Alternative ending: Law Abiding Citizen; how it should have ended (Clyde wins!)

[@Triscuit85]

There’s no way a lawyer could outsmart him

[@Maximus1Decimus]

Nope Jaime Foxx wanted to get a flex out of this, which of course it backfired on him. xDD

[@tariqkamil7853]

I wanted a darker ending. So they found the bomb and placed it in the cell, but there shd have been a 2nd bomb to go off simultaneously that would have made Nick feel the same loss and anguish. No one wins but the lesson taught. Very dark

[@patrickthomas2119]

💯 agreed. I Love the idea that Clyde knew Nick put 1 bomb under him but says something about you didn’t find the 2nd one did you? Then he knowingly kills himself to set off the secondary as well. He makes the decision to end himself at peace with the statement he was trying to make about how the system failed his family. How it failed to deliver anything even remotely close to justice for his daughter. Clyde wins but still has the somber scene of burning while holding his daughter’s bracelet (which is very well done). The way it ended up ending felt a bit underwhelming. And I really hated that smug mayor. So her getting ours alive probably oblivious to How close she was to getting blown up was extremely disappointing

[@havanascp9602]

You got the darker ending. The politicians n lawyers won. What’s more dark than that lol

[@tariqkamil7853]

@ lol

[@HoneysuckleRoseSmelledGreat]

@@havanascp9602 This is the way the movie should have ended. As I get older, I'm starting to live my life in a way where I firmly believe you should do your best to get even with everyone that fucks you over and those that you love.

[@MohammadAsif-rm2qv]

If it had been like this, this movie could have been the beginning of a great saga like John Wick....”Clyde the Avenger”.

[@barry5557]

I was thinking the same thing. This could have been a franchise like John Wick and Taken.

[@OneTruePhreak]

​@@barry5557"Taken" was a trash franchise. At what point is the guy just a trash person? Nobody knows that many people who get kidnapped, unless they themselves are the cause of it. The main character is the Temu version of John Wick, with far worse acting, and the character's family is completely incapable of traveling past the threshold of their own home, without a chaperone.

[@VirginiaSisson-d4b]

This ending is a thousand times better. This is the way the movie should have ended.

[@HoneysuckleRoseSmelledGreat]

My thoughts exactly!

[@CMDR_Verm]

Yep, I could live with that.

[@MsChemicalEngineer]

Love this ending….Clyde deserved to win, he was so much smarter than the others in the police department/prosecutors office!

[@YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen]

Being smarter isn't the same as deserving to win.

[@dins5066]

Nick rice was smarter and he won

[@usalv23]

@@dins5066 he wasn't. Clyde alone vs Nick alone, Nick would have lost infinite times.

[@fighttuts]

@@usalv23 Indeed, Clyde was beyond any level of intelligence, especially ego-tripping Nick.

[@fedupwithitall5754]

@@dins5066 Nick proved he was no better than Clyde, so did he really win at all?

[@markjefferies2005]

Thanks for creating this ending. The original ending of this film was horrific

[@JB-ef7ks]

Way better ending than the original one!

[@alangardner9146]

did they just cut out a part of the ending and put the explosion from v for vendetta???

[@williamzame3708]

Yup

[@SoCaliSurfer13]

Also when he is sitting in front of the computer that was from Olympus Has Fallen or London Has Fallen I can’t remember which one.

[@vinalove07]

Yea lls

[@Agent1W]

Technically he had a vendetta vs. the system.

[@Vaga-Bard]

V for vendetta is based on the story of guy faux (the name of the mask and the name of the actual jesuit) who attempted to blow up the entirety of king james court. Yes, the king james who made the bible accessible for the general public. For so long only the catholic church had the bible and only they could say what it meant. Which is why you now see men worshipping the pope as God and saying he can forgive sin (neither is true). Once it became available for more people Martin Luther (and anyone else who read it) realized the church had been lying their as*es off to gain power and so he nailed his 10 thesis on their door calling them liars. He paid for it too. Then when it became available for everyone due to king james, the same people who lied about what it said, and killed anyone who called them a liar, sent a guy to blow up the entirety of his family.. To this day catholicism is one of the largest religions in the world. They still lie about the bible and the Vatican is the beast.. somehow, they convinced majority of mankind that God lives on a fkng cloud. Or up in the sky somewhere. Totally absurd. Its stated clearly that God lives within mankind. Not out in the world somewhere. Infact, not out in the 3d existence at all.

[@jamesmcgrath1952]

I like this ending because the fact is they were all corrupt. Willing to bend or break the law for their own ends.

[@ATBatmanMALS31]

The real ending is one of the only blemishes on Jamie Foxx's career. He should have allowed this movie to end correctly, but instead refused to finish it if he didn't win.

[@SomeUserNameBlahBlah]

True, people don't know that Foxx was bitching because he wasn't the hero at the end so they had to change to the shitty ending for him.

[@jeremyayala4801]

Wow. Did not know that. One of my favorite movies.

