Surprising, but ultimately forgettable.

Rating: 4/10 (29 July 2010)

When Clyde Shelton's family is murdered, he decides to take the law into his own hands, punishing the people involved in letting the killer off on a light sentence. His attorney must race against time to stop Shelton before he finishes his gruesome agenda of murder Suspense thrillers are a regular used genre in film making. Films like Se7en showed us they could be edgy & creative. Films like Law Abiding Citizen show us they can be creative, but not quite as good as some other modern murder movies. Formulaic & predictable, LAC is surprising, but ultimately forgettable. The surprise of the film is the quality of acting delivered by the two leads. While Jamie Foxx hits the right note as a District Attorney who just wants to get the job done, Gerard Butler gives the best performance of his career as a man who will stop at nothing to get revenge. His performance deserves to be praised compared to the likes of The Bounty Hunter.
Save for the leads two performances and a gruesomely creative murder scene, LAC is more of the same.
Law Abiding Citizen **1/2 out of *****.