Seeking Justice (2011)

After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score. Then he discovers they want a 'favor' from him in return.

Director:

Roger Donaldson

Writers:

Todd Hickey (story), Robert Tannen (screenplay)

Stars:

Nicolas Cage, January Jones, Guy Pearce

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nicolas Cage	...	Will Gerard
January Jones	...	Laura Gerard
Guy Pearce	...	Simon
Harold Perrineau	...	Jimmy
Jennifer Carpenter	...	Trudy
Irone Singleton	...	Scar
Wayne Pére	...	Cancer (as Wayne Pere)
Xander Berkeley	...	Lieutenant Durgan
Marcus Lyle Brown	...	Detective Green
Dikran Tulaine	...	Sideburns
Joe Chrest	...	Detective Rudeski
Demetrius Bridges	...	Edwin
Jason Davis	...	Alan Marsh
Brett Gentile	...	Bourdette
Renwick D. Scott II	...	Kid 1 (as Renwick Dwight Scott)

Storyline

In New Orleans, English teacher of the high school Rampart High, Will Gerard, and his wife, musician Laura Gerard, are in love with each other. One night, Laura leaves a rehearsal and is assaulted, while Will is playing chess with his friend Jimmy. Will is visiting her in hospital when, out of the blue, a stranger named Simon tells him that he belongs to an organization of vigilantes and offers to eliminate the assailant. In return, the organisation would want a favor from Will in the future. Will agrees, and the criminal is murdered. Six months later, Simon collects his debt with Will. He demands that Will kill Alan Marsh, a pedophile. Will accidentally kills Alan and soon he learns that the victim was an awarded journalist that was investigating the organization. Now he seeks evidences to prove his innocence but the network of the organization is powerful and is seeking Will out to eliminate him.

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Plot Keywords:

secret organization | vigilante | teacher | assassin | conspiracy | 

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Taglines:

Vengeance always has a price

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, language and brief sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 September 2011 (Italy)

Also Known As:

The Hungry Rabbit Jumps

Filming Locations:

Superdome - 1500 Poydras Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$17,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$249,912, 18 March 2012

Gross USA:

$411,746

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$12,355,798

Company Credits

Production Co:

Endgame Entertainment, Aura Film Partnership, Fierce Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The screenplay for this film was featured in the 2009 Blacklist; a list of the "most liked" unmade scripts of the year.

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Goofs

The day before she is attacked, Will and Laura see a report on Bourdette's death on a TV at the hotel bar. Later, one of the cops mentions that Laura was raped last September. But when Will watches the DVD interview with Bourdette that was recorded moments before his death, Marsh says it's November 3rd.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Alan Marsh: Are you wasting my time, Bourdette? Are you wasting my time?
Bourdette: If they find out I'm talking to you, they'll... they'll kill me.
Alan Marsh: Tell me how it works.

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Connections

Featured in The Making of 'Seeking Justice' (2012)

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Soundtracks

Haere Mai
Traditional
Arranged by John Tapiata
Courtesy of Extreme Production Music Ltd.

User Reviews

Not Bad at all. Worth watching

I have never been Nic Cage's biggest fan. In fact he is to acting , as i am to Ballet Dancing , most of the time but Seeking Justice ( or Justice as it is named in the UK) is definitely one of his less disastrous movies.

Nic Cage plays a husband who's wife is beaten and raped by a stranger while walking to her car. While in the Hospital he gets a visit from a suited man ( Guy Pierce) who offers to eliminate the man who raped his wife but if he accepts , at some stage will have to repay the favour..

The critics panned this film when it came out late last year but i think they have been a little unfair. I found this film highly watch able and the concept a really interesting one. Guy Pierce is really good as Simon and his demeanour is perfect for the bad guy role. Cage doesn't stink up the screen either although i wasn't too happy with seeing the irritating Jennifer Carpenter ( of Dexter fame) in the film but thankfully it was just a cameo role.

Justice has some great action scenes and some interesting ( if a little unbelievable) plot twists and i enjoyed it for what it was - a good action thriller.