Law Abiding Citizen Reviews
ComingSoon.net
Law Abiding Citizen may be the most nihilistic movie I've ever seen.
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| Original Score: 4.5/10
Top CriticIt's a "Who dies next?" slasher film masquerading as a revenge thriller.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Future Movies UK
Avoid this drivel at all costs.
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| Original Score: 2/10
The more Kurt Wimmer's screenplay reveals about the lead character's scheme, the more difficult it is to believe that Law Abiding Citizen is intended to be taken seriously.
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| Original Score: 2/4
Beliefnet
This is not just a bad film; it is a despicable one.
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| Original Score: F
MSNBC
The movie remains admittedly entertaining, mainly because it's so shamelessly ridiculous that you can't believe an Oscar-winning actor (Jamie Foxx) can get through this thing with a straight face.
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| Original Score: 3/5
sbs.com.au
One of the more repugnant examples of Hollywood's cheap-thrill approach to violence, its voyeuristic brutality is matched only by its innate stupidity.
Examiner.com
It's never clear how we're supposed to feel about Butler and when he's gone too far. Should he kill the judge? Maybe the court clerk for filing the paperwork?
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Implausible and pandering.
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| Original Score: C+
Washington Times
Not so much a whodunit as a howdhedoit that will frustrate any intelligent viewer
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| Original Score: 1.5/4
Moviedex
In another time and place, Law Abiding Citizen could have been an intelligent critique of a flawed criminal justice system. Instead, I present you Gerard Butler, ruthlessly hacking a guy into 25 little pieces.
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| Original Score: 1/5
CNNRadio
Entertaining, without making sense. Film tries to say something about the judicial system, but fails badly. Nevertheless, an intriguing idea. Paul Chambers, CNN.
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| Original Score: C
Redbox
Law Abiding Citizen goes well beyond the realm of, to use a piece of legal terminology, reasonable doubt and hits the hammer until it arrives at the neighborhood of sheer ridiculousness with its tires smoking.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
BET.com
What might've saved the movie is if Viola Davis was the one who was wronged by the justice system and seeking revenge. Ms. Viola could read the back of a Listerine bottle and make it award-worthy!
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| Original Score: C
Vigilante movies hold a firm place in cinematic history, but for them to work, the vigilante needs to be a sympathetic anti-hero.
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| Original Score: 2/4
An implausible thriller with a few horror elements in the guise of social criticism.
Film School Rejects
The film suffers from one unfortunate affliction: It makes absolutely no sense.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
