Law Abiding Citizen (Blu-ray Disc, 2010, 2-Disc Set, Rated/Unrated Director's Cut)

From the very first scene this movie grabs you with a powerful shocker.

(I will give a description but will not give away any details that will spoil the movie so please forgive me is this seems a bit vague).
Gerard Butler (300) is a family man living with his wife and daughter. After a home invasion he is set upon a mission of vengeance to 'right the wrongs' with the judicial system as he sees it. Jamie Foxx is the District Attorney who is the focus of his anger and who will bear the brunt of his revenge. Everyone who watches this movie will not only understand his motives but also will sympathize with his actions.

This movie starts out with a bang that catches you off guard and does not stop for over two hours of action packed entertainment. Not since the French Connection have I seen a movie that had so much heart and drive.

I highly recommend this movie for anyone who enjoys a great crime thriller.

This is a powerful and violent film (it has to be!) directed by Frank Darabont (The Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption). It starts with a random home invasion where Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) is stabbed and his wife and daughter murdered. Boy, did they choose the wrong guy! Clyde has the special skills needed for revenge and retribution. Jaime Foxx (Nick), as a district prosecutor, makes a plea bargain agreement in order to expedite the two criminals through the justice system. Not enough to make Clyde's day! Soon, the two criminals are dispatched in horrible ways. In a unique plot twist, Clyde admits to the murders, is incarcerated, but the uniquely planned murders continue in his relentless attempt to alter the justice system. This becomes a cat & mouse thriller as Nick attempts to stop the carnage. This is an involving film, but you will need a strong stomach.

We know that Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) loves his daughter because in the opening moments of "Law Abiding Citizen," we see him happily making bead necklaces with her. Then there's a knock on the door, a baseball bat to the head and Clyde watches helplessly as his wife and little girl are raped and murdered during a home invasion.

Clyde, understandably, wants justice, and when he doesn't get it from the system, he wants revenge on everyone involved. Because of that "Law Abiding Citizen" spends a lot of time paying lip service to the inequities of a broken judicial system where "some justice is better than no justice at all."

This is an excellent and must see movie. It starts in action and ends with action. It's got Gerard Butler in it so I knew that it would be extremely action packed. The storyline is excellent, it kept me interested all the way to the end of the movie. The acting is great, both Gerard Butler and Frank Darabont do an excellent job. This is a movie that you will want to watch over and over again. I would definitly recommend that you buy or rent this movie.


A little summary...

When a home invasion robbery turns deadly, the lone survivor will stop at nothing to avenge his lost loved ones. Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) is a family man whose wife and daughter are murdered during a home invasion. When the killers are caught, Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx), a Philadelphia prosecutor, is assigned to the case. Nick offers one of the suspects a light sentence in exchange for testifying against his accomplice. Ten years later. The man who got away with murder is found dead and Clyde Shelton coolly admits his guilt. Then issues a warning to Nick: Either fix the flawed justice system that failed his family, or key players in the trial will die. Soon Shelton follows through on his threats, orchestrating from his jail cell a string of assassinations that can be neither predicted nor prevented. Philadelphia is gripped with fear as Shelton's high-profile targets are slain one after another and the authorities are powerless to halt the terror. Only Nick can stop the killing, and to do so he must outwit this brilliant sociopath in a harrowing contest of wills in which even the smallest misstep means death. With his own family now in Shelton's crosshairs, Nick finds himself in a desperate race against time facing a deadly adversary who seems always to be one step ahead.

A good movie based on one man's revenge and fight against a broken US Justice system. Starring Jamie Fox/Gerald Butler, this roller coaster takes you around twisted story of torture and psycological games. Law Abiding Citizen is a mix of the movies Saw and Falling Down.