Synopsis
A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.
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Cast
- Jamie FoxxNick Rice
- Gerard ButlerClyde Alexander Shelton
- Colm MeaneyDetective Dunnigan
- Bruce McGillJonas Cantrell
- Leslie BibbSarah Lowell
- Michael IrbyDetective Garza
- Gregory ItzinWarden Iger
- Regina HallKelly Rice
- Emerald-Angel YoungDenise Rice
- Brooke Stacy MillsClyde's Wife
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Sun-Times
One of those movies you like more at the time than in retrospect. - 63
Philadelphia Inquirer
That the film, directed in swift strokes by F. Gary Gray from a screenplay credited to Kurt Wimmer, doesn't really work - unrelentingly grim, unintentionally funny - is almost beside the point. It's a wild concept. - 50
Miami Herald
The payback in Law Abiding Citizen doesn't have a cathartic kick, because the revenge is so extreme it's horrifying. - 42
Entertainment Weekly
Clyde is meant to be nuts, but too often it's Law Abiding Citizen that checks rationality at the door. - 40
Austin Chronicle
Law Abiding Citizen, ultimately and inappropriately, tips the scales in favor of the Man over mankind. Somebody call Charles Bronson. - 38
Rolling Stone
Jeez, did the "surprise" climax have to be this eye-rollingly stupid? - 30
Village Voice
If the filmmakers meant a word of it, they'd quit making films and do something more useful. "Saw" with a conscience is not what the world needs. - 25
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A vigilante/torture-porn potpourri, is particularly toxic because it's scented with phony importance.
