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Name: Law Abiding Citizen
Released: 2009-10-16
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler, Colm Meaney, Bruce McGill, Leslie Bibb

Law Abiding Citizen

R
1h 49m
2009

26%

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A psychopathic mastermind (Gerard Butler of GAMER, 300), captured for the murder of his wife's killers, threatens to unleash a gruesome killing spree across the city of Philadelphia unless he is released. The prosecuting attorney (Jamie Foxx of THE SOLOIST, THE KINGDOM) is usually a deal maker but this time stands his ground and refuses. As if on cue, innocent people start dying in horrifying ways - just as the prisoner warned. The city falls into chaos, with everyone calling for the attorney's head. Desperate, he comes to the realization that his decisions might be what created this horrifying vigilante, and he is the only one that can stop him.

Director:

F. Gary Gray

Producer:

Gerard Butler, Lucas Foster, Alan Siegel, Mark Gill, Kurt Wimmer, Robert Katz

Cast:

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

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

26%

Critics Consensus: Unnecessarily violent and unflinchingly absurd, Law Abiding Citizen is plagued by subpar acting and a story that defies reason.

Reviews

Film Frenzy

Matt Brunson

A gruesome melodrama that, too afraid to tackle the issues it brings up, instead elects to transform into a ridiculous thriller about a psychopath terrorizing a city.

What we end up with here is about two-thirds of a good film that's regrettably ruined by some poor writing in the third act.

Filled with equal parts bloody carnage and plot holes, this vigilante yarn, more concerned with explosions and bloodletting than voicing its potential social commentary, unravels into a disorganized tangle

It's basically Saw with Gerard Butler as Jigsaw, which means he's as righteous of body as he is of mind.