{"id":4379,"date":"2012-06-11T23:21:53","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T06:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=4379"},"modified":"2021-05-28T17:39:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T00:39:46","slug":"review-seekingjustice-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2012\/06\/review-seekingjustice-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeking Justice Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Seeking Justice<\/em><\/strong> is a serviceable film that\u2019s not going to challenge the brain, especially the plot, but because of a thankfully subdued Nicolas Cage and an impressive supporting cast, it\u2019s at least worth checking out even if it\u2019s only a rental. The Blu-ray isn\u2019t anything to write home about either with a superficial featurette and a trailer. The audio and video transfers are fine if not unexceptional.<\/p>\n

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\nContagion (2011)<\/strong><\/p>\n


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\nThe Movie<\/a> | Special Features<\/a> | Video Quality<\/a> | Audio Quality<\/a> | Overall<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Genre(s): <\/strong>Suspense\/Thriller, Drama
\nAnchor Bay | R \u2013 105 min. \u2013 $34.98 | June 19, 2012<\/p>\n

MOVIE INFO:<\/span>
\nDirected by: <\/strong>Roger Donaldson
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Robert Tannen & Todd Hickey (story), Robert Tannen (screenplay)
\nCast: <\/strong>Nicolas Cage, January Jones, Guy Pearce, Harold Perrineau, Jennifer Carpenter, Xander Berkeley<\/p>\n

Theatrical Release Date: <\/strong>March 16, 2012 (limited release)<\/p>\n

DISC INFO:<\/span>
\nFeatures: <\/strong>Featurette, Theatrical Trailer
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/p>\n

Audio: <\/strong>English (Dolby TrueHD 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.35
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, Spanish
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>21.5 GB
\nCodec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/p>\n

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THE MOVIE<\/strong> \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Hungry Rabbit Jump<\/em><\/p>\n

On Rotten Tomatoes, the general concesus for this suspense-thriller was: \u201cnothing more than a typical potboiler with another phoned-in performance from Nicolas Cage.\u201d I\u2019m not sure what movies they\u2019ve been watching, but say what you will about movies like The Wicker Man<\/em> and the two Ghost Rider<\/em> films (and make no mistake, all three are awful in their own unique ways), Cage\u2019s performances is anything but \u201cphoned-in\u201d. This isn\u2019t to say Cage\u2019s performance in his latest, Seeking Justice<\/em><\/strong>, is a particularly fine one, but personally I\u2019ll take the calm and collected Nicolas Cage over the wild and zany one we\u2019ve seen before…<\/p>\n

Seeking Justice<\/em><\/strong> is set in New Orleans where we meet Will Gerard (NICOLAS CAGE), a high school literature teacher and his wife and cellist Laura (JANUARY JONES). They are, of course, in love but their lives are shattered when one night after Laura got out of rehearsal, she\u2019s brutally attacked and raped. Will arrives at the hospital to see his wife with multiple lacerations, eyes swollen shut and just in absolute agony.<\/p>\n

While in the waiting room Will is approached by a man calling himself Shane (GUY PEARCE) who tells Will he and his organization know who raped Laura and can, in exchange for a favor down the line, take care of the problem. Initially reluctant, Will finally agrees realizing that a trial would be torture for his wife and a conviction is hardly a guarantee. So, that night when the rapist returns home, he is shot and killed. Upon completion of the murder, the killer phones Shane and says the words: \u201cHungry Rabbit Jumps\u201d.<\/p>\n

Fast forward six months and life is generally back to normal. There are new locks on the door to the Gerard apartment, bars on the window and Laura is still dealing with her ordeal, but the couple seems to be coping. And then Shane re-enters Will\u2019s life at first with a simple task: go to the zoo and mail an envelope addresses to Santa Clause. When Will arrives at the zoo and in front of the mail box, he receives another phone call to instead open the envelope (good thing he hadn\u2019t dropped it in!) which contains pictures of a woman, her two kids and her purported child pornographer ex-husband, Leon Walczak. He\u2019s ordered to just follow the woman around and call in if the ex shows up (he doesn\u2019t).<\/p>\n

Thinking his job is done, he receives yet another job: this time to take the bus, get off at the same stop as the subject and throw him off a catwalk into traffic, making it look like suicide. He refuses to do so which only causes Shane to become very angry that Will is going back on their agreement (which, btw, did not include killing anybody). Will follows the subject in order to warn him but is instead attacked which causes the man to go over the ledge, just as was planned. However, thanks to surveillance footage Will is arrested for murder \u2013 the one over the catwalk proving his innocence is conveniently missing \u2013 for the man who went by a different name than was given: Alan Marsh, a reporter for the New Orleans Gazette who apparently had been working on a big story. Will is set free by the police lieutenant (XANDER BERKELEY) who is a part of the organization and knows if Will does not escape, he will be killed to made look like a suicide.<\/p>\n

