Justice

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Justice

R

2012

1h 45m

Mystery & Thriller

Action

Drama

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A stranger (Guy Pearce) approaches a high-school teacher (Nicolas Cage) and offers to punish his wife's (January Jones) attacker.

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Critics Consensus

Seeking Justice is nothing more than a typical potboiler with another phoned-in performance by Nicolas Cage.

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Noah Berlatsky

The Atlantic

Aug 28, 2019

The set-up is painfully contrived, and the film is littered with the usual plot holes.

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

Aug 31, 2018

A plodding and uninteresting revenge thriller.

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

Mar 19, 2012

1/5

Ah, Nicolas Cage, you donkey- faced old ham. When did you finally give up on acting and abandon yourself totally to self-parody?

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Feb 22, 2023

2/4

The whole movie might’ve been more entertaining had Cage imbued Will with his usual whacked-out eccentricities, but his performance is decidedly low-impact, much like the movie itself.

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

Nov 26, 2019

In Seeking Justice, Cage is in unfamiliar territory as the bookish Will Gerard which lends itself well to Cage delivering one of his best performances in some time.

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Abbie Bernstein

Assignment X

Feb 6, 2019

B

The treatment the subject gets here pretty much deters earnest discussion, but if it's a little too absurd to be profound, it's at least kinetic enough to be fun.

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Red in D

@redindenver Aug 6, 2026

Just meh ... But, why does Rotten Tomatoes show the title of the movie as "Justice" when the actual title is "Seeking Justice"?

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Christian K

@ckacar Jul 27, 2026

Direct to Video Cage slop that meets the bare needs of crime thriller. Cage is way too bland and forgettable here.

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Gabe W

@RT88149615 Feb 7, 2025

I don't care If you agree or not, but I can always find myself loving a nic flick. I just love his craziness and laughs. I grew up watching him. Even his lil experience in (Fast times at Richmond high) 💪 so I give all his movies 5 stars even his worse ones P.s currently watching this film now again

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Simon G

@icemanliveson Nov 3, 2024

Nicolas Cage best movie in a long long time, reminded me of the good old days of michael douglas in "the game" , highly recommended

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Kyle J

@RT92554104 Mar 2, 2024

Why can't a movie have vigilantes who are good through and through? This movie would have been more interesting if the good guys were good guys.

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Mar 23, 2022

When an opening scene starts with the hero riding to bring justice.. and the hero can't ride, flopping around in the saddle... I thought it was a comedy.

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Synopsis

A stranger (Guy Pearce) approaches a high-school teacher (Nicolas Cage) and offers to punish his wife's (January Jones) attacker.

Director: Roger Donaldson
Producer: Tobey Maguire, Ram Bergman, James D. Stern
Screenwriter: Robert Tannen, Todd Hickey
Distributor: Anchor Bay
Production Co: Ram Bergman Productions, Fierce Entertainment, Material Pictures, Endgame Entertainment
Rating: R (Language|Brief Sexuality|Violence)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Action, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 16, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 5, 2016
Runtime: 1h 45m

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