Law Abiding Citizen
Sunday, November 8, 2009

Hmmm. Gerald Butler is the man from 300. He loves black women. Unfortunately, he's paired with beady-eyed, Chinese shar-pei face, Jamie Foxx.

Hmmm. Butler plays Clyde Shelton, a good guy turned revenge seeking angry man. Clyde and his family are the victims of a home invasion; his wife and daughter are killed. Jamie Foxx's character Nick Rice cuts a plea-bargain deal where only one of the criminals is sentenced to receive the death penalty.

Ten year later, Clyde Shelton takes the law into his own hands. He really and truly punishes the criminals, then goes on to teach everyone in the criminal justice system a lesson - from his jail cell. The mystery is how is he able to kill while still locked up? Does he have an accomplice? Is it part of a bigger organization?

Hmmm. A straightforward, thrill seeking, ultra-violent film. He makes things go boom.  No hard thinking is required.

I saw this film, and enjoyed it. It wasn't a blockbuster, knock-you-out-of-your-seat thriller, but rather interesting.


It has the lovely Viola Davis (a quasi-regular of Law and Order) playing the Mayor of Philly, and Regina Hall (the sister from all those Scary Movie parodies) as the wife of Rice.

I haven't seen a movie with this many black women in leading roles in a long while. Oh, wait, then again Gerald Butler is the producer, so maybe I shouldn't be surprised. That's why I always can tell how some of these Hollywood people feel about black women: if we're never seen, they don't like 'em. Sometimes if we're seen, it's a horrible stereotype and / or portrayed by an idiot in a fat suit.

I'm taking down names, and I'm keeping track of whose movies / TV shows are worth following and which are not.

Labels: 300, Gerald Butler, Hollywood, Jamie Foxx, Law Abiding Citizen, Law and Order, Regina Hall, Viola Davis

posted by GoldenAh
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