Law Abiding Citizen
2009 · Movie · R · 109 min · ★ 7.4 · 30% critics
After a plea bargain leaves one of his family’s killers free, a grieving man takes justice into his own hands. His actions don’t just target the killer, but also others connected to the deal, turning his search for accountability into a personal war.
Also known as Un honnête citoyen
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Details
- Years
- 2009
- Release date
- 2009-10-15
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Critic score
- 30/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (5,682 votes)
- Box office
- $127,944,208
- Budget
- $53,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this hard-hitting revenge thriller if you like tense justice-versus-vengeance stories and dark debate, and you’re okay with a villain you may cheer for; Not for you if you want a clearly heroic lead, a fully satisfying ending, or a grounded justice tale like Lucky Number Slevin or Death Sentence.
Pros: tense vigilante revenge; strong performances; suspenseful courtroom drama | Cons: morally divisive actions; mixed/rough ending; some unresolved strands
Themes
- prison
- assassin
- philadelphia, pennsylvania
- bomb
- secret passage
- deal
- investigation
- gore
- torture
- explosion
- justice
- criminal mastermind
- +5 more
Cast & crew
Jamie Foxx
as Nick Rice
Gerard Butler
as Clyde Alexander Shelton
Colm Meaney
as Detective Dunnigan
Bruce McGill
as Jonas Cantrell
Leslie Bibb
as Sarah Lowell
Michael Irby
as Detective Garza
Gregory Itzin
as Warden Iger
Regina Hall
as Kelly Rice
Emerald-Angel Young
as Denise Rice
Brooke Stacy Mills
as Clyde's Wife
Directed by F. Gary Gray