Law-Abiding Citizen Review

Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) is a family man. One day, he opens his front door and is assaulted by a pair of home invaders. As he watches, one of them murders his family while the other steals his valuables. After they are caught, the murderer form the pair promises to testify against the other and in so doing, gets a lighter sentence. Clyde is dismayed by the nonchalance of the Assistant DA Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx), who tells him that a deal has been made to get some justice, rather than none. Clyde decides to take matters into his own hands and finds a way to kill both home invaders.

Over the years there have been plenty of revenge movies, like Charles Bronson in Death Wish and Uma Thurman in Kill Bill. This film is a little different from either of those movies with one exception. The key difference is that after both criminals have been killed, the vigilante starts killing members of the justice system, and so doing, loses some of the sympathy the audience had for him from the beginning.

Both Butler and Foxx put in good performances, but the script is relatively transparent and it’s easy to see who’s next on the vigilante’s hit list.

6 out of 10

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