Seeking Justice got slammed at the theater. In fact, no one went to see it. But the truth is that the film might be Cage's best in years, when you take into account all of the fantasy drivel he's been pumping out lately. (Ghost Rider 2, Season of the Witch, anyone?) The truth is, that as a man dealing with the ramifications of his own vengeance response, Cage works with January Jones and Guy Pearce to create a thrilling chemistry that he's been missing for years.

After Will Gerard's (Cage) wife Laura (Jones) is raped, he is approached by the shadowy Simon (Pearce) who tells that Laura's rapist will be taken care of now in exchange for a favor later. In his anguish, Gerard agrees to the deal and Laura's rapist is gunned down by someone else who owes Simon something with the catchphrase "the hungry rabbit jumps."

When Simon reappears and demands that Gerard murder a child molester, Gerard balks at the idea, and we know that the tension will mount as the shadows behind Simon close in. Gerard tries to keep Laura in the dark, but she begins to suspect that something is not quite right. As he gets stuck further and further in Simon's web, he must also keep the police at bay. Sure, some of the plot devices are a bit fragile, and Cage's high school music teacher goes all journalist/rogue, but in the end, we're talking tension-packed thriller.

I'm no Cage fan, but the movie was absolutely compelling. Whether it's the grieving husband who wants to be the man he thinks he should be and avenge his wife, or the idea of an organization taking revenge into its own hands, there are interesting psychological and ethical considerations. In the end, it boils down to revenge.

In Deuteronomy 32:35, God claims vengeance as his (and his alone). We can see in the case of Gerard that vengeance doesn't really bring him any peace, happiness, or closure. Instead, it grabs him by the Cage lapels and drags him down a rabbithole of despair, anguish, and danger. God doesn't want us to steer clear of revenge because he wants to spoil our fun, but instead, because God knows that "vengeance always has a price" (the movie's tagline).

Like Cage or not, it's a slick, passionate movie that keeps us moving along with Gerard as he fights to keep his sanity, solve the mystery, and determine the truth behind Simon's rabbit. In the end, he's fighting for his marriage, his survival, and his soul, something other Cage movies have tried hard to express but rarely accomplished.