Unnecessarily violent and unflinchingly absurd, Law Abiding Citizen is plagued by subpar acting and a story that defies reason.
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Movie Info
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Director -
F. Gary Gray -
Producer -
Lucas Foster , Gerard Butler , Alan Siegel , Mark Gill , Kurt Wimmer , Robert Katz -
Screenwriter -
Kurt Wimmer -
Distributor -
Overture Films -
Production Co -
Warp Films -
Rating -
R (Rape|Pervasive Language|Strong Bloody Brutal Violence|Torture) -
Genre -
Mystery & Thriller , Crime , Drama -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Oct 16, 2009, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Feb 5, 2016 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$73.3M -
Runtime -
1h 48m