That's right. The title of this post should say it all. The rest is just details. If your interested, just follow along. One you hear the chimes, turn the page.
Law Abiding Citizen is a story of a man who loses his family, takes the bad guys to trial, and one gets away on a deal and the other gets the death penalty. The deal pisses Gerard Butler off and then shit hits fan. I am not talking any fan either, it's like one of those big ass box fans that sprays a mist while it blows. The huge ones that football teams use to cool off their players.
The setting is Philadelphia, which is ironic because it is the city of brotherly love. Ha... ask any football team that goes and plays the Eagles if they get the brotherly treatment while they are there.
Okay, so the setting isn't what makes this flick, and I need to get off the football analogies.
From the very beginning, this movie takes you on a roller coaster of events. I am not talking little kiddy ones, I mean like the Texas Giant size. Last week, I talked about how Couples Retreat tried to pull at my emotions, but failed miserably. This movie had no problem getting at me in the first five minutes. And it doesn't stop there.
The movie has so many twist, you are constantly looking for something to go wrong. Because of this, you are forced into the story line. Forced to watch, forced to find a conclusion. Jedi's don't even use this kind of force.
The acting helps this force. They did a great job. I can only think of one actor who did kind of piss poor, but he doesn't play a significant roll or anything. Butler and Foxx do such a great job, you really don't know who to cheer for. It's awesome.
This flick is truly unique in the fact that it takes you on a thriller ride like the Saw movies, gives you the suspense similar to the movie Seven, and adds a little bit of Shawshank Redemption into it.
I honestly can't find anything wrong with this flick. I thought the preview may have given to much away... but it didn't. It was very well done. When I got out of this flick, my breath was taken away. What a rush. Ohh yeah... it was that good ;)
This flick gets the whole Cherry Pit (5 out of 5). This one is going into the private collection when it gets to DVD. Yeah, I don't have a blu-ray player yet. Stop hating, I'll get one soon.
Birddogger out.
Ohh yeah, Brrrinng.... (chimes)....
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