Rating of
2.5/4
This Rabbit's Left a Bit Too Hungry to Jump...
Amoeba Johnny - wrote on 05/25/13
This movie presents something that I haven't seen mentioned in the reviews thus far. Vigilantism is a dangerous balance to strike, and an organization based on it has to be careful in its execution (no pun intended). The movie has some pretty deep issues that lie just beneath the surface.
The first third of the movie deals with the issue of vigilantism and revenge. When is it appropriate? *Is* it even appropriate? What do you do when the justice system fails and criminals are allowed to go free? It's something that's been debated and analyzed deeper than in this movie. And when you make a deal with the devil, are you willing to strike it without knowing the final cost?
Roughly about 2/3rds through the movie, I felt it changes the theme a bit. It becomes less about vigilantism and more about the cover-up of it. Vigilantism is fine but it reminds me of the old phrase, "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?". This is a tremendous power to wield, but how is it kept in check? And how far is too far?
The movie, while introducing these concepts, does very little to expand on them. Like I mentioned, it's been debated and analyzed in various movies, comics and novels. That's not to say it's a bad movie, but it just seems a bit unsatisfying in exploring these issues. Characters are thrown at us with little background about them. Despite all of this it's a decent movie, there's certainly worse ways to spend 105 minutes.
