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Law Abiding Citizen

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Directed by F. Gary Gray

A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal. From TMDB

132 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works

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Law Abiding Citizen is a 2009 drama crime thriller film, directed by F. Gary Gray, starring Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler and Colm Meaney.

  • 116 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews
  • posts span Jun 6, 2014 to Nov 4, 2026

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  • Pazuzus fathers brothers nephews cousins former roommate @mark-80.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 15, 2025

    #NowWatching Law Abiding Citizen (2009) Dir: F. Gary Gray #Movies #Film

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  • TDmollusk @tdmollusk.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 4, 2026

    #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #Filmsky 📽️ - LAW ABIDING CITIZEN is hilariously dumb and has zero likable characters. I love it. - SORCERER rules, definitely underappreciated - X understands that the elderly are disgusting - HARDCORE HENRY is the best movie to use that gimmick (I think?)

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  • AMovieGuy.com @amovieguy.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 8, 2026

    The Replacements was absolutely a TBS movie. Shawshank Redemption is on next, followed by Law Abiding Citizen. #FThisMovieFest

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  • Gamechamp @gamechamp.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 15, 2025

    #38 - Law Abiding Citizen Kitten Arcader made a video about this movie so I had to watch it I'm just here to audit Citizen's business expenses

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  • Lozzykinz 🛒 @lozzykinz.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 20, 2026

    We have a top 100 movie list poster and when you watch one of the movies you scratch it off. We generate a number at random. Tonight we have scratched off Law Abiding Citizen. Currently watching. I can't wait til we get Titanic xD the boi isn't looking forward to that lol.

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  • MizfitMathew @mizfitmathew.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 4, 2026

    Time for dinner and a movie! Tonight's dinner isn't delivery, it's digiornos. Also, my wife wanted rootbeer floats. The randomly selected movie is... Law Abiding Citizen, 2009

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  • Bill-a Lugosi's Dead @neokefka99.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 7, 2026

    I love how this movie tries to pull a LAW ABIDING CITIZEN and end on this big heartwarming moment after the hero just straight up murders a dude.

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  • Holly @hollybeach.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 8, 2025

    Okay, random silly question: any of yall know random extras/minor roles in movies? I know a few, but my favorite is when my sister and I watch Law Abiding Citizen with our mom and we get to remind her that her ex-fiancé is in the movie 😬😂 and we will point him out EVERY TIME #scriptsky #moviesky

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  • nai 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.appBluesky · Apr 1, 2025

    Law Abiding Citizen was one hell of a movie.

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  • bill @halcyonfeature.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 21, 2025

    "A gratifying rage against the failures of the justice system and the apathetic people within it that comes to one of the most underwhelming and misguided conclusions in cinematic history, Law Abiding Citizen is a great movie, completely undone by the unfathomable stupidity of its ending." 👏👏👏👏👏👏

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  • I'm movin' on... @alyssonfergison.comBluesky · May 22, 2025

    I might like the movie Law Abiding Citizen a little bit more than I should...

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  • Hazel Henry @childsplease.blacksky.appBluesky · Nov 17, 2024

    Podcasts: The Read, Keep it, The Daily Zeitgeist, My Momma Told Me, Las Culturistas, Hysteria, JBP occasionally Movies: The Color Purple (1985) Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?, Tár, Law Abiding Citizen, Scary Movie 2, White Chicks Pets: I have three cats

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  • Marcus D. Moore @marcusdmoore.blacksky.appBluesky · Aug 3, 2026

    Even after all these years, I still think Law Abiding Citizen is a crazy ass movie! I went to see this with my mom when it first came out and we were like this the whole movie:

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  • Coach Tru Wick @syndicatedghost.blacksky.appBluesky · Apr 25, 2025

    Did yall see the movie Law Abiding Citizen?

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  • bill @halcyonfeature.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 3, 2026

    tell me about a film that you irrationally hate? mine is Law Abiding Citizen.

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  • Kevin 👻 🎃 👹 🏮👾 🧌 👹 👺🧟‍♂️ 🧛‍♂️ @83kevlar.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 12, 2026

    #AprilMovieChallenge #FilmSky Day 9 - Someone surrenders in a movie - Gerard Butler - Law Abiding Citizen.

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  • "Le Chonk" @cdgoldstein.baseballprospectus.comBluesky · Nov 11, 2025

    new Five & Dive! @euqubud.baseballprospectus.com, @jeffreypaternostro.bsky.social, and I talk about Law Abiding Citizen (the film), two guys who appear to not be that, qualifying offers and who should accept them, the Rockies hiring Paul DePodesta, and then play a game:

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  • Noel 🏳️‍⚧️ @noelravencort87.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 10, 2025

    Django Unchained. My fave Jamie Foxx movie....next to Law Abiding Citizen....Damnit, can i change my answer?

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  • Bill-a Lugosi's Dead @neokefka99.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 9, 2024

    I love how this movie pulls a LAW ABIDING CITIZEN and tries to end on this big heartwarming moment literally after a scene where the hero just straight up murders a guy and even laughs about it.

