Law Abiding Citizen

Law Abiding Citizen

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Law Abiding Citizen

Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler, Bruce McGill, Colm Meaney, Leslie Bibb

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.

Id: 11049905

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  • December 8, 2009
    To start off it loses a star for the ending,wont tell if u havn't seen it yet but it just never cut it for me.On a whole its a good movie,a death wish updated.Butler is on great form here and the best performance hes done this year with all the other movies hes put out,Fox is fin...( read more)e but can do better.Twist is fine but can see it coming,On a whole a voilent,bloody at times and enteraining way to spent 2 hrs,
  • December 4, 2009
    Review pending...
  • December 1, 2009
    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)tler is at his most badass here, clearly having a blast with the role at hand.
  • November 19, 2009
    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)n?t mean the overall lan?they don?t show the fun stuff only the after math gore (& its not much/enough I?d prefer to see! Lol.. yeah I?m sick I know I live my vengefulness through movies!! But at least it?s a safe anger management fantasy therapy type thing!!) The whole still doing these things from jail is cool, I did get into it, but I?d say maybe average
  • November 5, 2009
    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)ense action drama and a statement on the shambles on the American justice system. In that case you have your 1.5 stars right here. Which is a shame considering the talent that no one ever considered the logic behind any of this.
    Take for example at the beginning from Gerard Butler's family is killed, I mean I get it he's angry that his family has been killed and wants justice. Problem is that both the script and Butler's performance is so one-sided that it takes everything to a one giant level of stupidity. The change from family man to blood thirsty mass murderer is so drastic and considering there is not a single moment of doubt or moral conflict that it left me with two questions.
    1. Are we suppose to root for him?
    2. If the mobs dudes didn't take the little girl out, would this guy have done it once, she hits the teen years?
    Its this type of lazy writing and zany over the top "Saw-esque" killing scenes that make "Law Abiding Citizen" difficult to understand what its trying to do.
    Sadly despite these flaws at least Butler is interesting and looks like he's at least having fun blowing sh*t up. Everyone else, particularly Jamie Foxx and Viola Davis just look as though they are totally going to switch to Philip Seymour Hoffman's agent once shooting is done. Hell I don't think I've ever seen extras look this embarrassed to be in a film.
    Though credit should go to F. Gary Gary for making a well shot piece of junk and its a film I'd go see for in no other reason there is a lot to laugh at in "Law Abiding Citizen" Just don't expect anything like logic, a brain or a point.
  • December 14, 2009
    It starts off nicely, build up tension and some thrilling moments in the middle, then total disappointment in the end. What? Is that it? The district attorney gets away without any consequences or remorse? Where the grand plan of taking down the whole system, Clyde?
  • December 14, 2009
    Butler brings the pain leaving you confused as to who you should be cheering for.. loves it!
  • December 14, 2009
    very action packed and thriller type film makes you think till the end do watch this...
  • December 13, 2009
    the plot was interesting except for the ending part.
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