![]() Unlike most "Death Wish" fantasies, the payback in "Law Abiding Citizen" doesn't have a cathartic kick, because the revenge is so extreme it's horrifying, and because Clyde won't be satisfied until everyone in Philadelphia has paid a share of the toll.Ĭhief on his list is Nick (Jamie Foxx), the district attorney who negotiated a deal for the criminal in order to maintain his near-flawless conviction record. ![]() But there's no fun in getting even this time. And when the perp runs out of limbs to sever, Butler trains his sights on the system that set the murderer free after a couple of years in prison. When Peter Finch got fed up with the system in "Network," he took his anger to the TV airwaves and yelled, "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not gonna take this anymore!" When Gerard Butler gets fed up with the system in "Law Abiding Citizen," he growls, "I'm gonna pull the whole corrupt, diseased temple down on your head," and then exacts the sort of revenge that makes Charles Bronson look like a whiny little mama's boy.įirst Clyde (Butler) goes all "Saw" on the man who broke into his home and stabbed his wife and daughter to death. ![]()
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