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Justice Served
USA 2015
produced by Marvin Young, Jay Giannone, Janaki Cedanna, Chris LaMont, Jake Pinholster (executive), Steve Yazbeck (executive), Stephen Grutzius (executive) for Three Day Weekend
directed by Marvin Young
starring Chase Coleman, Jay Giannone, Christina Rose, Denyce Lawton, Gail O'Grady, Lance Henriksen, Marvin Young, Lochlyn Munro, Cathy Rankin, David Horn, Tobias Chandel Jones, Lewis V. Johnson, Jeremy Gillett, Sean Dillingham, Wendy Crawford, Erich Hover, Clinton Sparks
written by Marvin Young, music by Karl Preusser
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Luke (Chase Coleman) hasn't been himself since the murder of his wife
(Cathy Rankin), and even his psychoanalyst (Gail O'Grady) isn't sure she
can help him ... and then suddenly he's abducted and thrown into a room
where he finds himself opposite Galen (Jay Giannone), tied to an electric
chair. Now Galen's the man who has been accused of the murder of the
murder of Luke's wife, but acquitted due to a technicality - and now a
voice only known as Justice wants Luke to have a retrial on his own terms,
and there's a button to turn on the electricity in Galen's chair to
torture the truth out of him. And as weird as this sounds, the two of them
are not alone wherever they are, a few rooms up or down the hallway,
Astrid is asked to try the murderer (Lance Henriksen) of her son, and Mia
(Denyce Lawton) the killer (Marvin Young) of her boyfriend (Lochlyn
Munro). But while this all sounds like some straight-forward
torture-to-death exercise, Luke sees beyond simple gratification of some
archaic instincts of revenge and starts talking with Galen ... and Galen
starts talking sense, bringing up more and more evidence that might prove
his innocence - evidence he couldn't bring up in court as it would have
incriminated him in other crimes. So ultimately the two develop a kind of
trust for one another and decide to break out - but they really have no
idea who or what they're up against ... Now admittedly, the
premise of Justice Served is very far-fetched and does demand quite
a bit of suspension of disbelief - but if one is willing to do that one's
rewarded by a pretty cool thriller that plays well on psychological as
well as action levels, and that keeps the tension up throughout and is
able to surprise the audience thanks to a cleverly constructed script,
coupled with a direction that does not give in to spectacle but carries
the story instead. And a cast of characters that refuse to be just black
or white embodied by a capable cast of actors don't hurt one bit either of
course.
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