A Ridiculous but gripping thriller!

Rating: 7/10 (29 May 2010)

Law Abiding Citizen is an engaging off-the-wall thriller, providing great performances and some stone cold violence. Everything is tense even in a plot so ridiculous and although the realism is never quite there, the movie is clever enough to make you feel for the characters and keep you hooked til the ending credits. Gerard Butler has been spewing some off-beat rom coms, but carries this revenge movie making you feel every emotion that he goes through. Portraying the evil and the victim in such an ingenious way that the difference between what's good and what's bad becomes one of the films strongest points. Jamie Fox, although got quite a bad write up does just fine in the support. No extra emotional baggage, but his chemistry along with Gerard Butler really works.
The violence is blood thirsty, the action is tense, although the movie isn't fully justified in its last sections, it delivers making up for the odd slow points in the movie.
Overall: Yes it's far fetched, yes its ridiculous, but this is a gripping and very entertaining thriller supporting some strong leads and providing some god-damn decent carnage.