATH SENTENCE). In fact, the plot is extremely dense and incredibly fast-paced, and the tension doesn't let up for a second. That makes it a surprisingly decent movie, and my favourite Cage outing since KNOWING. Yes, there are plot holes and inconsistencies galore, but it all runs so fast and with a high level of excitement that you just don't care. The mystery aspects are drip-fed to the audience at just the right speed, too.Yes, I'm aware that Cage is churning out his movies ten a penny these days, but the benefit of quantity over quality is that some films will be better than others, and JUSTICE is one of his best. His performance is relatively natural and normal - at least as much as it can be for Cage - and there are some fine actors in support, including Guy Pearce and the underutilised Xander Berkeley. All in all a surprisingly decent film!