Sim1It's Not What You Know, It's What You Can Prove in Court
August 15th 2010 20:38
Oh, Gerard Butler, how I love thee....
Here at Fish on Film Headquarters, we don’t need any other excuse to watch a film if it features Gerard Butler. Of course, by ‘we’ I mean ‘I’ as there is only me at FoF HQ, but ‘we’ always sounds more impressive. Anyhoo.....a colleague of mine has recently been raving about ‘Law Abiding Citizen’. I am always careful with (male) colleagues’ movie recommendations, but when KLM Royal Dutch Airlines offered ‘Law Abiding Citizen’ as part of their inflight entertainment between Amsterdam and Hong Kong, I couldn’t resist.
The plot is as simple (always a bonus with blonde airheads like me) as it is ridiculous (but who gives a shit, it’s got Gerard Butler in it!).
I will summarise for you, dear readers, in case you haven’t seen it: man’s wife and daughter get brutally murdered and man then spends 10 years hatching an elaborate revenge. The End. Simple, yes?
Sadly, I was struggling to suspend my sense of disbelief when the story writers tried to convince me that the man single-handedly dug a tunnel from some garage to every single solitary cell in his local prison and God knows where else. I mean, REALLY? Are you SURE? I know Gerard Butler is a God-like creature, but this is silly.
I did however like the gory bits, like when GB saws the killer’s limbs off and then sends the video footage to the cop who’s trying to bring him down (the bastard! Played by Jamie Foxx). Or the bit where he’s rigged the dumb-nut of a District Attorney’s phone, so that when she picks it up, she gets her brains blown out. Muahahahaha. Awesome!
‘Law Abiding Citizen’ is brutal in places. Perhaps unnecessarily so. And if you’ve seen Sir Gerard Butler (we’ve just knighted him, here at Fish on Film Headquarters) in flicks like ‘P.S., I love You’, you may have difficulty believing this man could ever be full of vengeance, but hang in there.
The final scene is awesome! At the end of his tether, Jamie Foxx finally sets our hero on fire. Fish on Film, therefore, is now boycotting any movies with Jamie Foxx in them.
Anyway, I’ve just given you a lot of piffle, haven’t I? Let me be more precise:
Do NOT watch ‘Law Abiding Citizen’ if:
you are squeamish
you don’t enjoy (mindless) violence (What’s wrong with you??)
you are after romance, comedy, sex scenes, musicals or stupid animations
DO watch ‘Law Abiding Citizen’ if:
you like clever, mind gamesy, ‘how-did-he-do-that?’- films (Face OFF-stylee)
you can forgive ridonculous concepts
you fancy Gerard Butler
Go on! Watch it! No-one will ever know. And if they do, remember:
It’s not what they know, it’s what they can prove in court.
Here at Fish on Film Headquarters, we don’t need any other excuse to watch a film if it features Gerard Butler. Of course, by ‘we’ I mean ‘I’ as there is only me at FoF HQ, but ‘we’ always sounds more impressive. Anyhoo.....a colleague of mine has recently been raving about ‘Law Abiding Citizen’. I am always careful with (male) colleagues’ movie recommendations, but when KLM Royal Dutch Airlines offered ‘Law Abiding Citizen’ as part of their inflight entertainment between Amsterdam and Hong Kong, I couldn’t resist.
The plot is as simple (always a bonus with blonde airheads like me) as it is ridiculous (but who gives a shit, it’s got Gerard Butler in it!).
Sadly, I was struggling to suspend my sense of disbelief when the story writers tried to convince me that the man single-handedly dug a tunnel from some garage to every single solitary cell in his local prison and God knows where else. I mean, REALLY? Are you SURE? I know Gerard Butler is a God-like creature, but this is silly.
I did however like the gory bits, like when GB saws the killer’s limbs off and then sends the video footage to the cop who’s trying to bring him down (the bastard! Played by Jamie Foxx). Or the bit where he’s rigged the dumb-nut of a District Attorney’s phone, so that when she picks it up, she gets her brains blown out. Muahahahaha. Awesome!
‘Law Abiding Citizen’ is brutal in places. Perhaps unnecessarily so. And if you’ve seen Sir Gerard Butler (we’ve just knighted him, here at Fish on Film Headquarters) in flicks like ‘P.S., I love You’, you may have difficulty believing this man could ever be full of vengeance, but hang in there.
Anyway, I’ve just given you a lot of piffle, haven’t I? Let me be more precise:
Do NOT watch ‘Law Abiding Citizen’ if:
you are squeamish
you don’t enjoy (mindless) violence (What’s wrong with you??)
you are after romance, comedy, sex scenes, musicals or stupid animations
DO watch ‘Law Abiding Citizen’ if:
you like clever, mind gamesy, ‘how-did-he-do-that?’- films (Face OFF-stylee)
you can forgive ridonculous concepts
you fancy Gerard Butler
Go on! Watch it! No-one will ever know. And if they do, remember:
It’s not what they know, it’s what they can prove in court.
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