Two wrongs DO make a right! Just ask Clyde.....

Rating: 8/10 (22 February 2010)

This is F. Gary Gray's best movie to date.....in this genre anyway.....Friday is now a "classic" film. Law Abiding Citizen is about Clyde Shelton, a father/husband in a regular American family. During a break-in at Clyde's home, Clyde is gagged and bound as his wife and daughter are brutally murdered right in front of his eyes by ruthless drug addicts. Clyde somehow survives the attack, and, over the next 10 years, secretly devises a plan to get his own version of revenge.
Gerard Butler is fantastic as "Clyde". This is his best work since "300". He really captures the anger and frustration this husband/father has with the justice system. There are no limits to his craftiness, his genius, or his anger. Very good acting job.
Jamie Foxx is average at best as Nick Rice, the District Attorney that Clyde feels is responsible for letting these guys off easy. Everything about this character is pretty cliché. The conscious-less attorney has to go through his own personal trauma(inflicted by Clyde) to understand Clyde's anger. Seen it before.
The ending. The ending isn't as bad as everyone says...It could have been better.... but it could have been worse, by the writer of Equillibrium, Kurt Wimmer. Don't let the "bad" ending stop you from watching Gerard Butler run amok on the Philadelphia police/legal system.
Some scenes in this movie remind me of Saw. Which is pretty surprising. It is a very dark move about revenge, justice, and most of all ANGER!! Kind of a passive/aggressive anger by a very menacing Gerard Butler character. I also love the score of the film... there isn't possibly a better song to play in the gruesome prison cell/stabbing scene than a brutal rendition of DEFTONES' "engine no.9". That scene is amazing, and there are a few other scenes that make you jump out of your seat. All in all this is a very good movie....because of the acting by Gerard Butler.