Law Abiding Citizen: Difference between revisions

{{work}}

Clyde Shelton ([[Gerard Butler]]) is a talented engineer and family man whose life is ruined when two thugs break into his house, which results in the death of his wife and child in front of his very eyes.

 

* [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: the camera cuts away as Clyde begins his work on Darby, at least, in the theatrical version. The Director's Cut doesn't cut away...

* [[Groin Attack]]: Offscreen, but...

* [[He Who Fights Monsters]]: Clyde.

* {{spoiler|[[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: Clyde is warned not to remotely activate his last bomb. He does so anyway, only to realize it was moved close enough to kill him.}}

** Averted seconds later, {{spoiler|when he resigns himself to his fate, and utterly keeps his calm even with super napalm filling his cell.}}

* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]]: A couple times, [[Gerard Butler]] falls into a little of his native Scottish.

'''Clyde:''' {{spoiler|[removing his disguise] Cuz yew kelled them.}} }}

* [[Product Placement]]: Nick's understudy uses a Mac (apparently running Windows), and in one scene the staff prominently rolls in large amounts of Pepsi and Dunkin' Donuts.

** "The ''presumption of innocence'' is bad, because this guy who we, the audience, know committed a crime is being granted bail before his trial."

* [[Strike Me Down with All of Your Hatred]]: Potentially Clyde's motive (well, it's either that or he's genuinely an [[Omnicidal Maniac]]). Particularly suggested by this exchange;

'''Clyde:''' ''Finally''. }}

* [[Time Skip]]: after the sentencing of Darby, cue to 10 years later.

* [[Title Drop]]: Clyde in court, arguing to be granted bail.

* [[To the Pain]]: Clyde goes into great detail about everything he is doing and is about to do to Darby.

* [[Trailers Always Spoil]]: Clyde's past as a {{spoiler|government weapon designer and "executive action" mastermind}} isn't revealed for over half the movie. The reveal itself is in the trailer, along with {{spoiler|the Judge's execution, the mass car bombing, the drone attack in the cemetery and Clyde's napalm-induced end.}}

[[Category:Films of the 2000s]]

[[Category:Law Abiding Citizen]]