I do think that the main character, Shelton, maybe took his revenge a little too far, but on the other hand, I can understand his anger. Law-abiding Citizen really makes you think about how cases really are handled in our judicial system. If you have never seen this movie, you are missing something. However, 'Law Abiding Citizen' is never boring, and that counts for something. There have been so many cases in which the defendant has gotten off because of a technicality, whether it is the police who forgot to read the defendant his or her rights or because of some red tape type of nonsense. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators. No one cares about what is right or wrong, they only care about the crossing of the T’s and the dotting of the I’s. The prosecuting attorney (Jamie Foxx of THE SOLOIST, THE KINGDOM) refuses and suddenly innocent people start dying in. The judicial system focuses more on moving on to the next case that upholding justice is lost. A psychopathic mastermind (Gerard Butler of GAMER, 300) captured for the murder of his wifes killers threatens to unleash a gruesome killing spree across the city of Philadelphia unless he is released.
He demonstrates how the legal system will set a person free just because of some legal technicalities, even when it is clear and evident that the defendant committed the murders or crimes. The Judge and he gets into a shouting match, about how the judge was about to set him free because he cited a few legal examples of why he should be set free.
One scene in the movie instantly grabbed my attention it was during a court scene, during Shelton’s (Gerard Butler) hearing, Shelton (Gerard Butler) launches into a tirade against the judge. Gary Gray created the main character, Shelton (Gerard Butler), to take the law into his own hands, an act that many Americans only think about doing.
I liked this movie because it reminds me of the inadequacies our current justice system. He takes the law into his own hands and systematically avenges his family’s death by taking down the criminals and the people involved in setting one of the killers free, one by one. The movie is about a loving husband and father who witnessed the torture and murder of his wife and daughter after two vicious criminals broke into his home. The film, Law-abiding Citizen, is a prime example of the problems in the justice system in our society.