Law Abiding Citizen

[following on from the 2012 review]

Next up was a much better film and the first one starring Gerard Butler I think I’ve really enjoyed.

Plot-in-a-nutshell: Man’s family are killed in front of him, killer gets a mild slap on the wrist, man goes after… the justice system as a whole. As you do.

Guys – there are explosions and dead people. Girls – there’s Gerard Butler’s bum. Something for all the family. Law Abiding Citizen plays at being a thriller pointing out the weaknesses in the American justice system. In reality it’s just an excuse to blow things up and see people killed in squelchy detail. I’m awaiting the DVD release with the full dismemberment scene.

It is more of a thriller than an actioner, but only just. The plot’s not that bad and it does just about keep you guessing to the end. It’s certainly far more watchable than 2012.

While Harry Brown is far more gritty, LAC has bigger explosions. It’s hardly The Shawshank Redemption even if there is a prison involved, but it’s still worth doing the time to watch it.

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• Law Abiding Citizen, review (telegraph.co.uk)