"When you are a Judge...you can do what you please"

Rating: 7/10 (6 November 2012)

There are somethings that are fresh in this flip-flopped revenge flick and it keeps its newness quite entertaining and engaging for most of this audience pleasing poke at authority and the system. When a Judge says..."well when you are a Judge you can do what you please"...we know that the system and its willing participants deserve what they are getting.
However, will the system be totally taken down by the antagonist? That is, it seems, the desire of the audience. It is wishful fantasy but is that the "real" reality. Probably not. A major disruption, in real life, is probably the best the angered hero/villain can hope for, so the ending approval is based on your concept of dreaming or accepting the inevitable.
There is much here that is a good ride and a cathartic release and it is not without its surprises and shocks. But the movie does slow and falter in the last third and some of it is downright disappointingly dull in its race to stop the onslaught. In fact, it is convoluted stretching credulity to the breaking point and it is rather a gentle let down from the extreme to a simple contrivance that lacks intelligence and can be an insult to the viewer and their gullibility quota.