Law Abiding Citizen Movie

The System Must Pay

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Who's Involved:

Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler, Kurt Wimmer, Mark Gill, Regina Hall, David Ayer, Catherine Zeta-Jones, F. Gary Gray, Leslie Bibb, Colm Meaney, Sheldon Turner, Michael Gambon, Alan Siegel, Lucas Foster, Frank Darabont, Robert Katz, Neil Sacker, Theresa Randle

Release Date:

Friday, October 16, 2009 Nationwide

R   RESTRICTED MPA
strong bloody brutal violence and torture, a scene of rape, and pervasive language
Runtime: 2 hrs, 2 m
Language: English

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Plot: What's the story about?

"Law Abiding Citizen" focuses on a man (Gerard Butler) who, 10 years after his wife and daughter are brutally murdered, returns to exact justice from the assistant district attorney (Jamie Foxx) who prosecuted the case against their killers. His vengeance threatens not only the man who allowed mercy to supersede justice, but also the system and the city that made it so.


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Who stars in Law Abiding Citizen: Cast List


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Who's making Law Abiding Citizen: Crew List

A look at the Law Abiding Citizen behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director F. Gary Gray last directed Lift and Men in Black: International. The film's writer Kurt Wimmer last wrote The Beekeeper and Children of the Corn .

Producers

Gerard Butler
Lucas Foster
Mark Gill
Alan Siegel

Production Company

Evil Twins Productions

Film Department    United States

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Production: What we know about Law Abiding Citizen?

Filming Timeline

  1. 2009 - August: The film was set to Completed  status.
  2. 2009 - August: The film was set to Post-Production  status.
  3. 2008 - October: The film was set to Production  status.

Law Abiding Citizen Release Date: When was the film released?


Law Abiding Citizen was a Nationwide release in 2009 on Friday, October 16, 2009 in around 2,700 theaters. There were 8 other movies released on the same date, including The Stepfather, Where the Wild Things Are and New York, I Love You.

Law Abiding Citizen DVD & Blu-ray Release Date: When was the film released?

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Law Abiding Citizen was released on DVD & Blu-ray on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 .

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