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.
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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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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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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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The script does create sufficient tension and intrigue to hook viewers along with a photogenic, hardworking cast.
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Relentlessly ugly, preposterous and hackneyed of dialogue: guilty on all counts. It will do well, then.
Full reviewLaw Abiding Citizen is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV.
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