Thursday, February 25, 2010

I Suck At Law Abiding Citizen

Today, I watched the next movie in Karen's Netflix queue. That movie: Law Abiding Citizen. Now, I suck at Law Abiding Citizen.

(The video below is a trailer for Law Abiding Citizen.)


The movie is not really Karen's type of movie. So I got to watch it all by my lonesome. Truth be told, the movie is okay.

Interestingly enough, my friend (Marc) had previously mentioned the movie a couple of nights ago. The discussion eventually led to talking about Gerard Butler (of 300 fame) because he stars in the movie as the law abiding citizen... just hell bent on exacting justice while Jamie Foxx tries to stop him as the District Attorney. I think the discussion led to how Gerard Butler is attractive because of his accent. (I thought it was his abs, but hey to each their own.)

Anyway, the movie was good. It was a lot better than I expected. I wasn't expecting much from the movie, but I think what probably got me hooked was the fact that the reason Gerard Butler goes all Rambo is because his wife and child were murdered and the responsible parties were not held accountable. It actually made me think about how I felt when I lost my son (Braden) and how much of a wreck I became after his passing because I could not hold anyone accountable for it.

Sure, it's very non-sequitor. I know. But, I was rather tired while watching the movie. Nevertheless, the movie is pretty much vigilante justice... and it was surprisingly good.

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