REVIEW: LAW ABIDING CITIZEN
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AS thrillers go, LAW ABIDING CITIZEN (18) is an interesting idea taken to absurd and implausible levels.
The film throws the viewer in at the deep end - barely even allowing itself time to establish a relationship between family man Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) and his wife and young daughter before two men break into his home and brutally murder them as he watches helplessly.
Prosecutor Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx) is the man charged with putting the killers behind bars. But with insufficient evidence to convict both, he strikes a deal with the nastier one to send the other to "Death Row".
Clyde is less than happy and after 10 years of planning, the gruesome revenge killings begin. But he is unwilling to stop at the murderer of his family and starts targeting everyone involved in the murder case - even after being locked up.
It's an out of the ordinary premise - but the film's biggest problem is the lack of a single likeable character. Clyde is a bloodthirsty killer and Rice is a soulless prosecutor who will do anything to further his career.
The film becomes a waiting game to find out how Clyde is killing from jail. You wait, you speculate, you wait some more and then you are finally slapped in the face with pure disappointment when the absurd answer finally comes. - DUNCAN HEPBURN
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