Kept me at the edge of my seat

Rating: 7/10 (3 November 2009)

Law Abiding Citizen was a movie that many people would love. I was one those people. However, like many of those people, I was disappointed with its flaws. Every movie has flaws and I have yet to come across one without any. Don't expect perfection, but instead know that it could have been better. I really wish that the movie had a little more time spent on to fill in the plot holes. Nonetheless, I had fairly high expectations and came out satisfied with all but a few scenes of the movie.
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I loved the movie because unlike many of the movies out there this one has spunk. It is the kind of movie that keeps you thinking and in suspense. This movie reminded me of an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit with Robin Williams. Which, by the way, is one of the best episodes I'd seen so far. I highly recommend watching that episode if you end up liking this movie. I think that the movie should have leaned more to the nature of that episode, but who am I to judge? They both show the law being bent and in favor of the criminal. In addition, what makes the episode and movie so good is that they both possess the quality of which the audience tries to sympathize with the criminal and understand him/her. Thus making it hard to side with the good guys (the law-the protagonists).
Of course it is predictable, but vaguely at best. The movie contains many interesting ways of approaching things and some of them surprised me and some didn't.
The plot is terrific with a few exceptions. The acting was good but the protagonist's character, whom Foxx played well, didn't quite have the sympathy the audience needed. The movie makes the audience side too much for Butler, and I was all for Butler until the end. Overall I think the whole movie could have used a little bit of more work.
Beware of a few easy to predict scenes and the ending, but all in all I think the movie was a hit. I'm still waiting to see a movie that has all the good parts Law Abiding Citizen possesses, but without the flaws.