LAW ABIDING
CITIZEN
(2009)
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Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler)
is an upstanding family man whose wife and daughter were brutally murdered
during a home invasion. When the killers are caught, Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx),
a hotshot young Philadelphia prosecutor, is assigned to the case. Against
his will, Nick is forced to offer one of the suspects a light sentence
in exchange for testifying against his accomplice. Fast forward ten years.
The man who got away with murder is found dead and Clyde Shelton cooly
admits his guilt. Then he issues a warning to Nick: either fix the flawed
justice system, or key player in the trial will die. Soon Shelton follows
through on his threats, orchestrating from his jail cell a string of spectacularly
diabolical assassinations that can be neither predicted nor prevented.
Nick finds himself in a desperate race against time facing a deadly adversary
who always seems to be one step ahead.
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Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx were actually cast in the opposite
roles in which they ended up playing. After reading the script Jamie Foxx
decided he would rather play the role of Nick. When the producers asked
Gerard if he would be ok with switching he reportedly responded "Jamie
as Nick... and me as Clyde? That would be Awesome!"
The real Mayor of Philadelphia has a cameo in this film,
he is the man holding the bible being used by this film's pretend mayor
to swear in Nick Rice as the new District Attorney.
Several inside nods to the director were placed in this film.
One example of this is the restaurant that caters to Clyde in prison, The
Double Eagle Steak House. That is a real steakhouse in Philadelphia that
the cast and crew frequented during filming and hosted the film's after
party. Another example is he coordinates given in the movie North 39°
57' 4" West 75° 10' 22" will actually lead you to the hotel that the
director stayed at while filming this movie.
Director F. Gary Gray has a cameo in this film as the detective
who hands Detective Garza an evidence bag near the beginning of the film.
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