Law abiding citizen rotten6/23/2023 Gary Gray ("The Italian Job," "Be Cool") seems to have picked up on some “Seven”-like aspects of the script to arrive at the film’s visual look, but the effect it produces is more like “Saw V” crossed with every clichéd film about a detective’s last day on the job and a workaholic coming to appreciate his family. Years later, with Darby back on the street, Clyde challenges the entire Philadelphia Justice system as a “Law Abiding Citizen.” Screenwriter Kurt Wimmer’s last two efforts ("The Recruit," "Street Kings") weren’t exactly exercises in reality, but his latest is downright ludicrous. Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx, "Ray," "The Soloist") make a deal with Darby in order to get his partner, Ames (Josh Stewart, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Collector"), the death sentence. Clyde survives, only to see Assistant D.A. When he comes to, he his bound and gagged and watches as one of the men, Clarence Darby (Christian Stolte, "The Lucky Ones," "Public Enemies"), stabs his wife, then takes his little girl out of sight. Inventor Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler, "The Ugly Truth") answers the door of his Philadelphia row house one evening and is overwhelmed by two home invaders with a baseball bat to the face.
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