Law Abiding Citizen

2009 • Movie • 94,001 views

Action

Overview

Law Abiding Citizen is a 2009 action thriller film directed by F. Gary Gray, starring Gerard Butler as Clyde Shelton, a man whose wife and daughter are murdered in a home invasion. The prosecutor, Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx), makes a deal with one of the killers, and the other killer receives a light sentence. Ten years later, Clyde begins to kill everyone involved in the case, including the judge, the prosecutor, and the defense attorney. He is a brilliant engineer, and he has planned everything perfectly. The film is a tense, suspenseful, and violent thriller. Law Abiding Citizen was a critical and commercial success, earning over $127 million on a $53 million budget. It was praised for its performances and its plot twists.