Oh my god. I know everyone knows about the two deadly shootings at Fort Hood and in Florida this past week. My condolences goes to the victims' and alleged killers' families. With the war and the high unemployment rate in this country, the stress is very overwhelming. Remember the LAC Review I had written earlier last week? Does anyone see that the plot of that movie, which was a man exposing the fallacies of the American justice system, taken literally in the real world context? We just had two apparently American "law abiding citizens" commit acts of murders and bloodshed on our nation's soil. Their motives are still unclear to the rest of us, but what I do see a pattern.
We have actual people that are releasing their frustrations and depression into dangerous ways as they are influenced by social factors such as family issues, joblessness, separation of religion and state, discrimination, and the Iraqi and Afghan/Iraqi wars. I am surprised that something that I had thought was possible actually happened right before our very eyes. Maybe Hollywood movies are worth watching these days. Just a rule of thumb.
Hello, everyone! I enjoyed my little three day break getting ready for what blogging will bring this November. I had a pretty good Halloween. No, I did not dress up, but I did went to the movies to see "Law Abiding Citizen". It is directed by F.Gary Gray and it stars my favorite Scottish actor Gerard Butler and comedian turned- Oscar award winning actor Jamie Foxx. I have been a Gerard Butler fan for the past two years now after watching the smash hit "300" on my uncle's television screen. I absolutely fell in love with his charisma and his work.
I am a part of some of the most craziest Gerry fan sites and forums around and I was very excited that Gerry was going to both star and produce this film. Within the past month, I have heard great things about this movie. Some even said that this was one of Gerry's better performances. If you are not on the Gerry bandwagon, you will not understand. His hardest critics question his sexuality, his sense of picking movie scripts, his love life, his alcoholic past, his erratic yet brunt behavior, and his Scottishness (new word of the day) all on a daily basis. Now that he is a A-list star, everyone even the tabliods want a piece of this delicious hulk of talent.
Jamie Foxx portrays Nick Rose, a Philly prospector, who within this somewhat flawed system, allows the killers to escape right under his nose. So, what does Gerry's character do? He waits ten years later to not only he seeks revenge on his family, but he literally brings the city's justice systems to its knees. He kills the murderers, a court judge, the killers' lawyer, and other important keynote city government officials all by himself one-by-one because he believes that the legal system must be shown in its true light.
Shelton eventually is killed off by Rice, but that does not lead to the end of the discussion. I liked this movie because there is a level of morality and conscience that is hidden and unexposed to the rest of society. I personally feel that Gerry's character was acting like a law abiding citizen because he exercised his first amendment and civil rights to showcase the true corrupted nature of the American legal system. We are all know that we give certain people with felonies longer prison sentences than we do with serial killers and rapists. However, Shelton's means to obtain this goal are left into question. In my opinion, Shelton exposed these fallacies by straigtically killing off some of the main players of this system to justify his revenge for the murders of his loved ones. Mind you, his family's killers were let off; the actual killer was set free, while his accomplice who only wanted to rob Shelton's house was sent to the execution chair death role. Apparently, there was not any substantial evidence to the jury, although Shelton was the only true witness at the scene of the crime.Some moviegoers might think otherwise. But before you consider watching this brilliant film, answer me this question. How would you want your justice best served? "Law Abiding Citizen" is now in theaters.
