1/10
four stories in search of a film
30 June 2009
One Man's Justice is actually four stories, all of which are in conflict with one another. First, there's the story of a corrupt FBI agent. Then there's the story of an FBI agent who's so obsessed with taking down a drug lord he's willing to commit murder. The one FBI agent happens also to be the other FBI agent, so already we're in a muddle. Then of course we have to give our star, Brian Bosworth, something to do, so we get a third story about a vet who's out for revenge for the murder of his family. But wait, we haven't touched all the sensitivity bases yet, we gotta have a kid in there somewhere, so we get a fourth story about a 12 year old boy who's thinking about turning gangsta and just needs a role model - like Bosworth (?!) - to set him straight.

There are all sorts of silly flaws throughout the film - towards the end, the hero chases the villain up a flight of stairs but somehow winds up on the roof of a different building from that of the villain - and one could have some fun discussing these. But with plot elements as confusing as we have here, who really cares? And although most of the action scenes are fairly good (with the exception of the lamest car/bike chase I've ever seen), since we don't really know what's going on or why we should care, even these are wasted.

Save yourself the trouble of taking this out of the DVD player - don't bother putting it in.
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