Seven's (Malcom Banks) in a nutshell a model citizen, he's a loving husband to Natalie (Diamond Gordon), a loving father to Omar (Kyan Dorcey), and he has no criminal record whatsoever - and yet, one evening when he's driving home despite not having done everything wrong, and he's treated by the officer in charge, Ivory (Chris Saunders), like an already convicted criminal, for no other reason than that he just happens to be black. Young Omar, who hasn't even reached his teen years yet, is so troubled by that that he jumps out of the car in panic - and is shot back by Officer Ivory with five shots, him later claiming he mistook the little boy for a perpetrator. Of cource the case comes to trial, but while Ivory presents himself as having only acted in the line of duty, Seven's so far squeaky clean character is assassinated, and Ivory comes away with a slap on the wrist. Seven however never manages to overcome his grief, and after arrempts at therapy and the like, he finds a self help group for dads having lost their children to random police brutality. And from that group stems the idea to assemble a group of angry dads taking the law into their own hands. But of course, with them acting according to their own laws, the line between "justice" and revenge is soon blurred, and on top of that their violence only begats more violence ...

A pretty compelling thriller, especially since its main character is so relatable, even in his craving for justice that's basically revenge. And that the film gets across its story in a somewhat jumpy way where the tilmeline's not always strictly linear only helps to keep the audience invested and keeps the film free from emotional overload that would have only distracted from the film's intentionally blurred line between good and evil - which is really what makes the film so powerful. And of course, a very solid cast doesn't hurt any eiter to make this one a very worthwhile watch.

... and if this has at all gotten you interested, feel free to watch 7vens Law on Tubi at https://link.tubi.tv/zcWRCpygMNb

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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