Injustice
Injustice
NR | 06 June 2011 (USA)
SEASON & EPISODES
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    Solemplex

    To me, this movie is perfection.

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    Glucedee

    It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

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    Bergorks

    If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

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    BelSports

    This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

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    A_Different_Drummer

    First we start with the talent. Horowitz may well be one of those rare writers who could not pen a bad script even if he tried. Purefoy possibly one of the most under-rated A-listers around, he has the ability to ground an entire film (or mini-series), at the same time projecting intelligence, sophistication and most importantly likability. And Creed-Miles, an unexpected bonus, practically hypnotic in his ability to jump from one emotional extreme to another in about the time it takes for the Enterprise to reach Warp Speed.That said, I flagged this mini-series as a "different kind of suspense" and I am sticking to that review.I cannot easily recall a story that so challenges the viewer to engage with the characters. It is one thing to use flashbacks to reveal the history of a character at the appropriate time. It is another entirely to parcel out bits and pieces of the backstory here and there, as if offering tiny bowls of porridge to the central character in OLIVER.The twist (to this reviewer) is not the story itself (that is more of an obstacle course, with the first one to reach the end winning) but that the writer (Horowitz) understood off the top that it is hard to connect with the story if you do not understand the characters.And to be frank all the characters here are a little loopy and not entirely sympathetic. (Both Purefoy and Creed-Miles for example are arguably two sides of the very same coin, neither good nor bad, neither sane nor certifiable.) So, by the finale, that is the brilliance of Injustice. It draws the viewer along even without a sympathetic character, even with blurred plot arcs and even though you are never entirely sure who you should be cheering on.Impressive.

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    jk-692-236394

    So I was left a bit confused. He murdered the 2nd fellow and he got away with that too? So is he the murdering justice lawyer? I think it is a ripe set up for another series. Ala Dexter. But obviously not as gory. Still there is satisfaction to be gained from seeing the criminals get theirs. I have never seen James Purefoy in anything and I thought he was quite good, and the actress who played his wife. I never understood what the young guy was in jail for. That whole story confused me. I googled it to try to see if any reviews explained it, but the first two episodes were so slow I did FF'ed through some of it so I may of missed that part. I was glad the mean cop got murdered. He was dreadful.

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    ComedyFan2010

    I am pretty disappointed after it ended. The show seemed to have so much more potential and ideas than that lazy finale.The show seemed to have very smart. I expected something about the idea of injustice, and what it means. I thought that since the first guy William killed was an animal rights activist that used violence to get what he saw as justice, there will be some philosophizing about how what Will does can be compared to it and more thoughts on performing self justice. I thought that since William was going through psychologically painful time of questioning the legal system after he defended someone who was indeed guilty he will not be able to handle defending his innocent friend Marting and this would end up sending him to jail and thus again showing the injustice happening.Nothing like that happened. The ending was laughable. My thoughts on the final episode are in my review on this episode. I find it very lazy to suddenly make Martin interested in child pornography. Not only was it basically out of nowhere and William's thought process made no sense whatsoever, it also was just a cheap move to make people in our easily manipulated and child crazy society to see what Will has done justifiable and right without giving it any deeper thought. I think the only people who will be satisfied with this kind of the finale are fat, uneducated housewives who watched Nancy Grace and until now are crying about "baby killer" being out and how they would want to kill her. Which also explains why the group who gave this show the highest score are females 30-44.I am also kind of sad that the story of Alan and his book wasn't really developed. He was just the link to the gun Will used, and while I can see that it is a mini series but I wish there was a bit more to it.There are lots of clichés in this show. I already mentioned that the guys who were lynched by William both committed crimes with children involved. Then we also have the good, talented guy that was bullied and one day couldn't handle it and shot the bully. The mean cop who is abusive to his wife because he got changed by his work. And his partner is of course a new, nice guy. The animal rights person who is of course the evil one because he cares about other living beings as well. etc. etc. etc. But I must say most of them didn't bother me too much. Except for the first one, but this is just because it happened twice, and one should not overuse such a formula in a 5 episodes show.So why after writing so many negative things do I still give it 7/10? Well, because the rest was pretty good. The acting was absolutely high class. There isn't one actor who I think wasn't giving a top performance throughout the show. There were great scenes, great dynamics The ideas were all very good as well. If only one could rewrite the ending it would have been a real masterpiece of television.

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    michelle-baldwin1

    I felt compelled to put pen to paper myself after watching this thoroughly enjoyable drama, I would say by far the best thing on ITV in 2011 Purefoy is at his best with a great support cast in Miles, Diveney, Parker and Dunning. Love to see more of this in the future, the writing is from Anthony Horowitz known for Foyles War, Murder in Mind, Midsommer Murders and The Gift. In the beginning you see only success from Travers lifestyle but it soon unravels into a web of intrigue, not everything is what it seems, flashbacks are used to build a powerful story of a man with a secret in his past, will it catch up with him?

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