So the wife and I decide to hit up the theater for a date night this past weekend, and much to my suprise, she agrees to see Law Abiding Citizen (usually she pulls for chick flicks and horror/thrillers). My excitement was sadly brief.
Now I am the first to admit I enjoy a low/weak plot action flick now and then, but this was something different altogether. They get the plot set up and ready right away, and without giving the movie away quickly proceed to the advertised revenge. Unfortunately, neither actor delivers. Foxx appeared bored and was able to pass that emotion on to me, as I got sleepy about half way through and I was suprised to see that I have already grown tired of the machismo driven Butler so quickly. It seemed as though it was supposed to be a more masculine take on the Clarice and Lecter interactions of Silence, but to me it seemed more like Travolta and Slater in Broken Arrow (a better movie by the way..........and a guilty pleasure of mine).
I like the idea of the movie (albeit far fetched), but the acting bored me. In the end, it was an okay movie, but when an action/revenge flick makes you sleepy, it probably wasn't very good.
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