So this will be my first written review in a while.  I wanted to get the review on the site and thought it can be best expressed via words. “Law Abiding Citizen” is the new action, crime drama starring Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler.

If you took The Shawshank Redemption and mated it with Saw then you would produce an awkward love child named “Law Abiding Citizen.” Additionally, if the two wanted to have a threesome with another movie then you can add “Silence of the Lambs” in there.  “Law Abiding Citzen,” though not nearly as good as Shawshank or Silence, was enjoyable and worth seeing.

Gerard Butler plays a vengeful psychopath who goes on a slaughtering rampage after he feels the legal system failed to bring justice to his family’s murderers.  I’d be pretty pissed to if I were him.  His character is a cross between Hannibal Lector and the killer in Saw.  Trapped in prison, he wreaks havoc on his prey from the four walls of his own cell.

As a viewer you find yourself constantly questioning how he is able to do this.  One kill is more shocking then the next.  In fact, there are moments you are flat out laughing how shocking and abrupt certain kills are.  Foxx plays a tough District Attorney who becomes Butler’s point of contact and ultimate pawn; much like Clarice Starling is with Lector.   Butler being in prison and manipulating pretty much every character, is representative of a much more violent Andy Dufresne.

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Sure, some things get completely out of hand and a bit unrealistic. However, the world that is created in this film is kept consistent. In this case, the director is able to get away with telling a story that has some laugh-out-loud scenes that are just completely unrealistic.  It is those scenes that also make the movie entertaining as heck.

One thing I really liked about this movie was that it had my attention the entire team.  It had me constantly guessing the next move, the next kill, and how the twist would unfold. To sum it up nicely, the movie had me thinking. Sure, this film will not win any Oscars, but it was a good movie for what it was; an enjoyable crime drama that will keep you guessing all the way to the end.

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Why do critics have to assess everything from an Oscar standpoint? The negative reviews this movie is receiving are just not true.  Critics need to realize that non Oscar-worthy movies can be plenty good.  From the person who just enjoys going to the movies, this is what it’s all about. Check out “Law Abiding Citizen

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