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Overview

User Rating:
7.3/10   5,813 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Kurt Wimmer (written by)
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Release Date:
16 October 2009 (USA) more
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Tagline:
The System Must Pay more
Plot:
A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal. full summary | full synopsis
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Law Abiding Citizen is a thrill ride more (93 total)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong bloody brutal violence and torture, a scene of rape, and pervasive language.
Runtime:
109 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:R (certificate #45572) | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:14A (British Columbia/Ontario) | Iceland:16 | Canada:18A (Alberta/Manitoba) | UK:18 | Ireland:18 | Norway:15 | Finland:K-15 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | South Africa:16LV | Australia:MA | Brazil:16 | Ireland:16 (re-rating after appeal) | Ireland:16 (re-rating on appeal) | Malaysia:18PL | Hong Kong:IIB
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Darby's ring tone is "Bloodline" by Slayer. more
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Continuity: In the scene outside the prison where Nick punches Clyde in the face. One shot shows Clyde's mouth and teeth filled with blood, his teeth are red. The next shot is Nick saying another line, then they go directly back to Clyde and he is speaking and there is no blood whatsoever on his face or teeth. more
Quotes:
[from trailer]
Clyde Shelton: You're the one who makes deals with murders yea? Well I've come to make mine. Release me.
Nick Rice: [smugly] Or what?
Clyde Shelton: Or I kill everyone.
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Featured in "The Jay Leno Show: (#1.19)" (2009) more
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94 Hours more

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16 out of 24 people found the following comment useful.
Law Abiding Citizen is a thrill ride, 15 October 2009
8/10
Author: writefan from United States

This film is gory, but the gore is mostly suggested rather than shown. You can make up your own mind as to how gory you want it to be. Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) and Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx) are excellent as "frenemies." They still sympathize with each other, in a way, as each teaches the other a lesson. Butler is excellent as the crushed father and husband who believes he must use his unique skills and talent to make an example of a justice system that has forgotten the victims. You sympathize with him even as he enacts his vicious lesson plan upon Foxx's coworkers. Foxx is an arrogant self-serving assistant district attorney who is only concerned with his conviction rate as he claws his way up the ladder in the justice system. He has forgotten the victims. But when he has a family of his own, he begins to see Clyde's point, yet he cannot give in to all of Clyde's demands to stop the carnage. Beautifully films in a noir tone with excellent timing on the stunts and effects. Law Abiding Citizen is an adrenaline-pumping experience. Bring your heart meds.

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