Seeking Justice

"Vengeance always has a price"

2011 1h 45m EN

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★5.9TMDB · 1,136

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Synopsis

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After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score.

“Vengeance always has a price”

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Cast

Nicolas Cage
Will Gerard
January Jones
Laura Gerard
Guy Pearce
Simon
Harold Perrineau
Jimmy
Jennifer Carpenter
Trudy
Xander Berkeley
Lieutenant Durgan
Irone Singleton
Scar
David Jensen
Gas Attendant

Credits

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Director: Roger Donaldson
Writers: Robert Tannen, Robert Tannen, Todd Hickey
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Earned back only 83% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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Released 15 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Roger Donaldson, shot by David Tattersall. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by J. Peter Robinson. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Jay Cassidy shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Nicolas Cage and January Jones and Guy Pearce carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Vengeance always has a price".

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IMDB entry: tt1214962 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Roger Donaldson directs. David Tattersall behind the camera. J. Peter Robinson scores. Jay Cassidy cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Earned back only 83% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
2Released 15 years ago.
3Directed by Roger Donaldson, shot by David Tattersall. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by J. Peter Robinson. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Jay Cassidy shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Nicolas Cage and January Jones and Guy Pearce carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Vengeance always has a price".
8IMDB entry: tt1214962 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: David Tattersall
Original score: J. Peter Robinson
Editing: Jay Cassidy
Production design: J. Dennis Washington
Costume design: Caroline Eselin
Makeup / hair: Martina Kohl
Stunt coordinator: Andy Cheng
Runtime: 105 min · 1h 45m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $17,000,000
Box office: $14,089,528
Return: 83% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Seeking Justice (2011)

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John Chard2015-05-16
★ 6/10
It's not what a lawyer tells me I must do, but it's what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do. After his wife (January Jones) is brutally raped, New Orleans teacher Will Gerard (Nic Cage) gets involved with a shadowy vigilante group run by a man called Simon (Guy Pearce). A favour for a favour to get justice seems viable, but all is not as it seems... To be frank it's just another in a long line of vigilante thrillers that get trundled out every other year. Rarely does one, certainly in the more modern era of film making, have something viable to say, to challenge the thought process of the viewers. Justice (AKA: Seeking Justice) starts off very promising, grabbing the attention whilst having an atmospheric texture about it. Sadly come the mid-point things just get daft (yet Cage stays ultra serious throughout) and in spite of the makers trying to add in some twisty thriller conventions, all the potential (and promise) for thought provoking depth has long since gone. That said, as an intrigue based drama it's a decent enough watch, with director Roger Donaldson (No Way Out/Thirteen Days) adept in the staging of suspenseful sequences. Yet the lack of kinetic action is sorely felt, the over all feeling being one that Donaldson and crew were not quite sure which way to take the picture. Should we keep things shadowy and suggestive? Or should we have live wire chases and dastardly peril? Justice only winds up as an uneven blend of ideas. While wasting Xander Berkeley and the New Orleans locations is a crime in itself. Not bad exactly, above average in fact, but just forgettable and another wasted opportunity to add meat to a hot topic in film form. 6/10

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