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      Law Abiding Citizen

      2009, Mystery & thriller/Crime, 1h 48m

      163 Reviews 250,000+ Ratings

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      Unnecessarily violent and unflinchingly absurd, Law Abiding Citizen is plagued by subpar acting and a story that defies reason. Read critic reviews

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      Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) is an honorable family man, until the day his wife and daughter are murdered in a home invasion. He hopes for justice, but a rising prosecutor named Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx) cuts a deal with one of the killers in exchange for testimony. Ten years later, that man is found dead and Shelton coolly admits his guilt. Then he hands Rice an ultimatum: Fix the broken legal system or suffer the consequences.

      • Rating: R (Rape|Pervasive Language|Strong Bloody Brutal Violence|Torture)

      • Genre: Mystery & thriller, Crime, Drama

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: F. Gary Gray

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

      • Writer: Kurt Wimmer

      • Release Date (Theaters):  wide

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      • Box Office (Gross USA): $73.3M

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      • Distributor: Overture Films

      • Production Co: Warp Films

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      • Feb 29, 2016

        One of the early takes of the by now popular be-careful-who-you-mess-with cautionary revenge epics Hollywood produces, cause-he-might-be-a-retired-super-spy. Tension is quickly ratcheted up and stays there until the conclusion, all performers ably contributing. A decent thriller.

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      • May 14, 2013

        Fun and exciting. I enjoyed it a great deal.

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      • Jan 10, 2013

        Law Abiding Citizen is entertaining, but not much else. The plot is so implausible and unbelievable that it's almost laughable. Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx as well as the rest of the cast deliver sup-par performances as well making Law Abiding Citizen an entertaining, confusing, implausible mess. Don't waste your time unless you want a brainless action movie.

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      • Dec 26, 2012

        "Law Abiding Citizen" is a remarkable adrenaline-pumping movie experience that is unexpectedly very intriguing. This is one of the few movies that has the audience take sides of the antagonist rather than the protagonist; and although the movie had a remarkable plot, the ending was unfulfilling and implausible to conclude the movie as 'fully satisfying'.

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