"Law Abiding Citizen" is a tense, edge of your seat thriller that will make you question the lengths a good man will go for justice.
If you like the Die Hard films then you'll love this one. Clyde appears to be your average family guy but takes revenge on everyone involved in the murder case of his wife and daughter. Plenty of action, a few explosions and a handfull of deaths should keep you engaged even if the plot is a little predictable.
The film is fantastic, Gerard Butler plays the role really well, he isn't an evil man but he wants revenge for his wife and daughter and quite rightly so, and plots brilliantly against the legal system to get his revenge.
The film also has a real twist in it but you must buy it and watch it to find out what that twist is. Jamie fox is the prosecutor but soon enough becomes a target himself.
Really well writen storyline and action packed, a great film. You shall enjoy.
Law Abiding Citizen for me personally, falls into the following category of things that aren't quite there altogether; but regardless, the attempt or the gall of these things is very much appreciated. As a result Law Abiding Citizen falls alongside things such as charades on the radio, a bumble bee attacking a wasp and finally attempting to blink with both eyes.
By no means am I saying with such flippancy that Law Abiding Citizen is a bad film, because it is not. I enjoyed watching the film for the duration of its run time. But for some reason the film doesn't sit peacefully within my incoherent mind. When looking back on why this could be the case, there are a number of possibilities for such uncertainty. One explanation for it could be the acting. As the cover acutely shows, the film is dominated with two particular performances - One from Jamie Foxx and the other from a certain Caledonian Spartan - Gerard Butler. Without giving too much of the plot away and in turn spoiling it for all that wish to seek the film out. Mr G. Butler dawns the guise of Clyde Shelton, a man who has had to ordeal a brutal series of events involving his wife and daughter. I don't believe it is revealing too much to say his wife and daughter may only feature in the first couple of dark and chilling minutes of the feature. Mr J. Foxx takes the role of Nick Rice, an assistant District attorney focused primarily on his near perfect conviction rate. This lingering and bubbling arrogance from Rice plays a hefty part in the unwinding plot. And it is perhaps this nagging, and at times dubious plot where my main gripe lies. The overall theme is interesting and certainly gripping - One man's attempt at retribution against a polluted legal system by any means necessary. And exploding means at times, certainly keep intrigue levels in an incessant state. Again in an attempt to tip toe around the plot, the overall idea I like. However it is the twists and turns the film wants you to accept where the irritations fester.
One silly little thing that irks me is a plot device we have seen in many a film. And that is the lovely 10 years later insert at the beginning. Now I completely understand why it is used here, and it there is no denying that it does play an essential part in the plot, but the characters don't look as though they have matured in any way. Looking back at the last line I just typed I find it absolutely ridiculous that I even considered that as a criticism, but I have to be honest and say it did indeed nag me. Now to fully explain what I mean by this I will consider two things. Number one the characters do not look they have physically aged in anyway. But I am fine with that; as this could be explained with them both having a young painted portrait of themselves upstairs in their lofts. So I am okay with that. But add that lacking physical change with a lacking depth in the characters themselves and little flourishes of vexation begin to emerge. And when the characters do indeed begin to change and evolve, it is through such contrivances that I just can't fully bring myself to believe them.
Now I do enjoy many films that ask you to leave your brain just outside the cinema doors, or if you are at home your living room door. But Law Abiding Citizen doesn't quite know where it wants to stand. Does it want to be a throw away film, that you put on for an hour and a half and just let it wash over you? Or does it want to be a thought provoking film that will leave you with a number of questions that you can discuss with others and form your own opinions on? For me personally Law Abiding Citizen wants to be the latter, but in order to bring in an audience it had to delve into the armoury of the cinema going masses. Resulting in an interesting filmed being buried and muddied by an overly contrived and farfetched plot. Law Abiding Citizen is worth a watch. But don't go seeking it...Let the film come to you. Whether it be on television, in a bargain bin at the local supermarket or in a ditch which you were given co-ordinates to with only fifteen minutes to get to. One way or another let the film just drift into your life and give it a watch when it comes along...
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. Gerard Butler (300) and Jamie Foxx (Collateral) star in Be Cool director F. Gary Gray's Law Abiding Citizen. A taut and tense thriller, packed with action and explosions, this vigilante vengeance movie is seriously confrontational and totally exhilarating. Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) is a family man whose wife and daughter were brutally murdered during a home invasion. When the killers are caught, Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx), a hotshot young Philadelphia prosecutor, is assigned to the case. Against his will, Rice is forced to offer one of the suspects a light sentence in exchange for testifying against his accomplice. Fast forward ten years: The man who got away with murder is found dead and Shelton coolly admits his guilt. Then he issues a warning to Rice: either fix the flawed justice system, or key players in the trial will die. Soon Shelton follows through on his threats, orchestrating from his jail cell a string of spectacularly diabolical assassinations. Rice finds himself in a desperate race against time facing a deadly adversary who always seems to be one step ahead. Actors Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Leslie Bibb, Michael Gambon, Christian Stolte, Bruce McGill, Viola Davis, Regina Hall, Colm Meaney, Michael Kelly, Josh Stewart, Michael Irby, Richard Portnow, Annie Corley & Ryan Woodle Director F. Gary Gray Certificate 18 years and over Year 2009 Screen Widescreen 16:9 Anamorphic Languages English - Dolby Digital (5.1) Duration 1 hour and 48 minutes (approx) Region Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players.
Thriller starring Gerard Butler as Clyde Shelton, an ordinary family man whose life is blown apart when his wife and daughter are brutally murdered during an attack on their home. When a plea bargain sets his family's killers free, Shelton sees no choice but to take the law into his own hands, and in the name of justice he embarks on a killing spree that only one man can bring an end to: Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx), the assistant district attorney who brokered the deal.
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