He makes a video of the proceedings and mails it to Rice, but the video ends up in the hands of a child, who gets a peek at Shelton taking a circular saw to Darby's legs.Ĭharming, no? When the film isn't wallowing in cheap moments designed to stir easy outrage, it's carrying out the rest of Shelton's absurd revenge plot. Shelton injects Darby with a toxin from a Caribbean blowfish, paralyzing the man but still allowing him to feel pain, and then proceeds to explain to Darby all of the ways in which he's going to inflict extreme pain upon the convict. The other, Clarence Darby ( Christian Stolte), serves his time and is released, but Shelton, unhappy with Rice's arrangement, isn't about to let him enjoy his freedom.ĭarby, who likes to say "you can't fight fate," ends up car-jacking a cop who turns out to be Shelton in disguise. Prosecutor Nick Rice ( Jamie Foxx), with a 96 percent conviction rate on the line, allows one intruder to testify against the other, ensuring that one of the killers will face the death penalty. Gerard Butler stars as Clyde Shelton, who, in the film's opening moment, is sharing a warm family moment with his wife and daughter when intruders break in, rape the wife and then kill both her and Shelton's daughter. Mixing sexual violence with moments of torture-porn, Law Abiding Citizen is one of the year's low points at the cinema-an offensive, ugly piece of work that offers no moral nor anything memorable except its sadism. Somebody stop him before he writes again. One of three credited screenwriters on Street Kings, Kurt Wimmer is solely responsible for the script of Law Abiding Citizen, and judging by the dismal evidence of this preposterous film, it's pretty clear that Wimmer bears much of the responsibility for the botched Street Kings. It was lousy, done in by a poor screenplay that doomed everyone involved with the project. Beyond that, I don't remember much about it-and I had to review it. Remember Street Kings from last year? It starred Keanu Reeves as a cop surrounded by corruption. Rating: R (for strong bloody brutal violence and torture, a scene of rape, and pervasive language)Īctors: Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler, Colm Meaney, Leslie Bibb, Bruce McGill, Michael Irby, Viola Davis, Regina Hall Theatrical Release Date: October 16, 2009
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