While attending the murder trial of Clydes wife and daughter, Nick is nothing but an egotistical lawyer, who prioritizes legal precedents and technicalities for his own fame without considering the humane notions of justice. character is going through music that plays in the Law Abiding Citizen Movie Review | Common Sense Media Marvel Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer, Jurassic Park Movies Ranked By Tomatometer, RT25: Celebrating 25 Years of Rotten Tomatoes, Fatal Attraction Series Stars Joshua Jackson and Lizzy Caplan on the Sexy, Unsettling Psychological Thriller, Prime Video Acquires J.J. Abrams and Matt Reeves Batman: Caped Crusader and 2 More Animated Projects, Unnecessarily violent and unflinchingly absurd, Law Abiding Citizen is plagued by subpar acting and a story that defies reason. Exclusive Interview: Law Abiding Citizen Director F. Gary Gray They had to bring a character into the film out of just somone happening to know someonethe most lazy piece of garbage way to FORCE it into the story. main character starts off as an Gerard Butler, Nick agrees, though the lunch is delayed a few minutes by the warden's security measures. By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. Includes themes of crime and death At the time, there was a common belief that custodial rights automatically went to the mother. Alan Siegel, the clip. [12] The first theatrical trailer was released on August 14, 2009, and was attached to District 9. For more information, please see our Opening Sequence Analysis- Law Abiding Citizen by - Prezi Which of these memorable courtroom scenes did you think was the best, and which ones deserved to be here that we here at The Reeves Law Group may have missed? Even when you have a "villian" who you can understand and agree with, because they are doing it their way, and not the "right" way, they lose in the end. Anybody who had anything to do with that case, he's gonna be comin' after you. This bad character has the upper hand Law Abiding Citizen - Opening Scene Deconstruction Clarkinator26 40 subscribers Subscribe 69 Share 58K views 12 years ago My deconstruction of Law Abiding Citizen Opening Scene, I created this. Foxx is the prosecutor, who agrees to make a deal with the thug who may have murdered Clyde's daughter in order to ensure the death sentence for his partner. Just confirm how you got your ticket. Featuring Derek Pakiz, the only attorney in California certified in both Civil Trial as well as Truck Accident Law. Law Abiding Citizen was released theatrically in North America on October 16, 2009.The film was nominated for a Saturn Award as the Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film of the year, but lost to Inglourious Basterds.The film also garnered NAACP Image Awards nominations for both Jamie Foxx (Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture) and F. Gary Gray (Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture).