It's an enjoyable hour and a half at the movies, and has a nice little twist at the end. Having been unfortunately involved in a family tragedy that's stalled in the courts, I find the deal making of Jamie Foxx's lawyer and his protection of his conviction rate all too real. I can tell you that the setup of the film is not so far off.
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Yes, the plot becomes somewhat ridiculous, but then Liam Neeson's recent Taken was another popcorn vengeance movie that I enjoyed. He turns from jovial and pleasant to murderous on a dime. But there were scenes that surprised me, like the steak scene. Maybe I'm just biased from following Gerry's career for so many years, but while there was suspense, I wasn't frightened of him anything like Anthony Hopkins' Hannibal Lecter behind those prison bars. More and more murders happen in very surprising ways. Your mind keeps wondering who might be his accomplice, and trying to figure out how he can carry out all his nefarious plans. Once Clyde has been arrested, more murders keep happening - everyone who had anything to do with that plea deal murder case. There's a very nice prison confrontation scene between Foxx and Butler here: Clyde has gone from mild mannered tinker, to psychotic killer.
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How did Clyde get into that prison? Then Darby, the other murderer is found dead and chopped up, Saw style. Jamie Foxx and the DA are attending the death row execution of one of the murderers when it goes horribly wrong.
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Clyde just can't understand this, and plots 10 long years for his vengeance, on all of them, and the broken system to boot.
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Jamie Foxx's prosecutor doesn't want to spoil his 96% successful conviction stats, so he makes a deal which allows one of the murderers to go free. We are sympathetic to Gerard's Clyde character from the very beginning of the film when we see two burglers rape and murder his daughter and wife. I guess it was very obvious he was unarmed!! It's never really explained why Gerard gets naked just before he is arrested in the film for the only murder he commits while outside of jail.
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Plus we see this shot of a naked Gerard Butler, which was a nice bonus. I needed a popcorn movie once I got my car back from the shop, and that's just what I got for my $9.50 ticket. I woke up to a flat tire and of course the husband was away, etc. I finally saw Law Abiding Citizen this weekend and it was the popcorn movie I needed I'd had a horrible day.