‘Law Abiding Citizen’ Trailer Blows Up All Over You

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on August 14, 2009

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Overture Films has released the first trailer for their upcoming thriller Law Abiding Citizen, which stars Gerard Butler as a man out for revenge. The trailer begins with an incredibly derivative story — a man (Butler) is an upstanding family man whose wife and daughter are brutally murdered. But when one of the two killers strikes a deal with a hotshot Philadelphia prosecutor (Jamie Foxx), he takes the law into his own hands.

At the point in the trailer, I wasn’t sold. Sure, Gerard Butler could use a good role to show off his dramatic chops — we haven’t seen any of that since The Phantom of the Opera — but it was just such a generic premise. Then of course, as you will see in the trailer below, the movie explodes into a complex thriller akin to a Bourne movie. That’s what really hooks me. Gerard Butler goes from wounded man desperate for justice to super-spy bringing down the walls upon the establishment. Sign my action-loving ass up.

Directed by F. Gary Gray, Law Abiding Citizen is scheduled to hit theaters on October 16, 2009. You can check out the trailer in HD over at Apple.com.

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  • I don't see what's so generic about the setup, but I agree the trailer looks pretty damn sweet. I like the ambiguity about Butler's character too... do we cheer him on or hope someone stops him? And Gray also made the very under-appreciated 'The Negotiator' so I'm definitely looking forward to this one.
  • HGMIV
    After I saw this trailer today, attached to District 9, I turned to my friend, looked at him in the eyes, and with a great big smile, said, "I FUCKING LOVE MOVIES." Because That's what this trailer did to me. Yes, in the back of my head, I kept hearing "haven't I seen this before?" but I didn't care, because the trailer was so action-packed and badass, I completely forgot about it.
  • Phoghat
    Yes. This is why I love movies also. OMFG, an original idea!
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