At the big climax, when yet another gigantic explosion occurs, director Gray drains the sound out of the movie, so the bang arrives with a melancholic whoosh. Instead, the film flings that bloodlust back in your face.
Soon, you just want the thing to end so you can go home.Īt least Law Abiding Citizen doesn’t stoke the viewer’s bloodlust. Even the gifted Foxx is unable to bring much life to his role.
The filmmakers also tip their hand as to whose side they’re really on, and you start to realize just how thinly written all the characters are. Unfortunately, the film runs into the dreaded Third Act Troubles: Never all that plausible to begin with, the plot becomes completely untethered from reality. The movie is less effective when Nick starts playing Sherlock Holmes to figure out how Clyde is able to keep killing people in highly ingenious manner after he’s sitting in a prison cell. When Nick asks, “You think your wife and daughter would feel good about you killing in their name?” Clyde shoots back, “My wife and daughter can’t feel anything: They’re dead.” Tell me that exchange doesn’t make you feel like tuning in to Rush Limbaugh, at least for a little while. Law Abiding Citizen is best while making you contemplate those questions.
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