Phantom Of The Justice System

Rating: 8/10 (12 June 2011)

Gerard Butler who played the Phantom of the Opera in 2004 plays Clyde, one man who wants to clean up the problems in the US Justice system and avenge the murder of his wife and daughter. In a way, this role is not unlike the Phantom. Especially when he gets that murderer and kills him and dismembers him in the most painful way possible. His continuation of a series of people involved with the case is quite a series of killings.
Jamie Foxx plays the DA involved in the case who lets Clyde's wife's killer walk free after 5 years in order to get a death sentence to the guy who did not kill them. Foxx is a man who as part of the justice system compromises justice in order to get his own personal conviction records. He is as flawed as the system he is a part of.
What works here is the time clock effect because Clyde is saving the DA for last because he wants him to suffer through all the others deaths before then. The film becomes a race against time for Foxx to save himself, and while the ending is a bit different, Foxx DA does exactly what you'd expect him to do. He figures out how Clyde is doing it and then compromise his principles yet one more time and lets Clyde kill himself.
In a way there is a delicious sequel here as Foxx is so compromised by this ending, should have the story continued on how he continues to compromise the justice system, or will he just let his ego continue the way he has this entire movie? Butler & Foxx perform well in this movie. Their characters are the movie and leaving Foxx corrupt DA compromised at the end makes me wonder if there could be a sequel coming as justice does not win in this one.