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Law Abiding Citizen

Law Abiding Citizen

2009

A thriller about an everyday guy (Gerard Butler) who loses everything when criminals kill his family. After a plea bargin set's the killers free, he takes justice into his own hands. His target: the district attorney (Jamie Foxx) who orchestrated the deal.

From the writer of Street Kings and The Recruit and the director of The Italian Job.

Starring Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Michael Gambon, Leslie Bibb, Colm Meaney, Viola Davis

Directed by F. Gary Gray ('Friday', 'The Italian Job', 'Be Cool')

Written by Kurt Wimmer

Thriller | 1hr 49mins | Rated (R18) | contains violence & content that may disturb | Origin: USA | Official Site »

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11 reviews

  • Its tough going!

     4

    Murray Swann

    Nobody (?)

    I watched this one...and it drew me in. I wasnt sure where it was going...killers kill guys wife and child..Law lets them of...10 years later guy goes after the killers and the Detective that helped get the killers of! Its fast..its tough but its good. Very violent...in parts...and its got a good story....and is well acted. Its something alittle different....not your normal revenge story movie! See it if you like blood and guts...

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  • TERRIBLE...TERRIBLE......TERRIBLE

     1

    sue

    Nobody (?)

    This has to be one of the worst movies I have been to. People were leaving the cinema about 40 minutes into it, I stuck it out for an hour and when the so called ....Law Abiding Citizen..totally stabbed his cell mate to death resulting in what must have been two truck loads of blood scattered around the cell, I decided I too had seen enough. Chaining a killer down and then attacking his penis with a wrench, his testicles with a chopper and slicing limbs and torso off with a skillsaw does not make good viewing. The rave reviews of other people here is beyond me! Give it a big MISS.

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  • An enjoyable film despite it's flaws.

     4

    Anonymous

    Nobody (?)

    Law Abiding Citizen is very much a well-made thriller that will satisfy the mature audiences. It's a good dark ride that will not only keep you on the edge of your seat but get you thinking too. Just don't expect this to break the formula, or give you three dimensional characters.

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  • BRILLIANT EXPECTATION OF THIS MOVIE

     5

    Aioema

    Nobody (?)

    Loved this movie.. My sister and I was on the edge of our seats watching this.. The ending should be a bit better but other than that it was AWESOME... Gerard Butler was Brilliant and HOTTT lol

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  • Loved it

     4

    craigboxall

    Nobody (?)

    Was an excellent movie but the ending was a little flat... Still recommend it though

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  • Great movie!

     4

    Mr G

    Nobody (?)

    What a great movie. It's a shame the movie crytics knocked it so hard - quite unfarily in my opinion. This movie is a lot more intelligent than I expected and not (quite) as gory as made out, though it threatens to be so at times. This is Gerard Butlers best acting so far. Enjoyable - watch with a back bone though!

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  • Shame about the typical American ending

     3

    Chris

    Nobody (?)

    A reasonably good movie with an unnecessary R18 rating; should have ended with the main action climax instead of a soft ending tidying things up for the American audience.

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  • Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!

     5

    Lewis

    Nobody (?)

    Really entertaining film probably best thriller i've seen and i have seen a couple

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  • Great Thriller that gets you thinking

     4

    Starlette

    Nobody (?)

    This movie had a great story line. Plays with the mind and gets you thinking about the justice system of today. Must admit trying to guess the end thinking that it is predictable not going to work in this movie. Well worth watching!!

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Press Reviews

  • Empire (UK)

    Relentlessly ugly, preposterous and hackneyed of dialogue: guilty on all counts. It will do well, then.
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  • Hollywood Reporter (USA)

    The script does create sufficient tension and intrigue to hook viewers along with a photogenic, hardworking cast.
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  • New York Times

    Wears its preposterousness with a certain pride. It’s about the cat-and-mouse game between two very smart guys, and it’s perfectly happy to be as dumb as it wants.
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  • NZ Herald (Francesca Rudkin)

     2

    Absurd plot and stomach-turning violence ruins this tense thriller.
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  • Total Film (UK)

     2

    Could have made for a decent enough B-movie renter if it had just aimed a bit lower, but the moral drum-banging only serves to throw its failings into even sharper relief
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  • Variety (USA)

    True torture-porn aficionados will be disappointed, as editor Tariq Anwar cuts away right before blade meets flesh -- a move that feels a tad, well, gutless under the circumstances. But elsewhere, "Citizen" proves startlingly graphic, even by R-rated standards.
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  • ViewAuckland.co.nz (Matt Turner)

     3

    If you can get past its rather unpleasant, reactionary message, this is a slickly made, trashily entertaining and ridiculously implausible thriller that's more fun than it has any right to be.
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