He's a vacuum of talent, an empty space in the middle of the movie surrounded by other, better, more seasoned performers. But, as usual, Jamie Foxx is completely out of his depth as the lawyer. Butler is good as the 'bad guy', effectively channelling some of that Leonidas rage. It turns out to be an intriguing oddity, instead. It's just a shame, as with some tighter writing this could have been a truly great movie. It's not on par with, say, EAGLE EYE for suspension of disbelief, but it's getting there. But, along the way, the film's sense of realism diminishes until we end up with a completely ludicrous event at the end which is designed to bring closure. It has plenty of incident to keep it running along, and some great scenes: Butler's manipulation of the prison regulations, for instance, or the way he manages to wage his vendetta from the INTERIOR of his prison cell. The film goes from there, starting off dark and becoming increasingly more bleak as the running time goes on. Butler then undergoes a startling transformation as he sets up a campaign of revenge against all those who failed to bring the killers to justice. Gerard Butler stars as the ordinary man whose family is killed in a burglary gone wrong. Best of all, it blurs the line between good and evil so that you're never quite sure who you're supposed to root for, which guy's the villain and which guy's the hero. A non-linear plot, plenty to say about the state of the world today, some tough performances and explosive sequences. LAW ABIDING CITIZEN has all the trademarks of a great film.

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