Nic Cage Revenge Movie 'Seeking Justice' Finally Picked Up By Anchor Bay, Set For March 16th Release

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by Drew Taylor
December 14, 2011 6:30 PM
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Nicolas Cage is about this far away from being an exclusively direct-to-video actor. After "Trespass," his laughably bad thriller co-starring Nicole Kidman, more or less debuted on DVD, and his "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance" seems destined for home video obscurity (at least if the early word is any indication), he seems to barely be hanging on to his theatrical presence. (What were "Season of the Witch" and "Drive Angry" if not direct-to-cable fodder that somehow found their way into multiplexes?) The latest embarassment: his revenge thriller "Seeking Justice" (formerly "The Hungry Rabbit Jumps" and released simply as "Justice" this fall in the U.K.), has now finally been picked up for release in March via Anchor Bay, a company most of us still know as the video company that made us buy 13 different versions of "Evil Dead II" on DVD.

The thriller, which co-stars January Jones and Guy Pearce, actually seems like it could be on the more enjoyable end of the Nic Cage spectrum of trash. It's directed by genre stalwart Roger Donaldson, who directed "No Way Out," "Species," and most recently the outrageously underrated "The Bank Job." It was produced by former Spider-Man Tobey Maguire and was shot by the reliable cinematographer David Tattersall ("The Green Mile"). Plus the plot, about a morally nebulous neighborhood watch group that helps Cage find the bad guy who assaulted his wife (Jones), sort of reminds us of the great Robert Forster/Fred Williams drive-in movie "Vigilante" (seriously, if you've never seen it, do).

"Seeking Justice" was originally bankrolled by Paramount (Momentum released it in the U.K., where it more or less disappeared without trace), so an Anchor Bay aquisition, which will probably include some kind of VOD component, is a big step backwards. It will surely be on home video a couple of months after its brief theatrical run. The announcement was made today by Bill Clark, president of Anchor Bay Entertainment, and reported in Variety.

Be the first to seek justice when "Seeking Justice" opens on March 16th.

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justin | February 13, 2012 4:30 AMReply

Seeking Justice is a great film great story line and def 1 of nicolas cages bests film of all time i give this film 5stars out of 5
Hasher | December 15, 2011 3:10 AMReply

Indeed, I saw it myself over here in the UK. It's probably Cage's best film since Bad Lieutenant. It had the potential to be a great, dark thriller. Unfortunately you can see grubby Hollywood fingers all over the last third of the film. Guy Pierce, per usual, is particularly impressive, if underutilized.
Mr Anonymous | December 14, 2011 10:17 PMReply

I actually saw this last week! It played in my local cineplex in the UK for around 2 weeks and was just simply called Justice.

It's the 2nd Nic Cage film i've seen where he plays a high school teacher, the first one was Knowing and you bet i got a surprise when i read the credits and saw Tobey Maguire's name appear as a producer.

As for the film, it was much better than i expected it to be. In fact, it was much better than it really deserved to be. The premise is ludricuous and it's trash, but enjoyable trash and Guy Pearce as the baddie chewing the scenery was fun to watch!

Oh and the amount of tv stars in this movie - you got peeps from Mad Men, Dexter and Lost! Lol.