Law Abiding Citizen
2009 · Movie · 108 min. · United States
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 Philadelphia prosecutor, is assigned to the case. Nick offers one of the suspects a light sentence in exchange for testifying against his accomplice. Fast forward ten years. The man who got away with murder is found dead and Clyde Shelton coolly admits his guilt. Then he issues a warning to Nick: Either fix the flawed justice system that failed his family, or key players in the trial will die. Soon Shelton follows through on his threats, orchestrating from his jail cell a string of spectacularly diabolical assassinations that can be neither predicted nor prevented. Philadelphia is gripped with fear as Shelton's high-profile targets are slain one after another and the authorities are powerless to halt his reign of terror. Only Nick can stop the killing, and to do so he must outwit this brilliant sociopath in a harrowing contest of wills in which even the smallest misstep means death. With his own family now in Shelton's crosshairs, Nick finds himself in a desperate race against time facing a deadly adversary who seems always to be one step ahead.
Direction F. Gary Gray
Cast Gerard Butler · Jamie Foxx · Colm Meaney · Leslie Bibb · Bruce McGill · Josh Stewart · Viola Davis · Regina Hall · Annie Corley · Michael Kelly · Gregory Itzin · Michael Irby · Emerald-Angel Young · Christian Stolte · Richard Portnow · Roger Bart · Dan Bittner · Evan Hart · Reno Laquintano · Jason Babinsky · Greg Young · Richard Barlow · Jim Gushue · Charlie Edward Alston · Anthony Lawton
Soundtrack Brian Tyler
Screenplay Kurt Wimmer
Cinematography Jonathan Sela
Original title Law Abiding Citizen
7.0
48K votes (FilmAffinity)
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