Law Abiding Citizen

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Law Abiding Citizen

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Law Abiding Citizen

Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler, Bruce McGill, Colm Meaney, Leslie Bibb, Michael Irby, Regina Hall, Viola Davis

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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  • sykora259517
    November 19, 2009
    sykora259517
    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
  • johnd62
    November 5, 2009
    johnd62
    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.
  • allan913
    November 2, 2009
    allan913
    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) around every corner all the way to it's amasing conclusion. A fearless and very intelligent cat and mouse thriller thats solidly character driven, taunt, riveting and loaded with pulse-pounding suspense and explosive action. It takes the revenge film to new heights and shows us something new, dark and tremendously exhilerating movie that you wont forget. A smart, compelling, nail-biting and heart-pounding thrill-machine. Director, F. Gary Grey crafts a superb and thrilling masterwork that takes his style to new places. Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler have never been better. Foxx is excellent in every scene he's in. Butler is incrediable, he gives a memorable, tortured, brilliant and electrifying performance. Butler and Foxx are a tour de force. Top-notch acting, clever writing and well-constructed by its filmmaker. An amasing, shattering, razor-sharp and breathtaking film thats an assualt on the senses. It's nerve-frying, grippingly tense and flat-out brilliant.
  • flickfever
    October 30, 2009
    flickfever
    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)ratuitous shots of a half-naked Gerard Butler for the ladies (and some men.)

    What starts off as a typical, dime-a-dozen plot of a father who loses everything turns into a taut thriller filled with great action sequences, visual effects and a splash of serial killer flare. A movie only a bad-ass of Butler's caliber could pull off. He was Leonides in 300 after all. Nobody messes with him.

    In this one, however, he plays an ex-CIA operative who knows his way around the legal system and who's made a living by killing people without a trace. Well, this will come in handy when it comes to avenging the brutal death of his wife and daughter.

    The plot and its series of events aren't nearly as important as watching the way in which this desperate man will execute them (pun intended.) Jamie Foxx plays a sly lawyer--hungry for a D.A. position--who is in charge of Butler's case and lets it slip through the bureaucratic cracks. Well, there will be hell to pay for that for Foxx's character and many others.

    The thing about this movie is that you really have to suspend your disbelief. Of course none of the stuff that happens in this movie could ever happen in real life. So don't go in there thinking that you're going to get some cheap CSI-type procedural (although that show isn't known for its realism either.)

    It's a movie that's been done a million times before (from Charles Bronson, o Steven Segal to Mel Gibson and back.) But it's definitely a movie that uses that familiar plot and delivers excitement through its outlandish methods of getting back at the perpetrators of harm and mayhem. It's not always the bad guys who wreak havoc on a city and its desciplinarians. Sometimes it takes a good old law-abiding citizen to show just how badly the system needs a shakedown.
  • flutieman07
    October 29, 2009
    flutieman07
    Not nearly as good as the trailer made it out to be...It's almost played like a horror movie at times because there's one jump scene that leaves you thinking that anything is possible.The movie is also quite gruesome, in particular the opening scene that establishes the plot for ...( read more)the rest of the movie.
    That said, there are some cool moments during the movie that kept me interested, although the payoff at the end isn't nearly as good as some of the ideas I thought they'd pull.
    Also, if you watch this, I can almost guarantee you'll never want to have a flip-phone again...
  • jaebrown17
    November 24, 2009
    jaebrown17
    This movie is sure to knock you out of your seat in more ways than one. I totally love, so much that i have watched it over and over again. It is really worth your time and money. Good work Jamie and Gerard!!!!!
  • baqerhabib
    November 24, 2009
    baqerhabib
    Seems like a real-life story.
  • jpm006
    November 23, 2009
    jpm006
    Pretty good flick except for Jamie Foxx, He's like the guy in last place at the special Olympics, you really want him to do well but in the end he just looks sad....
  • riodimingo06
    November 23, 2009
    riodimingo06
    I saw it last week. I thought it was great! Im in law inforcement and i enjoyed it.
  • sultrykindred
    November 23, 2009
    sultrykindred
    saw it already interesting,full of lessons and truth
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