Law Abiding Citizen Page #5

Synopsis: Clyde Shelton's family is brutally murdered. The ones responsible are caught. However, because of improper procedure, the D.A., Nick Rice only has circumstantial evidence. So he decides to get one of them to testify against the other. When Shelton learns of this, he is not happy. Ten years later, the one who was convicted is being executed but something goes wrong; his execution goes awry and he suffers. They learn that someone tampered with the machine. And the other one is found dead, killed in a gruesome manner. Rice suspects Shelton, so he has him picked up. At first, Shelton agrees to a plea agreement with Rice but changes his mind. It appears that Shelton is not done, it appears he blames the whole system and is declaring war on it going after everyone involved with his family's case. So Rice has to stop him but Shelton is way ahead of him.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): F. Gary Gray
Production: Overture Films
  3 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
34
Rotten Tomatoes:
26%
R
Year:
2009
109 min
£73,343,413
Website
2,284 Views


have one thing in common,

there was violence, but the

execution wasnt violence,

that was, that was intellect.

- Okay.

What are you thinking?

Was just thinking maybe we

shouldn't be looking at Darby.

Jesus Christ.

Rice.

- Good news, councellor.

Found Darby.

I gotta say though,

he's looked better.

They found him in about

no arms, eyelids were

sliced off. Gruesome.

Shedding tears for Darby?

- Not quite

So your wheel's turning.

- Think motive. Who has it?

The husband. Father. What

do we know about him?

He owned the warehouse

where they found Darby

What else?

- He's a tinkerer,

little inventionist. Gizmos.

He holds two dozen patents,

that made him some money.

He liquidated most of his wealth

a few years ago, to buy some

industrial properties

around airports, chemical

plants, railyards.

It doesn't add up.

- No, it's weird, right?

Search them all, Sarah,

see what you find.

Down on your knees!

Get down! Go! Knees!

Face down! face down!

"DADDY"

The crazy ones scare

the sh*t out of me.

Is this guy a lawyer?

No.

He's an engineer.

"United States Code Annotated"

Nick, look at this.

"Prosecutor Calls Death

Penalty For Ames"

We have zero evidence.

You better get a confession.

Did he give you any

trouble on the way in?

No. Nothing.

He wasn's too happy when

we took his bracelet though.

Can I help you?

- Package for the Rice family.

Oh yeah. Thanks.

Mom, the video from

my recital came.

Can we watch it? Please?

No, not you.

No.

Denise, we said we would

wait for your father, remember?

Please?

- No, not now.

Uhum. Yes

Mommy

Don't worry, he's just

disarming the guy.

Letting him feel easy.

What I'm about to tell you

I dont want anyone to hear.

As a prosecutor Im breaking

all the rules right now,

and I dont give a damn.

Because Im a father,

I have a little girl.

And what you did

Bravo.

The world is better

without Darby and Ames.

You're not gonna see a tear

shed from me or anybody

in my office.

With that being said,

I have a job to do.

I want to ask you some very

simple and direct questions,

I suggest that you answer

them in the same fashion.

Is your name Clyde

Alexander Sheldon?

Yes, Sir.

And you wave your right

to councel, correct?

Yes, Sir.

You sure you wanna do that?

Yes.

Did you murder

Clarence Darby?

I wanted him dead.

He killed my wife and child.

Rupert Ames, did you

murder him aswell?

Rupert Ames deserved to die.

They both deserved to die.

So, you arranged both

of those murders?

Yes, I planned it,

in my head,

over and over again,

took me a long time.

Alright. I guess

we are done here.

Councelor.

You might want to cancel your

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Kurt Wimmer

Kurt Wimmer was born in 1964. He is a writer and director, known for Total Recall (2012), Equilibrium (2002) and Law Abiding Citizen (2009). more…

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