Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler, Bruce McGill
An everyday guy decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets his family's killers free. His target: The district attorney who orchestrated the deal.
Stats: 9,828 reviews
An Intense thriller; both entertaining and unpredictable, that unfortunately leaves a bad taste in the mouth with a very weak and uninspired conclusion. Overlook this flaw, and you'll (more than likely) be pleasantly surprised by this niffty little thrill-ride.
Also, Gerard Bu...( read more)
Thought this was a somewhat interesting movie but Jamie Foxx over acts as always as a crook of a lawyer making deals w/ murderers. Gerard Butler is calm & cool no matter what. I do however have a bone to pick? the ?revenge part? where he explains what he?s going to do & I do...( read more)
As a budding film critic its quite difficult to review a movie like "Law Abiding Citizen", on one hand its one of the funniest films of the year which in that case I'd give it a 4 star review but the problem is that I'm fairly sure that it was suppose to be a highly dramatic, int...( read more)
An unforgettably powerful and adreniline-fuelled edge of your seat thriller. A bone-chilling revenge classic. An unbeliveably exhilerating, mind-blowing and shocking film that shakes you to the core like you wouldnt belive. It packs plenty of twist, turns and explosive excitement...( read more)
Law Abiding Citizen is a film that disguises itself as a domestic thriller, but doubles (triples, and quadruples) as a crime film; a straight action caper; a Saw-esque gore fest and a study in vengeance-fueled psychosis. It really is pretty well-rounded. It even throws in a few g...( read more)
Ballsy little Saw-a-like thriller that drops the ball in the final furlong, an ending with more teeth would have benefitted this fun thriller with some nice surprises, but alas we're given an all too conventional, Hollywood wrap up to a film that was defying those same convention...( read more)
Entertaining, intense, unrealistic, unsatisfying ending. You will cheer for the bad guy.
Despite having just a completely terrible title and a trailer that did absolutely nothing for me, I was pleasantly surprised by this actioner directed by the sometimes good, most of the times awful F. Gary Gray.
Foxx is completely dispensable (like in most of his projects) but t...( read more)
It's about the cat-and-mouse game between two very smart guys, and it's perfectly happy to be as dumb as it wants. full review
At last, the missing link between Phantom of the Opera and Saw. Welcome to the gonzo revenge saga Law Abiding Citizen. full review
The exploration of right and wrong, and its complicated lack of clarity, gets trammeled amid the bevy of explosions, volley of bullets and mounting body count. full review
Vigilante movies hold a firm place in cinematic history, but for them to work, the vigilante needs to be a sympathetic anti-hero. full review
An exercise in illogic and Death Wish cribbing that lets a bunch of good actors collect big paychecks for playing way less than their A game. full review
The movie is not -- putting it courteously -- tightly constructed. The narrative shifts are jerky and the tone bounces around like a Jeep on a dirt road. full review
That the film, directed in swift strokes by F. Gary Gray from a screenplay credited to Kurt Wimmer, doesn't really work -- unrelentingly grim, unintentionally funny -- is almost beside the point. It's... full review
The explanation of Clyde's methods is preposterous, but it comes late enough that F. Gary Gray, the director, is first able to generate considerable suspense and a sense of dread. full review
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