Review of Law Abiding Citizen (2009) by Lindac. — 04 Jan 2010
The ingenuity and complexity of suspense in this film is refreshing, as is equally the plot. It has been a long time since a first-class, nail biting, on the edge of your seat, intelligent macabre suspense story and film on the scale of Silence of the Lambs and Se7en was made.
Law Abiding Citizen came close in plot and suspense, but missed the boat. Kudos to F. Gary Gray for a good attempt. BUT, unlike Silence of the Lambs and Se7en, Law Abiding Citizen will likely not even garner one industry nomination, let alone a win.
Too bad F. Gary Gray, screenwriter Kurt Wimmer and the host of producers decidedly chose the easy route to opt to make a low-budget almost-but-not-quite-good [hopefully] money maker rather than work smarter not harder to create a low-budget classic-award-winning film.
Such a wasted opportunity. The film plot has extraordinary potential.
This review of Law Abiding Citizen (2009) was written by Lindac. on 04 Jan 2010.
Law Abiding Citizen has generally received positive reviews.
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