Law Abiding Citizen (2009)

Release date: 2009-10-16
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: F. Gary Gray
Production Co: G-BASE, The Film Department, Warp Films
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Rating: 7.4/10
Length: 1h 49min

Storyline

Clyde Shelton's family is brutally murdered. The ones responsible are caught. However, because of improper procedure, the D.A., Nick Rice only has circumstantial evidence. So he decides to get one of them to testify against the other. When Shelton learns of this, he is not happy. Ten years later, the one who was convicted is being executed but something goes wrong; his execution goes awry and he suffers. They learn that someone tampered with the machine. And the other one is found dead, killed in a gruesome manner. Rice suspects Shelton, so he has him picked up. At first, Shelton agrees to a plea agreement with Rice but changes his mind. It appears that Shelton is not done, it appears he blames the whole system and is declaring war on it going after everyone involved with his family's case. So Rice has to stop him but Shelton is way ahead of him.

Plot Keywords

justice, anger, criminal mastermind, investigation, deal, terrorism, impersonating a police officer, informant, ipod, lawyer, lethal injection, male rear nudity, murder of family, murder, poison, husband wife relationship, hit with a baseball bat, dismemberment, duct tape over mouth, e mail

Short Review

For large portions of Law Abiding Citizen we're not sure who is going to be the winner here, nor who we want to be, and though it won't make for much of a date flick, as far as intelligent action flicks go, it gets two big burly thumbs up.