Law Abiding Citizen
Poster for the film
Clyde Shelton is out for revenge 10 years after the death of his family. He waited 10 long years to seek any sort of revenge because he planned it all out in his mind. It is up to Nick Rice and all the other government officials that were involved in the Shelton case to figure out why wait 10 years to exact revenge.
And yet still miraculously with a plot like that this movie has many flaws. For once I would like to see a nerd wage war against the government. Why does the brainiacs always have to look like Gerard Butler, rough and tough and muscular? Why did Gerard Butler have to strip naked in his arrest scene? Little things like that make me appreciate a film where the story manages to take precedence. I am simply saying a film does not need to have their main male or female lead strip down to get a little reaction out of the crowd.
Also does every person who thinks he/she has outsmarted the government need to be stupid on some level? Do they need to feel like they are in control? From inside prison you would never be able to make the demands that Clyde made, also at some points to me it seemed like the wit and the humor Clyde had while making a mockery of the government was the main focus of the story. I know they were trying to prove the incompetence of the people involved, but government officials will win out in the long run; that's just how it is.
As far as the major twist it was illogical, simply stated there is no way it would have happened. I won't divulge information, but after you think more about it in the comfort of your own home you will end up realizing how insane it really is.
And yet somehow films like these still draw attention and Butler still gets recognized as a fantastic actor. Simply stated Gerard Butler is a brute force type actor; he will thrill kill and survive any explosion but when he comes to acting it all goes right over his head. Sorry Mr. Butler but you have yet to prove to me that you are a solid Hollywood dramatic actor. Show me a resume like Mr. Foxx and maybe I will take you seriously until then jury officially adjourned.
