Law Abiding Citizen (2009) Movie Overview

Law Abiding Citizen is a 2009 thriller film directed by F. Gary Gray from a screenplay written by Kurt Wimmer, and starring Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler. The film takes place in Philadelphia and tells the story of a man who decides to exact justice on his family’s killers, as well as the criminal justice system. Law Abiding Citizen was released theatrically in North America on October 16, 2009. After witnessing his wife raped and daughter killed in a home invasion, engineer Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) is told that one of the criminals responsible will only get a light conviction, as much of the evidence against him was compromised by a bungled forensic investigation. Shelton pleads for the prosecutor, Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx), to take the case to court. However, Rice is mostly interested in maintaining his 96% conviction rate, and tells Shelton that the case is too weak to go to court. Rice then makes a deal with Clarence Darby, the actual criminal who murdered and raped Shelton’s wife and daughter, for third-degree murder; his accomplice, Rupert Ames, is sent to death row. Shelton later sees Rice shaking hands with Darby as if they had just finished a deal, and feels betrayed. Ten… Source

• Law Abiding Citizen Movie Details
• Director: F. Gary Gray
• Official Sites: Constantin Film [de], Official site [nl], Official site
• Tagline: The System Must Pay
• Country: USA
• Run Time: 108 min
• Genre: Crime , Drama , Thriller

• Cast Overview
• Jamie Foxx as Nick Rice
• Gerard Butler as Clyde Shelton
• Colm Meaney as Detective Dunnigan
• Bruce McGill as Jonas Cantrell
• Leslie Bibb as Sarah Lowell
• Michael Irby as Detective Garza

Law Abiding Citizen Movie Overview – Yahoo Movies

Law Abiding Citizen (2009): Clyde Shelton is an upstanding family man whose wife and daughter are brutally murdered during a home invasion. When the killers are caught, Nick Rice, a hotshot young Philadelphia prosecutor, is assigned to the case. Over his objections, Nick is forced by his boss to offer one of the suspects a light sentence in exchang… Source

Law Abiding Citizen Movie Review from New York Times

“Law Abiding Citizen,” a blunt and sadistic revenge thriller starring Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler, occasionally pauses from the mayhem to stage a solemn debate about law, justice and morality. Mr. Butler, playing a family man whose wife and daughter were murdered by thugs, feels he was let down by the system, which gave one of the thugs a ligh… Source

Law Abiding Citizen Movie Info by Apple Movies

Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) is an upstanding family man whose wife and daughter are brutally murdered during a home invasion. When the killers are caught, Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx), a hotshot young Philadelphia prosecutor, is assigned to the case. Over his objections, Nick is forced by his boss to offer one of the suspects a light sentence in exchan… Source

Law Abiding Citizen Movie Details from Imdb

A brilliant man orchestrates a series of high-profile murders that grip the city of Philadelphia – all from inside his jail cell. The prosecutor assigned to his case realizes he is the only one who can end the reign of terror. Written by Overture Films… Source

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