Day 336: Defendor

Directed By- Peter Stebbings

Written By- Peter Stebbings

Starring- Woody Harrerlson, Elias Koteas, Kat Dennings, Michael Kelly, Sandra Oh

Run Time- 1 hr. 35 min.

Critics Review-  "Saving the day is Harrelson's low-key, rooted performance, adding an unexpected layer of poignancy when things take a decidedly darker turn."- Michael Rechtshaffen "Hollywood Reporter" 

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 67% Audience- 56%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 4 1/2 stars

My Review-

I liked this movie a lot more than I expected to, maybe because it is nothing like it seems to be in the trailer. This movie is a lot darker than that, yes it has comedy here and but it is also a very serious movie as it progresses. I was really surprised at this movie I heard that Harrelson did a good job in this role but this is one movie that he went unnoticed, along with Kat Dennings and Micheal Kelly. I like that the movie trailer was misleading because it was able to mask what the movie was really about. Even though that Harrelson's character was a bit crazy he was actually trying to do good. Its hard to see why the audience did not like this movie, I would think they would love it and to see the score so low for this movie is surprising to see. This movie did not disappoint it was almost everything I was hoping for in the trailer with the surprise that it was more of a dark comedy than an actual comedy. This one movie I would love to own and just watch it over and over again.The concept was pretty cool; how a man was trying to stop a person that had ruined his life when he was little, also he was kind of like the ghetto batman; well not a billionaire, he had made his own equipment  his own hideout and also took on crime by himself in the name of being good and ridding the streets of evil.  There were some really cool one-liners in the film as well and what made the movie like 10x better because since he was just an average person being a crime fighter he really did not know what to say and when he did it either came out weird or kind of did not make sense. I recommend that everyone check out this movie; its really good and it was a smart idea of the director or who ever was in charge of the trailer to mislead the audience into not knowing what the film was really going to be about, I was statisfied with every minute of this film. I just feel it was a wee bit too short. The theme of the movie also works well which is "Fight Back" I think they chose that for the people in the film or possibly anywhere is that do not give up and stand up against evil (even if does not really exist).