Movie Info
Genre :
ThrillerRelease Date :
October 16, 2009MPAA Rating :
RDirector :
F. Gary GrayStarring :
Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Viola Davis, Leslie Bibb, Michael Irby, Regina Hall, Bruce McGill, Theresa Randle, Colm Meaney
REVIEWS RATE:
Critics 
Readers 
[Rate It]
“..you just want the thing to end so you can go home..”
by Rene Rodriguez [Miami Herald]
“..unrelentingly grim, unintentionally funny..”
by Steven Rea [Philadelphia Inquirer]
“..kind of corrosive entertainment for which the excuse "It's only a movie" was invented..”
by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
“..is not badly made..”
by Amy Biancolli [Houston Chronicle]
“..implausible, superficial and only marginally involving..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
“..has so many plot holes, preposterous procedures and impotent gestures that it would take till the sports section to list them..”
by John Anderson [Newsday]
“..has about as much to say about real-life legal issues as "Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen" had to say about defense policy..”
by A.O. Scott [NY Times]
Review rate : C
“..generally ludicrous..”
“..generally ludicrous..”
by Gary Thompson [Philadelphia Daily News]
“..fun..”
by Bill Gibron [Filmcritic.com]
“.."Law Abiding Citizen" just keeps getting wackier and wackier..”
by Robert W. Butler [Kansas City Star]
Review rate : C-
Reviewed by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly]
Reviewed by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly]
Reader's Reviews
very excited to see another gb film and glad gerry now has his own production co--congradulations gerard!!!!
posted by ann petersen on May 17, 2008I haven't seen it yet but i like gerard butler so i imagine it will be good.
posted by Nunya Bisnes on Nov 02, 2008a7MO8G
posted by Zrslfzpf on Jul 14, 2009Is very very good
posted by Hacker Angel on Oct 14, 2009first time, in a long time, I enjoyed a movie from beginning to end. can't stop telling people to go see it!
posted by runningfuss on Nov 02, 2009