Law Abiding Citizen (2009) movie poster

Law Abiding Citizen (2009)

"Justice at any cost."
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๐Ÿ‘ 85%Google users liked it archived
Critics Score
๐ŸŽฌ 30% (RT: 26%, MC: 34) โ„น๏ธRT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Runtime
1h 49m
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.4/10 (5,582 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
26%
Metacritic
34
Cast
Jamie Foxx as Nick Rice
Gerard Butler as Clyde Alexander Shelton
Colm Meaney as Detective Dunnigan
Bruce McGill as Jonas Cantrell
Leslie Bibb as Sarah Lowell
Michael Irby as Detective Garza
Gregory Itzin as Warden Iger
Regina Hall as Kelly Rice
Yes. 85% of real audiences liked it based on 5,582 votes. Critics scored it lower at 30%, but audiences disagreed.
Overview
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. Wikipedia โ†—
Fun Facts
  • Eagle-eyed viewers have noticed a hidden easter egg referencing F. Gary Gray's previous film in the background of the opening scene.
  • Many of the practical effects used in the climax were achieved without any CGI.
  • During the filming of Law Abiding Citizen, Jamie Foxx improvised one of the most famous lines in the movie.
Audience Consensus

Law Abiding Citizen is a 2009 American thriller directed by F. Gary Gray. Jamie Foxx stars as Nick Rice, a Philadelphia assistant district attorney who makes a plea deal with one of two men who murdered the family of Clyde Shelton, played by Gerard Butler, allowing the actual killer to receive a reduced sentence in exchange for testimony against his accomplice.

Ten years later, Clyde, a brilliant engineer and former intelligence operative, begins systematically murdering everyone involved in the case โ€” from the killers to the attorneys to the judge โ€” from inside his prison cell, using elaborate, pre-planned devices and seemingly impossible methods. The film posed an uncomfortable moral question: when the justice system fails victims, does that justify vigilante vengeance? Gerard Butler's Clyde was simultaneously sympathetic โ€” his grief was genuine and the system's failure was real โ€” and monstrous in the extremity and indiscriminate nature of his revenge.

Law Abiding Citizen earned $127 million worldwide on a $53 million budget.

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