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Law Abiding Citizen

2009

F. Gary Gray

Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Colm Meaney, Leslie Bibb ...

7.0

49,154

Thriller. Mystery Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) is an upstanding family man whose wife and daughter are brutally murdered during a home invasion. When the killers are caught, Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx), a hotshot Philadelphia prosecutor, is assigned to the case. Nick offers one of the suspects a light sentence in exchange for testifying against his accomplice. Fast forward ten years. The man who got away with murder is found dead and Clyde Shelton coolly ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Justin Chang Variety	"Self-serious pulp entertainment. (...) It winds up feeling overwritten yet underexplained, (...) Suspense deflates even as the body count escalates."	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"It's silly and nasty at the same time: not a good combination (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"A taut thriller (...) able to generate considerable suspense and a sense of dread. (...) is one of those movies you like more at the time than in retrospect. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"By the time I saw 'Law Abiding Citizen,' I had already seen the trailer four or five times. Another 40 viewings would have added up to the running time of the whole film, without much loss of pleasure or nuance."	NEG
United States	Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter	"The script does create sufficient tension and intrigue to hook viewers along (...) If you've seen the trailer, you've seen everything you need to know about the murderous havoc"	NEU
United States	Christopher Monfette IGN	"There's little about the film to actively dislike. Director F. Gary Gray handles the action and character beats well, and writer Kurt Wimmer delivers a modestly successful script (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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