a review of 义警我来也

I found John Doe: Vigilante an interesting, thought-provoking film. I'd describe it as a mix between V for Vendetta and Natural Born Killers. The movie addresses the common human sentiments regarding justice and the punishment of ruthless criminals, in a more intelligent way than the usual 'Death Wish part X'. I especially liked this quote: “A vigilante is simply someone who violates the law in order to punish a criminal for what they believe is right, for what they believe is justice. So, what then do you call a country who sends soldiers to kill people in places like Afghanistan or Iran, Iraq, Korea, Vietnam in the name of what they believe is right, in the name of what they believe is justice. That country is a vigilante, pure and simple. Only when a country does it, people call it ‘war’ and nobody bats an eyelid. But when a country does it, they aren’t anywhere near as clinical or as careful as someone as John Doe and that country ends up killing thousands of innocent women and innocent children. Oh, collateral damage.”