I wasn’t thrilled about seeing this movie when I first heard about it, though all the trailers for it did look cool. After I left the movie theater I was left completely shocked by how well Gerard Butler played the villian Clyde Shelton in the movie.
The details…
The essential story behind the movie starts off when Clyde Shelton’s family is robbed and his wife and daughter are murdered. The criminals get taken to court, but only Ames (one of the killers) actually gets a life-in-prison sentence, because Darby (who actually committed the murders) made a plea bargain to testify against Ames and plead guilty instead to Murder to the third degree. Clyde is upset that Nick (played by Jamie Fox), his attorney, made the plea bargain because he wanted to atleast fight for both of them to go to jail. Clyde, upset because Ames and Darby weren’t held “accountable for their actions”, desides to bring the justice sentence down from the top to the bottom and take the law into his own hands.
The verdict….
The movie is a great action movie and I’m sure Gerard will get a nomination for best villian in some award ceremony. Asides from the gorey parts in the movie which makes it R rated, I’m extremely glad I saw this movie and would might actually go see it a second time.
Hrothmund’s Rating: ****/5
