Saturday, January 23, 2010

Law Abiding Citizen

Just watched this show minutes ago. It was a very nice show.

The story was first told of a man with a happy wife and daughter. However, 2 robbers came in to spoil everything that this man has. He was stabbed, his wife was stabbed and raped right in front of his very eyes by one robber and his daughter was killed by that same robber too. Ironically, this robber became a valuable witness and was given 3 years' imprisonment. Instead, his accomplice had to die through lethal poisons. The man became disappointed with the outcomes of this court case and began to have a series of killings by himself.

First on his list was the robber who robbed them. He was supposed to be on lethal poisoning but this man mixed the poison so that this robber died a painful death. Next, he rescued the other robber from prison and began to lure him into a deserted place. He paralysed him by injecting medicines into his body. Then he brought him to one of his properties. There, he began to dissert the robber's limbs one by one. Throughout this ordeal, the robber was able to feel the pain and fear.

Then the prosecutor lawyer was being murdered. He was handcuffed and put into a tunnel with oxygen mask. The police must get to him by 15 minutes or else he would die. But because one of the Justice Department staff did not abide in his timing, it killed the lawyer. Next was the Judge. To the man, the Judge had made a very unfounded outcome, causing the murderer to be out in the open. Slowly, as the show progressed, staff of the Justice Department were killed.

Through all these killings, the man had done it alone. He used his money to buy property that was near the jail so that he could make a tunnel and kill people in a mysterious way. At first, the defending lawyer, Nick thought that he had an accomplice. But later, he found that he was doing all these killings alone. In the end, Nick managed to retrieve the bomb that he placed at the Mayor's office. The man activated the bomb and in the end killed himself.

Morale of the story: It is sad that sometimes, judges make mistakes in judgement and cause so much hurt to the surviving family. Though this is not widely announced in the newspaper, yet I believe many people are being suffered because of the flaw in law. It is like the Government telling the public not to borrow money from loansharks but keeps all doors closed when the poor wants to borrow money to tide over their situations. Very ironical! This movie is really a much thought after one. Thumbs up!