Now on the run, with his wife also in danger, Will must uncover the true identity of Shane, find the story Marsh had been working on and clear his name all while being chased by shady forces. Yeah, it\u2019s basically The Fugitive<\/em> meets convolution.<\/p>\n

Alright, so for Seeking Justice<\/em><\/strong> we get the calmer, gentler Nicolas Cage over the wild and over-the-top version and having recently endured Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance<\/em>, it\u2019s a welcomed reprieve. No, Cage doesn\u2019t exactly give a commanding performance or anything but he\u2019s good enough in what is otherwise kind of a bland, made-for-television character (kind of surprised this wasn\u2019t a Lifetime movie). Even so, he\u2019s fine in the role and lets the audience root for him no matter how ridiculous the plot may get.<\/p>\n

The supporting cast includes January Jones who does a good job both playing a victim but also kicking some ass in the third act while the sadly underrated and woefully underused Guy Pearce gets the thankless task of playing a one-dimensional villain but Pearce is certainly menacing enough to fulfill the part. Harold Perrineau of \u201cLost\u201d fame and Jennifer Carpenter from \u201cDexter\u201d are also in it but don\u2019t make much of an impact, Carpenter especially getting only 5-minutes of screen time as Jones\u2019 best friend. None of these performances are particularly memorable, but as with Cage, they did their best with what they\u2019ve been given.<\/p>\n

Seeking Justice<\/em><\/strong> was directed by Roger Donaldson whose resume ranges from Species<\/em> to The Recruit<\/em> and The Bank Job<\/em>. His direction isn\u2019t anything special but its effective enough and provides the right amount of pacing all things considered.<\/p>\n

The script was co-written by Robert Tannen who\u2019s previous and only credited, effort was 2006\u2019s ensemble drama, Even Money<\/em> which I saw once and wasn\u2019t all that impressed, although it wasn\u2019t bad either… However, the screenplay here was, at best, thin and I wasn\u2019t sure at the start how far it could stretch, but thanks to Cage and his supporting cast, it at least led to entertaining if not forgettable 105-minutes. The plot is certainly inane yet my attention was captured until the end which is far more than I can say about so many other films today.<\/p>\n

All in all, Seeking Justice<\/em><\/strong> is a serviceable film that\u2019s not going to challenge the brain, especially the plot, but because of a thankfully subdued Nicolas Cage and an impressive supporting cast, it\u2019s at least worth checking out even if it\u2019s only a rental.<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 1.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Seeking Justice<\/span><\/em><\/strong>: Behind the Scenes (7:08; SD)<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 This is a very basic featurette where you have Nicolas Cage, January Jones, Harold Perrineau and director Roger Donaldson explaining the characters, fellow actors and the plot intermixed with behind-the-scenes footage.<\/p>\n

Also includes is the Theatrical Trailer (2:04; HD)<\/span><\/strong> and a retail DVD Copy<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Anchor Bay releases Seeking Justice<\/em><\/strong> onto Blu-ray with a fine looking transfer. Presented in 1080p high-definition and in its original 2.35 widescreen aspect ratio, the movie might not have much of a punch but it still looks good. The detail levels are well done and the color array is pretty standard fare for a movie of this type. It might not wow your socks off, but at the same time, it\u2019s decent looking transfer.
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AUDIO \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The disc comes with a Dolby TrueHD 5.1 track which is suitable, but nothing more, nothing less. The dialogue levels comes across the best mainly from the center speaker while the few action scenes are dispersed via the front and rear channels. Although this track doesn\u2019t quite have the oomph compared with others, it\u2019s still satisfactory enough.<\/p>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 2.75\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Overall, Seeking Justice<\/em><\/strong> is a serviceable film that\u2019s not going to challenge the brain, especially the plot, but because of a thankfully subdued Nicolas Cage and an impressive supporting cast, it\u2019s at least worth checking out even if it\u2019s only a rental. The Blu-ray isn\u2019t anything to write home about either with a superficial featurette and a trailer. The audio and video transfers are fine if not unexceptional.<\/p>\n

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The Movieman<\/em>
\nPublished: <\/strong>06\/11\/2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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