# Law Abiding Citizen (2009)

> A grieving father wages an ingenious and increasingly brutal campaign against the justice system that failed his family.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/13597

## Facts

- Runtime: 109 min
- Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller
- Director: F. Gary Gray
- Cast: Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler, Colm Meaney, Bruce McGill, Leslie Bibb, Michael Irby, Gregory Itzin, Regina Hall
- TMDB rating: 7.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1197624/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: violent, paranoid, bleak, late night thriller marathon, crime movie night

## Synopsis

A father seeks justice in a system that failed him, igniting a deadly game of cat and mouse.

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