The System Must Pay
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler, Colm Meaney, Bruce McGill, Leslie Bibb, Michael Irby, Gregory Itzin, Regina Hall |
Director |
F. Gary Gray |
Screenplay | Kurt Wimmer |
Music | Brian Tyler |
Cinematography | Jonathan Sela |
Editing | Tariq Anwar |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
Soundtrack | Available |
Made in | 2009 |
Produced by | Warp Films, Overture Films, The Film Department, Evil Twins |
Official Site | IMDB page
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Genre | Action, thriller |
Language | Strong |
Nudity | None |
Sex | None |
Violence | Very strong |
Prejudice | None |
Blasphemy | Mild |
Drug abuse | Some |
Comments | Intense thriller with realistic, graphic violence |
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Blood / Gore / Gross |
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Alcohol / Drugs |
Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Jamie Fox looks bored and Gerhard Butler doesn't fare better | 5 | |
Die Burger Paul Boekkooi Dit is geweld wat as vermaak opgedis word | 10 | |
Cape Times Christy Lemire Gerhard Butler blows up his career | 1 | |
Box Office Sara Schieron Littered with dull action sequences and needless operatics, this melodrama about Justice and the way hubris destroys it can only offer machismo to intrigue its audience. | 5 | |
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert Law Abiding Citizen is one of those movies you like more at the time than in retrospect. | 15 | |
eye Weekly Kieran Grant | 5 | |
Rolling Stone Peter Travers An exercise in illogic and Death Wish cribbing that lets a bunch of good actors collect big paychecks for playing way less than their A game. | 8 | |
ScreenIt C. Fuchs Somewhat entertaining for a bit but ultimately falling apart as it unfolds, Law Abiding Citizen proves that human plans involving revenge -- be they real or just fictional -- usually don't play out in a way that satisfies everyone | 7 | |
Metacritic.com 25 critics | 7 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 102 critics | 9 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Unnecessarily violent and unflinchingly absurd, Law Abiding Citizen is plagued by subpar acting and a story that defies reason. | 5 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 4245 Netizens Fun! | 15 | |
Average .. 38% | 8 |