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Seeking Justice (2011)
Why Was This Movie Made!?
From the moment Nicolas Cage attempted to act like a tough, yet caring, inner city teacher I knew this movie was unrealistic, and it only gets more and more fantastical from there. Seeking Justice suffers from the weight of being entirely unbelievable, and not in the good way. If the movie had unexpectedly transported the characters to a magic fairy land, this movie would have been more believeable (and interesting.) In Seeking Justice, the hungry rabbit jumps deep down into a rabbit hole that it can never escape.
Nicolas Cage is just plain bad in this movie. To be fair to Cage, he was cast in a horrible role that doesn't fit his limited range as an actor. January Jones is given a very one-sided character who doesn't have much to do, so it's hard to evaluate her performance. Guy Pierce is decent as the bad guy, but it's such a cookie cutter role it's hard to enjoy this waste of his talent. I did enjoy Harold Perrineau (of Lost fame) in his supporting role as best friend Jimmy, but it's not a saving grace.
There are other problems with Seeking Justice besides its unrealistic plot, bad characters, and bad acting, such as the constant bombardment of overly dramatic music, use of predictable movie tropes, and clunky prose that tries to sound like clever foreshadowing, but is really just banal. If you enjoy watching B movies to laugh at them, then I recommend Seeking Justice, otherwise don't waste your time.
Highlander (1986)
How this movie ever survived I will never know
After being a huge fan of the Highlander series, and seeing Highlander Endgame in the theatres, I decided I would watch the original movie, which I had heard is the best. I was very surprised to find Highlander to be one of the worst movies I've ever watched. The 80's was of course known for its cheese, but this was like moldy cheese. I knew I was in for a bad ride as soon as they started the movie with shots from a wrestling match, which as far as I could tell had nothing to do with the rest of the movie. The acting was worse than anything Keannu Reaves has done, the dialogue was worse than Star Wars Episode II, the special effects were just an excuse to blow things up, and there was absolutely no plot. The effects were so bad that I could tell how objects were moving and falling, and blowing up. I felt like I was at the Universal lots watching them do a demo(I have been to Universal). They gave away the whole point of the movie in the first half hour of the movie, so the next hour and a half was simply idle storytelling. The rest was just waiting to see how Connor kills the bad guy, since you knew he was going to. Which was simply anti-climatic anyway. With lines like "don't move pal, don't even breath" from the New York cop, it's a wonder this movie ever became a cult classic and spawned 3 more movies and a tv series! The only thing good about this movie was the excellent soundtrack composed and performed by legendary rock band Queen. Somehow this movie made its way into the annals of cinema history, so it's obviously a must see if you know anything about Highlander, but just be prepared to chuckle throughout and definetly not to take this movie seriously!