I hope revenge is by means of axe and not the way of the gun. Everyone hungers to see evil doers get what’s coming to them and as long as the hunger for justice remains in our bellies, films like this will continue to be made. Plea bargains and cutting deals with scum bags is a utilitarian tactic that isn’t well received by the general public (see Karla Holmolka). I don’t fancy psychological thrillers, but I do like revenge films and this film looks like it will have lots of that. So he unleashes revenge on the killers and those who made the deal. Foxx’s character is devastated to learn that, because of a plea bargain, one of his wife and daughter’s murderers will be set free. (Butler) who finds himself at the center of a vigilante plot hatched by a traumatized victim of the legal system (Foxx). Jamie Foxx is in talks to star opposite Gerard Butler in the psychological thriller Law Abiding Citizen, which Frank Darabont is directing for the Film Department.Īccording to The Hollywood Reporter, the script was written by Kurt Wimmer and Darabont, and follows a successful assistant D.A. We get the following scoop from our friends at the movieweb: Release Calendar DVD & Blu-ray Releases Top Rated Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets In Theaters Coming Soon Movie News India Movie Spotlight. And I bet you take it up the f***in' ass! B*tch! See you later, Nick.The Foxx and the Butler are teaming up in a psychological revenge thriller named Law Abiding Citizen. A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. Law Abiding Citizen (2009) on IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more.

You are now in contempt of court! Remove this man from my court.Ĭhrist! Whatever happened to right and wrong!? Whatever happened to the people!? Whatever happened to justice!? And every day you let madmen and murderers back on the street! You're too busy treating the law like it's a f***ing assembly line!ĭo you have any idea what justice is!? Whatever happened to right and wrong!? Shelton! You will be held in contempt of this court! One being the legal process the suspects, namely Clarence James Darby and Rupert Ames had undergone after the crime they committed and the second one, Clyde Shelton exacting revenge to the suspects and to those who were involved in the case, may it be directly or indirectly. Well how carefully should I tread!? Because apparently, I just killed two people! And you are about to let me walk right out that door! How misguided are you!? I feed you a couple of bullshit legal precedents, and there you go - you jump on it like a b*tch in heat! Folks, you all hang out in the same little club! In the movie Law Abiding Citizen, two prominent forms of justice were shown. You think I don't remember who you are, lady? You are about to let me go - are you kidding me? This is why we're here in the first place.

Your honour, I would caution you not to do that!

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