Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Brutal
- gritty
- heightened
- pulpy
- action movie night
- seagal marathon
What critics said
Critics generally regarded the film as a low-quality but intermittently entertaining direct-to-video action vehicle aimed primarily at Seagal devotees.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Simon Ballister hunts the people responsible for murdering his police-officer son.
The plot uses Los Angeles drug crime and gang activity as the environment for Simon’s investigation and retaliation.
The critical reception repeatedly describes the film as ridiculous, self-parodic, and entertaining when approached as a brain-off Seagal vehicle.
Simon abandons institutional investigation in favor of a personal hunt for the killers.
Films like Urban Justice, and why
Out for Justice
shared direct-to-video action, revenge-driven crime plot, and stoic martial-arts protagonist
Marked for Death
shared urban gang warfare, vigilante revenge, and hard-edged action thriller tone
Death Wish 3
shared father-centered revenge narrative, drug-crime setting, and pulpy action style
Movie Details
- Director
- Don E. FauntLeRoy
- Release Date
- 2007-10-21
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rating
- 5.1 / 10 (130)
Cast
- Steven Seagal
- Eddie Griffin
- Kirk B.R. Woller
- Carmen Serano
- Liezl Carstens
- Cory Hart
- Jade Yorker
- Jermaine Washington
- Danny Trejo
- Mary Evans
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Urban Justice about?
- A grieving father wages a brutally direct one-man war against the Los Angeles gangsters who murdered his police-officer son.
- What is Urban Justice like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Urban Justice as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Urban Justice violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Urban Justice as brutal.
- What did critics think of Urban Justice?
- Critics generally regarded the film as a low-quality but intermittently entertaining direct-to-video action vehicle aimed primarily at Seagal devotees.
- Which films are like Urban Justice?
- Films with a similar feel include Out for Justice, Marked for Death, and Death Wish 3.
- How long is Urban Justice?
- Urban Justice runs 96 minutes.
- Where can I watch Urban Justice?
- In United States, Urban Justice is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube.
