Cage Match no.23: Seeking Justice
I realise that I don’t like action movies very much, which is something I should have considered when I decided to do this, but I’m almost a fifth in so no point giving up now.
Nic is an English teacher whose wife is attacked by a stranger and hospitalized. A shady guy finds Nic in the hospital and offers to kill the man who did it in exchange for a favor from him to be provided at a later date. Sure. This brings Nic into the fold of a shady vigilante organisation that makes him kill a journalist or something. The bad guy from iron man three is there and everybody says “The hungry rabbit jumps.” like a hundred times.
There’s also a lot of commentary on the lawlessness of New Orleans post-hurricane? I’m not sure what that is about, and Nic Cage teaches Shakespeare to underprivileged youths.
Positive notes are that his wife doesn’t die. (Yes it’s a low bar and it’s disappointing that I was briefly impressed by this in my cage delirium.)
Nic’s Job in this one: Literature teacher obsessed with Shakespeare! At this point I love every job where he isn’t a cop. And hearing him monologuing is always fun. 7/10
Nic’s Name in this one: Will Gerard. Hmm I like Will for him, less masculine then his usual franks or johnnys. But it’s a pretty boring one.
Nic’s look in this one: Oh my GOD that goatee. Beautiful. Makes no sense. I love it. In terms of his fashion he dresses like a winchester nothing more to say there.
Overall it’s boring and ugly to look at but at least it had a plot and while I would never encourage anyone to watch this, if it came on while you were at the dentist or something it would probably be a little more entertaining then just staring at your watch. 3/10
Next up is Vampire's Kiss!
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