Good Thriller. Intense.

Rating: 7/10 (19 February 2010)

Clyde Shelton's (Butler) family was brutally murdered via a home invasion. Clyde blames Nick (Foxx), his lawyer, for making a deal that lets one suspect testify against the other in order to get a light sentence. Clyde has plans to show Nick you do not make deals with murderers.
And, those plans are spectacular. I was not ready for them. But, considering that Clyde gives himself up after killing the other suspect in his family murder, it was too early in the movie for this to be over. So I wanted to know more. I was hooked. Nick was fond of saying that it's not about justice, it's about what you can prove in court and Clyde took it all to heart. What a guy.
I am not that familiar with Gerard Butler except to have seen him in one ditzy chick flick so this intense drama showed me something more about him. And, it was all good. I expected him to go on a rage like a Mel Gibson character when someone does something bad to his family. But, this was not Clyde's plan. Hard to do anyway since he was locked up in jail. I would almost say this was a good cat and mouse story, but here it was all cat. Clyde's in jail and he's making demands. How good is that?
Very good thriller and the pace is perfect. Acting performances were good all around.
Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Gore: Yes, in the beginning. Language: Yes, some, not much.