5.2012 Law Abiding Citizen People always say that justice is slow‚but it always comes. What happens if justice is so slow that one decides to take it in his own hands? When one loses what he loves the most‚ the most precious thing in his life‚ and he knows who are those who are guilty for that he starts living his life in order to make revenge. But‚ sometimes‚ like in this movie‚ one can blame the whole justice system and try to revenge to all people included in it. Law Abiding Citizen is the movie
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Shane Osborne ENGCMP 0010 Professor Hitt January 23‚ 2013 Law Abiding Citizen How strong is our correctional system? Does it really do what it was created to do? In Law Abiding Citizen‚ the cracks of the justice system are revealed and put to the test. Gerard Butler (Clyde Shelton)‚ who is one of the lead roles‚ is the character that defies all odds and tests the correctional system. In the beginning of the movie‚ Clyde was invaded in his own home by Clarence Darby and Rupert Ames. His wife
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It’s Not What You Know When one man loses everything‚ he is capable of anything. Determined to seek revenge for the loss of his family and for the lack of support from the justice system‚ Clyde Shelton will not let anyone stand in his way. Law Abiding Citizen is a good thriller film because it is full of suspense‚ has a strong plot throughout with no “plot holes”‚ and contains a strong set of complex characters. Clyde Alexander Shelton had his whole world ripped apart one dark night when two burglars
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Law Abiding Citizen is a 2009 American thriller film directed by F. Gary Gray from a screenplay written by Kurt Wimmer and stars Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler. The film takes place in Philadelphia and tells the story of a man driven to commit multiple murders while targeting not only his family ’s killer but also a corrupt criminal justice system. Law Abiding Citizen was released theatrically in North America on October 16‚ 2009.[3] The film was nominated for a Saturn Award as the Best Action/Adventure/Thriller
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1. INTRODUCTION The movie “Law Abiding Citizen” changes our perception of the legal process and that process eventually changes to conform to our expectations. The scenario of the blockbuster movie‚ Law Abiding Citizen‚ can be explained by these simple questions. What would you do if a ruthless killer broke into your home and killed your family right before your eyes‚ then bargained with the prosecutor to receive only three years punishment in exchange for testifying against his innocent accomplice
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Law Abiding Citizen: Literary Analysis Sitting across from Clyde Alexander Shelton in a court conference room with bad news‚ Nick Rice informs the distraught widower that “some justice is better than no justice at all” (Gray‚ Law Abiding Citizen). Presented in director F. Gary Gray’s Law Abiding Citizen‚ one man single-handedly warps the lives of the officials in a criminal justice system. Clyde promises to bring “the whole… diseased‚ corrupt temple down” on the prosecuting attorney Nick Rice’s
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LAW-ABIDING CITIZEN Starring Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler The film‚ Law-abiding Citizen‚ is a prime example of the problems in the justice system in our society. The movie is about a loving husband and father who witnessed the torture and murder of his wife and daughter after two vicious criminals broke into his home. He takes the law into his own hands and systematically avenges his family’s death by taking down the criminals and the people involved in setting one of the killers free‚ one
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The movie‚ Law Abiding Citizen‚ begins with a man and his daughter at a table working on individual products. A woman‚ presumably his wife‚ is in the kitchen preparing dinner when there is a knock at the door. The man answers the door and is immediately assaulted with a baseball bat. He is then tied up and stabbed with a knife. Bound on the floor‚ he watches one of the two assailants beat and rape his wife. His daughter who is watching from the other room is carried off by one of the assailants.
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Title: Law Abiding Citizen Year: 2009 Director: F. Gary Gray The film has no opening title sequence. The first images we see are two production logos which then lead to the first scene. The zoom lens introduces us to what the main character was doing. Establishing shot shows the innocence in the main characters life as the colour white (the bead) represents purity. Soundtrack- to the tune of “hey Mr tambourine man” by bob Dylan‚ a father and his child are having a nice bonding evening as she
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2 ESSAY WRITING: ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY Question: In ‘Law Abiding Citizen’‚ the character Clyde Sheldon took matters into his own hand when he experiences injustice at the hand of the judicial system. Do you think that his actions in the movie are laudable? Write your response in the form of an argumentative essay of not less than 350 words. ___________________________________________ Answer: (Introduction) In ‘Law Abiding Citizen’‚ we can see that the character Clyde Shelton suffering
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