Tyler Perry’s ‘Straw’ Review: The Final Straw for Blue-Collar Vigilante Films?
The “salt-of-the-earth” vigilante is a cornerstone of American cinema. From Michael Douglas’s D-Fens in Falling Down, methodically dismantling a society that has discarded him, to Samuel L. Jackson’s principled desperation in The Negotiator, and Denzel Washington’s heart-wrenching ultimatum in John Q, these films resonate deeply. They tap into a primal fear: that the systems designed … Read more