Law abiding citizen

Rating: 5/10 (14 March 2012)

Almost every other review of this that I have seen has said that the ending lets the rest of it down...and I'm only going to agree with them.
It's not the most realistic film in the world but if you can suspend your belief system and put up with it for a couple of hours then I think its mainly a perfectly enjoyable film. Quick overview; Man sees his wife and young daughter raped and killed by 2 men and then a corrupt, thoughtless and, frankly, snivelling assistant district attorney lets one of the murderers all but get off with the crime at court just so he can further his own career and of course the rest of the legal system goes along with it. So the Father decides to do something about it using some special skills he has picked up along the way. You cant tell me that you wouldn't at least like to to do something similar in the same circumstances.
The majority of the film is clever, well thought out and different from what I have seen before but then in the last ten minutes you know what is going to happen and it doesn't quite manage to spoil the whole film, but very nearly.
Hollywood seems to think that every film has to end the same way, maybe they think that that is how the audience wants all films to end, with the supposed 'bad guy' losing. Well, I'm telling them now: WE DON'T!