Starring Jamie Foxx as Nick Rice and Gerald Butler as Clyde Shelton, both of them make a good collaboration.
The story of "Law Abiding Citizen" begins after a home invasions which leaves Clyde's wife and daughter murdered. The grieving father is devastated by the news from Nick saying that only one of the suspects will receive a dead penalty while the other only light penalty. Afterwards, it takes viewers to the next ten years where the beginning of the revenge begins. The objective of Clyde's is to bring the fail justice systems and take anyone who has connections to his case down.
Instead of developing the Clyde characters, viewers are shown with the finished product of grieving Clyde that is ready to start his killing sprees. Unlike the Saw movie, The law abiding Citizen still keeps the art of unknown by leaving out the scene of torturing and slowly killing. Therefore, viewers can still eats their popcorn without feeling disgusted like the Horror saw movie. The movie is mainly about Clyde playing a revenge game with Nick. The clever plot of how Clyde plans to destroy Nick and the justice systems is interesting and making you want to know more about the next plans. However, the messages of the writer isn't getting through with the unclear ending "the scene where Nick reunites with the family" which is totally unrelated to the premise. Wish the movie could dragged a bit longer showing the effects of the whole incident to Nick.
In my opinion, the movie is still enjoyable to watch despite lots of negative criticisms.Well, every one has different unique tastes.
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