His gun paralyzes Darby with tetrodotoxin-coated spikes Clyde straps Darby to a table, makes medical preparations to prolong Darby's suffering, and then video-records himself slowly mutilating Darby before eventually decapitating him. The officer reveals that he is Clyde, and was also the caller. Darby hijacks a police car, forcing a lone officer to drive to a deserted warehouse. The caller, using an electronically distorted voice, using knowledge of cocaine and a possibly underaged woman in his apartment to warn Darby that he's looking at life in prison.
Ten years later, Ames is executed via lethal injection, but he dies in agonizing pain due to a chemical alteration evidence implicates Darby, who is alerted by an anonymous caller. Clyde feels betrayed by Nick and the justice system. Ames is convicted and sentenced to death, while Darby is released after a few years. Unwilling to risk lowering his high conviction rate, he makes a deal with Darby: in exchange for testifying against his accomplice, Rupert Ames (who only intended to steal from Clyde and flee), Darby will plead guilty to third degree murder and receive a lighter sentence. Prosecuting attorney Nick Rice is unable to securely convict Darby due to mishandled evidence. In a Philadelphia home invasion, Clarence Darby murders the wife and daughter of engineer Clyde Shelton, who is forced to watch. Gary Gray (Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture). The film also garnered NAACP Image Awards nominations for both Jamie Foxx (Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture) and F. The film was nominated for a Saturn Award as the Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film of the year, but lost to Inglourious Basterds. Law Abiding Citizen was filmed on location in Philadelphia, and released theatrically by Overture Films in North America on October 16, 2009. It stars Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx and takes place in Philadelphia, telling the story of a man driven to seek justice while targeting not only his family's killer but also those who have supported a corrupt criminal justice system, intending to assassinate anyone supporting the system. Gary Gray from a screenplay written by Kurt Wimmer. Law Abiding Citizen has its moments, but those moments don't have a movie.Law Abiding Citizen is a 2009 American vigilante action thriller film directed by F. Gray assembles the bits and pieces of Kurt Wimmer's script with competent mechanics, but he falters when he tries to connect the action set pieces with a plot that makes sense or doesn't kick against the limits of plausibility.
Foxx is decent and tortured Butler is an appropriately regretful sociopath until the film's third act, when he has to kick the homicide up a notch to drive the film toward its climax.Īs a new-millennium spin on films like Death Wish or Taxi Driver, Law Abiding Citizen works well when it keeps to the simple kinetic energy of the action Clyde's machinations are just one step removed from the four-color outlandishness of a comic book evil genius. Gary Gray ( The Italian Job, The Negotiator) has the flash and enthusiasm to make this kind of film and the other diversions that have made up his career, but watching him flail for deeper meaning and social commentary is a bit of a strain. Ludicrous and over pumped, LAW ABIDING CITIZEN is an overdone thriller that also has some real shocks and a couple of nasty surprises.
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