Once Again Gerard Butler shows the movie world he can kick ass, but this time he does it while using his brain. After witnessing the murder of his wife and daughter, and then finds out the murderer will get away with only a 3 year prison sentence because his lawyer doesn't want to risk losing a case, Butler's character, Clyde Shelton, plans a way to get back at everyone involved in the case. After 10 years of carefully planning each and every move, Shelton manipulates his way though the judicial system, making sure everyone involved in letting a murderer walk the streets, gets what they deserve. Shelton makes sure that lawyer, Nick Rice, played by Jamie Foxx, gets to witness his life crumble right in front of his eyes, just like Shelton went through when he witnessed his wife and daughter's brutal murder.
I was Kind of upset that Shelton didn’t have a plan to directly destroy Rice’s life, but instead ruin everyone else's. After all, it was Rice's decision to cut a deal that cost Shelton the entire case against the true murderer, but none the less it was cool to see how Shelton had a plan for everything, and went through with it all as calm and collected as he did. I wish they did more on the background of who Shelton really was. When Nick Rice met with an anonymous informant, he found out how dangerous Shelton really was, learning that he specialized in killing people without ever being in the same room as the victim.
My favorite cinematical element of the movie is when director F. Gary Gray decided to use a clever shot where the curtains were drawn at the execution ceremony and the child’s cello recital. It was cool how they transitioned from one to the other, pulling both curtains at the same time.
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