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| Read our interview with Jamie Bamber |
“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 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.”
Just one of the many powerful and moving statements of
John Doe: Vigilante. This movie is
very fitting to today’s world in that we, as a people, are capable of
extraordinary things; good or bad. How actually corrupt and blinded we are or
can be and most importantly fragile. John
Doe Vigilante is what this world needs. John
Doe Vigilante is a Batman who kills. John
Doe Vigilante is a form of fear and control that is boundless.
Starring
Jamie Bamber, most famous for his role as Lee Adama in Battlestar Galactica,
makes a very bold role choice as John Doe and acts his ass off, not that we’d expect anything else from
him. Personally, I am glad I got to watch this, but am saddened that it might
go under the radar. John Doe Vigilante
is a gut-wrenching, emotionally driven vengeance flick, but with a touching
message everyone can understand and probably get behind.
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Taking place in
Australia, you’re shown that the world we live in is spiraling out of control
and that bad things happen everywhere, not just in uncivilized worlds like the
media portrays. John
Doe Vigilante’s message screams for a change that may
never come in our lifetime or in a human existence. Like Bamber’s character,
Lee Adama, this movie is a good example of human beings. Outside of its
powerful stance, the movie is edited and scored precisely how it should be in
order to achieve potency.
I really hope this pushes Jamie Bamber into the beaming
spotlight again because the dude can act and shouldn’t be doing anything else.
With his success from Battlestar Galactica, he’s gone on to other smaller bits and
is acting in Law and Order: UK (Oh,
yeah…this guy is British) and most
recently got his own TV show on TNT called Monday
Mornings. Here’s to hoping the world can see more of his handsome face in
movies, but don’t be fooled by it because Jamie Bamber is anything but just a
face.
-Heather