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(1 - 26) of 26 OFCS Rating: 19% Rotten Page   1   "It's never clear how we're supposed to feel about Butler and when he's gone too far. Should he kill the judge? Maybe the court clerk for filing the paperwork?"   Examiner.com   Adam Lippe 3/5 "a slick cat and mouse where occasional splashes of gore substitute for any emotional depth or narrative context"   Filmcritic.com   Bill Gibron C+ "By the time a robot shows up in a graveyard to mow down the greater Philadelphia D.A. office, it'll take a heavenly force to keep most eyes from rolling."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf C- "Gerard Butler's scene-chewing performance holds interest even as the story alternately melts and congeals like a mobile bowl of poorly mixed Jell-O."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "Jamie Foxx's Nick mostly repeats the part played by Denzel Washington in Ricochet, the superior first incarnation of Law Abiding Citizen."   Nitrate Online   Cynthia Fuchs 2.5/4 "Pervasively absurd yet generally entertaining..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 2/4 "When does a highly watchable movie stop being a beacon of enjoyment and turn into a morally reprehensible insult? For one, when its name happens to be Law Abiding Citizen."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman D+ "A pointless exercise in phony social commentary that has no idea what its real message is."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 1.5/4 "Anyone who enjoys this film and feels that the 'point' had been made must sit in their own padded cell with nothing but a copy of the documentary Dear Zachary to see what a true miscarriage of justice looks like."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress D "One of the silliest action yarns in years...There's room for good pulp trash on screen, but lousy pulp, which is what this picture is, deserves a quick trip to the dumpster."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 2.5/5 "Law Abiding Citizen goes well beyond the realm of, to use a piece of legal terminology, reasonable doubt and hits the hammer until it arrives at the neighborhood of sheer ridiculousness with its tires smoking."   Redbox   James Rocchi "Parental Content Review"   Screen It!   Jim Judy 3/5 "full review on Movies for the Masses"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis 3.5/5 "90 percent awesome and 10 percent just okay"   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr D+ "Director F. Gary Gray seems to have picked up on some "Seven"-like aspects of the script to arrive at the film's visual look, but the effect it produces is more like "Saw V" crossed with every clichéd film about...a workaholic coming to appreciate his fam"   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 2/4 "A frustrating example of an intriguing premise and skillful execution gone formula."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik "[E]mblematic of the unpleasant streak that runs through the American zeitgeist today... that we have to do away with... the rule of law and that pesky Constitution in order to 'save' America..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 1/4 "The mixture of gruesome revenge picture and self-satisfied message movie is deeply off-putting."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan F "This is not just a bad film; it is a despicable one."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow C+ "So blatantly nonsensical that the action quickly tips over into campiness."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 1/5 "A smug, stupid, ridiculous, ham-fisted and morally and ethically reprehensible example of the crypto-fascist and ridiculously reactionary revenge genre that somehow manages to give such things a bad name."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski "While preferably to the typical Saw entry by about a five-to-one ratio, Law Abiding Citizen still isn't any good."   Projection Booth   Rob Humanick C- "...the kind of ragged film that appeals to the lower common denominator rather than the intelligent portion of the viewer's brain."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 2.5/4 "The ultimate explanation behind Shelton's methods deflates some of the picture's fun, but by then you've enjoyed most of Gray's gritty ride."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell 3/10 "It's criminally contrived."   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 2/4 "The film is filled with plenty of action but also laced with absurdities that make folks who work in law enforcement cry for justice."   BlackFilm.com   Wilson Morales  (1 - 26) of 26 OFCS Rating: 19% Rotten Page   1