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  • Adam Rosenberg's Net-Force @geminibros.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 26, 2026

    Btw, Law Abiding Citizen is so so soooooooooo much more of an unhinged movie than I thought it would be. What a way to cap off the evening last night. GGWP F. Gary Gray

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  • Robtimus @robtimus.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 8, 2025

    Same. I've been thinking about the movie Law Abiding Citizen a lot

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  • Katikus @katikus.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 15, 2025

    I’m going to rewatch Law Abiding Citizen, there is just something wonderful about watching a truly violent revenge movie

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  • 🫧Alexis🫧 @lexylexilexe.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 19, 2024

    This whole thing with our King, Luigi, is giving very much Law Abiding Citizen. Which is an amazing movie.

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  • DCHOMERSPORTS @dchomer.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 16, 2024

    People of Bluesky! Let's get to know each other better. What is your favorite movie? Law Abiding Citizen

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  • Nick @dartharterius.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 3, 2026

    Sounds like the low budget, low effort, racist b-movie version of Law Abiding Citizen.

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  • WanderWyrm (He/They) 🇵🇸 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @wanderwyrm.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 29, 2026

    God I’d love a movie adapting Absolute Green Arrow where some kind of terrifying revenant hunts down Epstein types. Also a sequel to Law Abiding Citizen.

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  • K. Cook & Cats, Co. @iamkaymichelle.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 12, 2026

    I’ve just discovered that I instantly like any Gerard Butler #movie 500% more if I imagine it starring Gérard Depardieu instead. Olympus Has Fallen ✅ Geostorm ✅ Gods of Egypt ✅ Law Abiding Citizen ✅ Gamer ✅ The second Tomb Raider?? 300?? God, I’d love Depardieu takes on all of those 🤩 #FilmSky 🎥

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  • Miss Yuri Business @vectorcannon.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 29, 2026

    that video made me really want to watch Law Abiding Citizen and when I did the movie sucked ass

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  • Anthony Masterson @mastertones.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 5, 2026

    Tyler and I spent a whole year with Tim Kennelly's brother Matt in Myrtle Beach in 2010 and he was such a gem I think about him all the time. His favorite movie was (is?) Law Abiding Citizen.

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  • Jason Westhaver 🇨🇦 @njiska.comBluesky · Feb 19, 2026

    Fucking Law Abiding Citizen. I walked out of the theatre more pissed of than I have ever been. The entire message of that movie is just wrong. It has no respect for law, justice, and just yearns for brutal hammurabi retribution.

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  • Craig Hamilton @craighamilton.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 16, 2026

    Literally the only cool thing about Sparta is that it indirectly led to the movie Law Abiding Citizen starring Gerard Butler, which absolutely rocks.

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  • Mhee123 @mhee123.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 8, 2026

    Law Abiding Citizen 7.5/10 Was expecting a dumb movie, but it's alot interesting than I thought! Kurt Wimmer's Writing legit made it a cooler movie. Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler make a great match. The only bad thing is the Ending. God that ending ruins the whole point. Worth watching.

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  • Little Red (Sm⬡l but Sw⬡l) @littlered.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 2, 2026

    Someone asked, so I looked up every movie I saw in 2025: Superman, Sinners, Wake Up Dead Man, Law Abiding Citizen (in order.) That person then went on to, for some reason, recommend movies to me 😅 I have read and finished 15 books in 2026. I DNF'd 2. I am reading some ongoing comics+manga as well

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  • bob barker 🍸 @insortediaboli.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 18, 2025

    Law Abiding Citizen was a decent film

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  • Plumber Charged Extra for Ghoulie @frownt.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 30, 2025

    You are so linked with Chief O'Brien in my mind that any time Colm Meaney shows up in a movie (Law Abiding Citizen in this case) I think of Brandon Bird.

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  • dyke macdonald @gaychel.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 18, 2025

    have ya'll ever seen the movie Law Abiding Citizen before? Yea thats what I want to happen to this piece of fucking shit.

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  • Morgan @oceanfight.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 9, 2025

    The number of times I've seen Law Abiding Citizen would kill you. That movie isn't even good.

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  • Ms . Penny Oaken @skywitchy.bsky.socialBluesky · May 22, 2025

    One way to understand the pickle our society is in: Viewer reaction to the film “Law Abiding Citizen” Those that cheer on Gerard Butler’s character, Clyde Shelton, in his actions Who think that he is the tragic protagonist Instead of a monster made by monstrous cruelty

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  • Omotayo @wafflehausa.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 22, 2025

    Clyde was so real for seeking revenge 10 years later. Law Abiding Citizen is a great movie.

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  • Stephen Carty @cartyscorsese.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 19, 2025

    I just watched Law Abiding Citizen for the first time. I can't remember the last time I saw a film go from "mildly implausible" to "fucking ridiculous" in such a short space of time. God Butler.

