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High school teacher Will Gerard (Nicolas Cage) lives a life of content domesticity with his beautiful wife Laura (January Jones) until one night’s horrific events turns their world upside when Laura is left for dead after being violently attacked. As Laura lays helpless in hospital with Will waiting anxiously at her bedside, he is approached by a well-dressed stranger (Guy Pearce) who offers to dispense immediate justice to Laura’s attacker and save the couple from a traumatic trial. Confused and distraught, Will accepts the stranger’s proposal but soon learns that justice comes at a price…
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By PD
Format:DVD
I wouldn't say that nicoles cage is my favorite actor but he always seems to be cast in good films and this one is no exception, he is cast as a happily married school teacher with a pretty normal life but everything changes one night when his wife is brutally raped and taken to hospital, while sitting in a waiting area trying to get his head around what has happened he is approached by a stranger representing an organisation that delivers justice outside of the legal system, after being told of the hardships his wife would face in court if the case went to trial and the risk of justice not being done the school teacher decides to accept this offer of alternative justice, all he has to do in return is something like breaking a security camera when they call the favour in but of course there is much more to it than that and on the whole this is a very entertaining film starring nicoles cage and to his credit he puts in a great performance all the way through with a good story and skillful directing, a film that's well worth buying
22 of 27 people found the following review helpful
By Valerie J.
Format:DVD
Nicholas Cage stars in this crime thriller as Will Gerard, a school teacher, whose wife, Laura (January Jones) is savagely raped. When a man who calls himself Simon (Guy Pearce) approaches him at the hospital and offers him the opportunity of gaining justice for his wife, Will reluctantly accepts it. The condition is that Will owes Simon a favour but what he doesn't realise is that the favour is killing another person. When the rapist is murdered, Will finds himself caught up in a tangled web of occult vigilantes who want him to kill an investigative reporter. When he goes to warn the reporter, the reporter panicks and attacks him, and is accidentally killed. Will then must go on the run as well as trying to clear his name. But the web of vigilantes is more widespread than he realised.
I was pleasantly surprised by this movie as I don't like everything that Nicholas Cage is in, although I do like Cage himself. He's funny, charismatic, easy on the eyes, with a pleasant voice, but that isn't enough to make a good movie and he's starred in some real stinkers (e.g. The Wicker Man (2006).
Justice was directed by Roger Donaldson, who also directed Dante's Peak (1997), The Getaway (1994), No Way Out (1987), and The Bounty (1984).
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I was pleasantly surprised by this movie as I don't like everything that Nicholas Cage is in, although I do like Cage himself. He's funny, charismatic, easy on the eyes, with a pleasant voice, but that isn't enough to make a good movie and he's starred in some real stinkers (e.g. The Wicker Man (2006).
Justice was directed by Roger Donaldson, who also directed Dante's Peak (1997), The Getaway (1994), No Way Out (1987), and The Bounty (1984).
My Movie and Book blog is accessible via my profile. Hope you make a visit. :)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Nicolas Cage was exellent in this role of a teacher,whos wife is raped,and gets sucked into a life changing situation.well supported by january Jones,and Guy pearce in a pacy edgy thriller well worth watching. The sinister simon{guy pearce}offers Will {nick cage}the chance of revenge on what has happened to his wife,all simon wants is to call in a favour,to take care of things,confused will decides to go along with this idea,but little does he know what he has let himself in for.the violent attacker is bumped off,the streets are safer as simon says,he is part of a secret organisation,who are they?How many are there?Who can be trusted?Will,s life is about to spiral out of control as "The favour" is called in.The code word they use "The hungry rabbit jumps"crops up a lot with serious affect.You could watch this film more than once an enjoyable watch from the start,and a nice touch at the end as will passes on an info disc on the sinister group .One of the best films ive watched this year.
10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By L. Davidson
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Format:DVD
"Justice" is an entertaining enough film but I thought that it was overlong and that it lost it's way in the final third after a promising and exciting first half. Nicolas Cage plays the role of a mild mannered teacher whose wife gets raped in a violent assault. A stranger ,played by Guy Pearce approaches him and tells him that if Cage gives him the go ahead , he can have the rapist killed - but adds that he would expect future favours in return. Cage agrees and the rapist is killed , but he soons finds himself sucked into the dangerous world of a well organised vigilante group with an extensive reach. He is asked to commit a crime and baulks at the idea somewhat to start with before agreeing. Can Cage escape the clutches of this group or will he find himself further embroiled with them ? The film degenerates into chase scenes ,shoot outs and the fugitive on the run stereotypes before ending up with a dramatic finale at a deserted shopping mall beside the New Orleans Superdome. "Justice" was an OK thriller ,but could have been better. Perhaps it can be seen as an allegory about the malign influence of secret societies and networks in the USA and elsewhere on ordinary decent people whom they want to torment and harass.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
Starts off as an interesting vigilante movie with a twist, a modern day take on The Star Chamber with the idea of "chained" revenge where the group arranges revenge on the villain and in return you must do something for them. Unfortunately about mid-way through it starts to become very formulaic and predictable, what twists there are being fairly thin and seen a mile off. There was an opportunity to go into really dark territory on this one. Cage's one trick persona is starting to make Statham look like Oscar material, too!
I only wish we'd rented this, rather than bought it.
I only wish we'd rented this, rather than bought it.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant!
If someone you loved were hurt, or killed, what would you do?
Would you accept someone offering you retribution? And, if you did, could anyone blame you? Read more
Would you accept someone offering you retribution? And, if you did, could anyone blame you? Read more
Published 1 month ago by Susan Keefe
4.0 out of 5 stars
good film
as a fan of nic cage I wasn't disappointed as this delivers in every way with a great twisted plot
Published 1 month ago by Mr. M. Owens
3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting to watch on a wet afternoon
Not one of Nicolas Cage's best, the story seems to get lost in itself in parts and some are just not credible. But it whiled away a wet Sunday afternoon.
Published 2 months ago by Clementine
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good Choice
Order received without delay. Good choice for gift - the person who received the DVD was delighted with it.. A great action movie.
Published 6 months ago by Ulster Scots
4.0 out of 5 stars
Better than expected...
Much better than I was expecting. Read reviews where they said NC is worn out, past his expiry date but I beg to differ. Good movie!
Published 6 months ago by Joolz
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good Film with a twist
A fan of Nicholas Cage and this did not dissapoint, action packed and a really good twist at the end. Read more
Published 9 months ago by septimus-blake
3.0 out of 5 stars
OK for rental....
Both Nick Cage and New Zealand director Roger Donaldson have done better work, but Justice isn't bad and for an undemanding, fairly involving crime thriller it does the job. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Tim Kidner
4.0 out of 5 stars
Revenge isn't always sweet - best Cage film for many a year
As an actor who seems to make a movie every three weeks or so, Cage has to get it right occasionally and I did thoroughly enjoy Justice. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Cartimand
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good movie
A well made fast paced movie, with a few good twists and turns. This film has a very original take on the vigilante theme.
Published 13 months ago by The Book Nut
3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting vengeance & conspiracy thriller
When Guy Pearce's mystery man offers to 'take care of' the rapist who has attacked Nicholas Cage's wife, he agrees in a moment of anger driven grief. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Benminx
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