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Justice

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Justice

R

Released Mar 16, 2012

1h 45m

Mystery & Thriller

Action

Drama

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A stranger (Guy Pearce) approaches a high-school teacher (Nicolas Cage) and offers to punish his wife's (January Jones) attacker.

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Critics Consensus

Seeking Justice is nothing more than a typical potboiler with another phoned-in performance by Nicolas Cage.

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Noah Berlatsky

The Atlantic

The set-up is painfully contrived, and the film is littered with the usual plot holes.

Aug 28, 2019

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

A plodding and uninteresting revenge thriller.

Aug 31, 2018

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

Ah, Nicolas Cage, you donkey- faced old ham. When did you finally give up on acting and abandon yourself totally to self-parody?

Rated: 1/5

Mar 19, 2012

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

The whole movie might’ve been more entertaining had Cage imbued Will with his usual whacked-out eccentricities, but his performance is decidedly low-impact, much like the movie itself.

Rated: 2/4

Feb 22, 2023

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

In Seeking Justice, Cage is in unfamiliar territory as the bookish Will Gerard which lends itself well to Cage delivering one of his best performances in some time.

Nov 26, 2019

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Abbie Bernstein

Assignment X

The treatment the subject gets here pretty much deters earnest discussion, but if it's a little too absurd to be profound, it's at least kinetic enough to be fun.

Rated: B

Feb 6, 2019

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Gabe W

I don't care If you agree or not, but I can always find myself loving a nic flick. I just love his craziness and laughs. I grew up watching him. Even his lil experience in (Fast times at Richmond high) 💪 so I give all his movies 5 stars even his worse ones P.s currently watching this film now again

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/07/25

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Simon G

Nicolas Cage best movie in a long long time, reminded me of the good old days of michael douglas in "the game" , highly recommended

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

11/03/24

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Kyle J

Why can't a movie have vigilantes who are good through and through? This movie would have been more interesting if the good guys were good guys.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/02/24

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Audience Member

When an opening scene starts with the hero riding to bring justice.. and the hero can't ride, flopping around in the saddle... I thought it was a comedy.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Audience Member

Not a bad thriller that is kept together and focused by the two leads and their conflict, perfect casting.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Many of the paid critics seem not to have troubled themselves to pay attention. Too bad, since that what this fli k requires. They gave better reviews to a far Nick Cage flick, Vengeance - a Love Story, a story as deep as a puddle and predictable as tic-tac-toe. Ignore them. Despite the lame title, Seeking Vengeance is a complex story with great chemistry between the Cage and January J. In addition the story has the female lead breaking against stereotypes and being quite a badass, in contrast to Cage's character, a good guy who finds himself in over his head. In this Cage himself is portraying a character against predictable expectations. Guy Pearce is excellent, as always. And a cast of solid veteran actors rounds out this excellent flick. Be sure to catch it. You'll be glad you did.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Synopsis

A stranger (Guy Pearce) approaches a high-school teacher (Nicolas Cage) and offers to punish his wife's (January Jones) attacker.

Director: Roger Donaldson
Producer: Tobey Maguire, Ram Bergman, James D. Stern
Screenwriter: Robert Tannen, Todd Hickey
Distributor: Anchor Bay
Production Co: Ram Bergman Productions, Fierce Entertainment, Material Pictures, Endgame Entertainment
Rating: R (Language|Brief Sexuality|Violence)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Action, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 16, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 5, 2016
Runtime: 1h 45m

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