donaldinho
24th-October-2009, 04:01 AM
Law Abiding Citizen
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Rated: R for strong bloody brutal violence and torture, a scene of rape, and pervasive language
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release: Oct 16, 2009
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler, Viola Davis, Bruce McGill
Director: F. Gary Gray
An absolutely kick-ass movie, in my personal opinion! Right now it's scored on IMDB.com as a 7.5/10 and I'd give it even higher than that.
A review from FilmsInReview.com:
"Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) is a mild-mannered family man with a young daughter and a beautiful wife. A home invasion ends with Clyde wounded and his wife and daughter murdered. The sadistic thugs are caught but the assistant D.A., Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx), intent on maintaining his stellar conviction record, makes a sweet deal with one of the killers for a few years in prison. The other one gets the death sentence. Clyde is not happy.
Clyde has the means and intelligence to seek revenge. His plan takes 10 years to implement. In fact, his mission is to kill everyone involved with the case.
A genius and self-made millionaire, Clyde has done his homework and invested a great deal of money in killing off every official and office clerk that pushed through the plea deal. But Rice was the true architect of the arrangement.
When the death row inmate is finally put to death in a horrific manner, there is only one suspect. Clyde plays a cat-and-mouse game confusing Rice and the entire law enforcement community right up to the mayor.
Put in prison, Clyde continues a killing rampage. Clyde’s revenge has causalities and he doesn’t care if file clerks are killed. Not one secretary bolts. Rice finds out that Clyde isn’t your average maniac but a highly-trained master Kung Fu killer trained by the U.S. government. Clyde is a one-person army with a hi-tech factory and unlimited funds.
Your loyalties are clearly with Clyde until bystanders are killed and he tells Nick he is going to kill everyone.
Nick has a crisis of conscience, nicely expressed by Foxx. He did make the deal with the killer who breezed by with just a few years in prison for two savage murders.
Yes, Clyde doesn’t kill with finesse but with SAW cruelty. It brings an initial shock to the audience but is highly effective in adding a thrill to the movie."
Easily worth the near $10 for viewing admission ;)
http://www.filmsinreview.com/wp-images/2009/10/lawabidingcitizen.jpg
Rated: R for strong bloody brutal violence and torture, a scene of rape, and pervasive language
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release: Oct 16, 2009
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler, Viola Davis, Bruce McGill
Director: F. Gary Gray
An absolutely kick-ass movie, in my personal opinion! Right now it's scored on IMDB.com as a 7.5/10 and I'd give it even higher than that.
A review from FilmsInReview.com:
"Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) is a mild-mannered family man with a young daughter and a beautiful wife. A home invasion ends with Clyde wounded and his wife and daughter murdered. The sadistic thugs are caught but the assistant D.A., Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx), intent on maintaining his stellar conviction record, makes a sweet deal with one of the killers for a few years in prison. The other one gets the death sentence. Clyde is not happy.
Clyde has the means and intelligence to seek revenge. His plan takes 10 years to implement. In fact, his mission is to kill everyone involved with the case.
A genius and self-made millionaire, Clyde has done his homework and invested a great deal of money in killing off every official and office clerk that pushed through the plea deal. But Rice was the true architect of the arrangement.
When the death row inmate is finally put to death in a horrific manner, there is only one suspect. Clyde plays a cat-and-mouse game confusing Rice and the entire law enforcement community right up to the mayor.
Put in prison, Clyde continues a killing rampage. Clyde’s revenge has causalities and he doesn’t care if file clerks are killed. Not one secretary bolts. Rice finds out that Clyde isn’t your average maniac but a highly-trained master Kung Fu killer trained by the U.S. government. Clyde is a one-person army with a hi-tech factory and unlimited funds.
Your loyalties are clearly with Clyde until bystanders are killed and he tells Nick he is going to kill everyone.
Nick has a crisis of conscience, nicely expressed by Foxx. He did make the deal with the killer who breezed by with just a few years in prison for two savage murders.
Yes, Clyde doesn’t kill with finesse but with SAW cruelty. It brings an initial shock to the audience but is highly effective in adding a thrill to the movie."
Easily worth the near $10 for viewing admission ;)