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  • TK @trevorkavanagh.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 4, 2024

    Watching Law Abiding Citizen, Olympus Has Fallen and Shot Caller in the last week was like one of those 'Men!Action!' random three film DVD sets you used to get in Tesco.

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  • Travis @captainofart.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 27, 2024

    Law Abiding Citizen on. So blessed. Elite fucking movie.

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  • Kenroy G @drg-d-chemist.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 15, 2024

    Law Abiding Citizen is actually my favorite movie. I couldn’t find an appropriate gif that ppl would instantly get … so I went with my second favorite @yearofthedragon.bsky.social

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  • Lyndon @iamlyndon.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 4, 2024

    Was watching a video and they reminded me of the movie Law Abiding Citizen. It's been yrs, but I'm still pissed off at that crap ending. 😤

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  • BeardedVirgoKing 9.5⚜️ @jes55.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 10, 2026

    Law Abiding Citizen was such a good movie. I hated Gerard Butler died at the end

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  • TekGuy630 @tekguy630.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    Ever see the movie "Law Abiding Citizen". The main character was wronged, and he injects the criminal with a chemical so he can see, hear and feel but not move while applying his revenge. That treatment would be perfect for the orange Caligula.

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  • freedomhurts.bsky.social @freedomhurts.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 1, 2026

    Has anyone seen the movie “Law Abiding Citizen”? With Jamie Foxx and Gerald Butler, there’s an execution scene near the beginning and I hope it wasn’t like that! Maybe lethal injection isn’t very “humane”!

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  • Andre "Free Palestine" East @iveseenfootage.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 20, 2026

    Would love a Law Abiding Citizen style movie where the only reason "God" let him survive the crash was to have him alive in prison for a perfect storm of the most brutally calculated torture in human history.

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  • GroguHarlanEllison @groguharlanellison.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2026

    Ever notice you never see him and Randy Quaid in the same place at the same time? Cruz was never the Zodiac Killer. He is Cousin Eddie Griswold. There will be a movie to this effect soon, after the style of Jamie Foxx's "Law-Abiding Citizen.."

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  • coden crazy @late-reflections.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 8, 2026

    Gave up, but I feel it lies somewhere in the spectrum of Law Abiding Citizen (the movie I rewatched last night) and Two for the Money (the movie I decided to rewatch today). The answer is not The Next Three Days.

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  • lowbosky7.bsky.social @lowbosky7.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 14, 2026

    Will democrats governors ever realize Donald Trump is not leaving office voluntarily, and the only way to stop Donald, is to watch the movie, “Law Abiding Citizen” Donald and his real conspiracists are murdering POC and some whites who hate injustices. The brave former Judges are Generals…

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  • Walter Right ™ I am the One Who Answers @justvon.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 26, 2026

    I can think of different scenarios or use cases for the movie Law Abiding Citizen. To quote John Cusack of a different movie...I have a certain moral flexibility. You know if you know

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  • Rev. Dr. Everett Howe @ewhowe.comBluesky · Apr 19, 2026

    Not very many hits for “diseased temple” in newspapers dot com. One of them is quoting Patel in 2025. But another is from a review of the 2009 “explo-porn, remote-machine-gun porn, pyro-porn and even lethal-cell-phone porn” movie *Law Abiding Citizen,* which quotes a character as saying:

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  • Michael Hogan @michaelhogan100.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 16, 2026

    Film-wise: at 9pm, Captain Phillips on Film4, Judge Dredd on Great Action or Law Abiding Citizen on Legend. At 11.15pm, Lucky Number Slevin on Legend. At 11.40pm, Crawl on Film4. At 12am, American Fiction on BBC2. At 12.05am, Far from the Madding Crowd on BBC1 #telly

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  • SocietyMadeMeTossMyCookies🤢 🤮 🍪 @societytosmycookys.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 1, 2026

    Law Abiding Citizen (2009) Gerard Butler character Clyde is the hero not the villain #Movie

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  • Mike Blair @mikeyblair.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 18, 2026

    Is that the Gerard Butler movie? Awful. What was the other one where he WA sin prison or whatever? Law Abiding Citizen I think? So bad, but I think Gamer might be the worst movie I've ever seen

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  • Snooze @cptsnooze.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 2, 2026

    Watch the film Law Abiding Citizen for a hint at what should happen to these people. You'll know the scene when you see it because describing it in this context would get me on a list somewhere and banned.

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  • BRANDON @bchilln.blacksky.appBluesky · Jan 27, 2026

    Just watched Law Abiding Citizen and maaaannnnnn that movie had me at the edge of my seat!!!

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  • Rogue 🐀 @rogue728.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 10, 2026

    Action Movie Stuff: Action is my favorite genre. I'll dedicate posts to it starting this year! Gerard Butler's new film "Greenland 2" is out. Never saw the first, but I loved him in "Olympus Has Fallen", "Plane" and "Law Abiding Citizen."

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  • BriBri 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 like the sound the CHAIR MADE @agentbriko1207.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 9, 2025

    There's literally no human antagonist I've wanted to see succeed in a film than Gerard Butler in Law Abiding Citizen.

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