Law Abiding Citizen

Can you have a movie with no good guys? Can a story about "good versus evil" work when there is little or no "good"? Does "evil versus different evil" work? My answer is yes, it can, but it's not easy to pull of well. This movie comes pretty close.

Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx square off against each other intellectually and legally in this story of vengeance and justice. At least that is how one side sees it. Butler plays a very smart contract killer who watches as the justice system in Philadelphia lets the killer of his family walk. He plans his attack on the system for 10 years.

For the most part the whole thing is very plausible but some of the specific details are sometimes sketchy. If you can suspend belief for a little while this is a very interesting story.

Watch this movie with someone who might like to see the justice system get a black eye.