Stand Your Ground

Jack Johnson used to operate on missions with clear orders and exit plans. After his wife is murdered, he turns that training inward, invoking the Stand Your Ground law to justify a personal campaign against the family of a local crime lord. What begins as targeted retaliation widens into a violent feud that drags neighbors, cops, and criminals into the conflict. Along the way Jack faces moral and legal gray areas, balancing tactical precision with raw grief. The story moves through escalating skirmishes, tense interrogations, and quieter moments that reveal how far a man will go when the line between justice and revenge blurs, building toward a high-stakes confrontation without giving away its outcome.

Released in 2025, Stand Your Ground was directed by Fansu Njie from an original concept by Craig Walser. The cast is led by Daniel Stisen as Jack Johnson, with Peter Stormare, Eric Roberts, Adam Basil, and Akie Kotabe in supporting roles, giving the film a familiar ensemble of genre-ready performers.

Box office figures were not widely reported, and the film didn’t dominate mainstream ticket charts. It had a more modest theatrical presence and found a larger portion of its audience through streaming and home-viewing windows rather than a major nationwide box office run.

The movie sparked discussion about the ethics of vigilantism and how films portray self-defense laws, prompting social media debate and opinion pieces about whether action cinema can handle those subjects responsibly. Several intense set pieces were clipped and circulated online, keeping the conversation alive among viewers interested in legal and moral questions tied to personal revenge.

Critical and audience responses were mixed, reflected in a 4.5/10 average from 61 votes. Viewers noted the film’s kinetic action and steady pacing in places, while criticizing uneven character development and heavy-handed moral themes. Performances, especially Stisen’s, divided opinion, leaving the film as a polarizing entry for fans of hard-edged crime thrillers.