What would you do if someone you cared about were attacked? Would you seek vengeance? Justice? That’s the question of Nicolas Cage’s latest thriller, which just so happens to be titled Seeking Justice. You can glance at the trailer over on Apple’s site.
Seeking Justice finds Cage as Will Gerard, happily married to Laura (January Jones). But then she’s attacked, and ends up in the hospital. Distraught, Will is approached by Simon (Guy Pearce), who offers the services of his organisation. Seems they can take the criminal down and get Will a little payback. This won’t cost him anything, but he will owe them a favour. Clearly not thinking straight, Will goes along with it. And that’s when the trouble really starts.
See, the favour involves killing someone else. And when our hero decides he wants no part of it, Simon and his group decides to force his hand. And what does Will do then? Fights back, of course!
This one had a very brief UK cinema release last November (our review is here), but is only just reaching the US after sitting in limbo for a while (it finished shooting in 2009). Maybe this trailer will prime you for the UK DVD release at the end of March. But one thing is clear: When Cage sports a beard, bad guys show fear…
The original title for the movie was Hungry Rabbit Jumps, which actually makes sense in context... But if you're curious, here’s an idea! Why not ask Mr Cage himself! For those of you who didn’t yet know, the man himself will be in the Empire office for a web chaton Thursday (today, January 26 if you’re reading this in the UK and it isn’t already in the past). We’re just hoping he doesn’t go all Ghost Rider and try to wee fire on us.