Law Abiding Citizen

Law Abiding Citizen (2009)

Clyde Shelton's family is brutally murdered. The ones responsible are caught. However, because of improper procedure, the D.A., Nick Rice only has circumstantial evidence. So he decides to get one of them to testify against the other. When Shelton learns of this, he is not happy. Ten years later, the one who was convicted is being executed but something goes wrong; his execution goes awry and he suffers. They learn that someone tampered with the machine. And the other one is found dead, killed in a gruesome manner. Rice suspects Shelton, so he has him picked up. At first, Shelton agrees to a plea agreement with Rice but changes his mind. It appears that Shelton is not done, it appears he blames the whole system and is declaring war on it going after everyone involved with his family's case. So Rice has to stop him but Shelton is way ahead of him.

Genres

Action Crime Drama

Countries

United States

Director

F. Gary Gray

Writer

Kurt Wimmer

Producers

Lucas Foster Kurt Wimmer Mark Gill Gerard Butler Alan Siegel Neil Sacker Michael Goguen

Composer

Brian Tyler

Cinematographer

Jonathan Sela

Editor

Tariq Anwar

Production

The Film Department Evil Twins Warp Films G-BASE

Starring

Jamie Foxx Gerard Butler Colm Meaney Bruce McGill Leslie Bibb Michael Irby Gregory Itzin Regina Hall Emerald-Angel Young Brooke Stacy Mills Christian Stolte Annie Corley Richard Portnow Viola Davis Michael Kelly Josh Stewart Roger Bart Dan Bittner Patrick McDade Richard Barlow Greg Young Jim Gushue Anthony Lawton David Villalobos Ksenia Hulayev Todd Lewis Bijean Ngo Cecelia Ann Birt Lamont Clayton Dave Huddleston

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