[@WolfFireheart]

I think Clyde won in the original ending. He forced Jamie's character to break the law by putting the bomb in Clyde's cell. Its quite illegal to smuggle bombs into prisons. In the end, Clyde forced him to become like him, breaking the law to deliver "justice." And lets be real, Clyde had nothing to live for, he wanted to prove a point, and he damn well proved it. Death was mercy to him, after 10 years of planning in misery, he was finally able to rest. While breaking the deal maker. If Clyde actually wanted to "win." He would have never pleaded guilty. Sure everyone knew it was him, but "Its not about what you know, but what you can prove." And they couldn't prove shit, and he knew that.

[@brocklanders9259]

Another reason to not like Jamie Foxx.

[@jerryclayton1286]

@@WolfFireheart its private jurisdiction. they can eat you in a prison if they want

[@belindagriffin5868]

To believe that someone this smart and a tech wizard that covers all the bases would not have a motion sensor system in the cave to warn him if someone was in there is lazy writing.

[@gtaipan7422]

This scene is one of the best I ever wanted to see, what we all wanted to see. Clyde may have seen his worst fears but it wasn't too late for him to keep living on for the honor of his lovely wife and beautiful daughter and continue do great things for his life. He had accepted this fate to try to bury the horrors behind him and be forgiven as another good man with a good path to thrive.

[@ugbar_smash7342]

I always loved how the only thing he wanted from Nick was to not make deals with accused killers.

[@TheHippyProductions]

His point is that he's not a terrorist, if anything he's doing what our founding fathers did and what anyone should do when those in charge fail them on a widespread, systematic level. Risking your neck is part of the gig, that's what holding a powerful position is. It should be held with the most accountability.

[@DANCERcow]

Ehem Trump and his corruption!

[@princegobi5992]

Huh? He absolutely is a terrorist. He’s willing to inflict absolute terror on innocent people for his own ideological purposes. That’s terrorism.

[@OnlyTrueProletariat]

@@princegobi5992 you're only a terrorist/ rebel if you lose

[@johnhunt9674]

innocent people!? did you watch the right movie? 😂😂😂​@@princegobi5992

[@MrKnightslayer7]

@@princegobi5992 The system meant to protect anyone who isn't them, and the higher levels of leadership all play along! many are actual terrorists for personal gain while Happily jeopardizing thousands if not millions of people for political power, the other is a revenge story of the same guy using the same legal system to show how corrupt it is for the average person to be affected by said rules and policies

[@davidgillespie1280]

This is how it should've been.

[@kstone6381]

This is a great movie and it should have ended with Clyde winning, because he suffered too much and the justice system is most definitely imperfect.

[@HoneysuckleRoseSmelledGreat]

You're right. The justice system sucks in this country.

[@brianmessick9830]

That's what I'm saying cuz he was so much damn smarter and he's right The Establishment needs to fall

[@sarlaccstapeworm990]

I laughed so hard I farted when Big Ben blew up!!!!🤣🤣👍👍

[@charleskiragu5272]

What do you expect from a jamie fox movie?

[@MichaelWayne64]

This movie would have been so much better without Foxx. So many other great actors that could have played the DA.

[@rabidlenny7221]

For this ending, that quote at 1:10 probably should have read: “Never interrupt your enemy when he’s making a mistake” -Napoleon

[@tflo6198]

This really isn’t too far off from reality if those in power continue to wield their power/status like a college ring at cocktail parties instead of what it really is; A public service they volunteered for, for the greater good of their country and countrymen.

[@DANCERcow]

Like Trump but he is getting his justice for what he did during Jan 6

[@Chris-we7hh]

@@DANCERcow What did he do? Overthrow a government that he is unironically the president of? Yes he is still the president on that day, curiously tho the mayor and Pelosi declined Trump's request to send police. Hmmmmm makes you think? Also you do realize that Clyde would not be on the side of the feds on that issue, he would make J6 a real insurrection unlike the grandpas and grandmas that attended that obvious fed-infested event

[@donwade9905]

​@DANCERcow so how long has Trump lived in your head for free. Do you just randomly shout out his name during sex?

[@HoneysuckleRoseSmelledGreat]

@@DANCERcow if you're still flowing heavy, get in touch with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and have him give you some free tampons. You obviously need them!

[@jasonwood3197]

He allowed Nick and ghis family to live! He told him that! School schedule...etc. He wasn't planning on living or he wouldn't have went back to his cell! He wanted Nick to witness the ordeal so that he wouldn't forget it! Remember when the "attorney general" said "your gunning for my job!" So he directly made Nick the "acting Attorney General" so he could change the system!

[@the_cursor]

That's how good Clyde was. He destroyed Parliament without even being in the same country.

[@alexharrington5060]

Clyde was right

[@RetroMMA]

From pure principal, something our clown world no longer sees, the point of this movie is corruption and how we just accept it like any other ideology media presents. A rare 'say what you really think' Hollywood misstep. And we, the people, love it.

[@lawrencet.mcguilicutty7447]

Much better, way more satisfying, makes you wonder why they ended it the way they did.

[@daveczarnik6017]

Because Jamie fox was complaining

[@MrSpade5150]

Apparently Jamie Foxx wanted the movie to end with him as the winner and the hero so they had to rewrite the ending

[@solidfuel0]

What a man child

[@thegeneral2000]

​@@daveczarnik6017Nope

[@thegeneral2000]

​@@MrSpade5150This got debunked. Jamie didn't change the ending. The original ending was worse. Jamie's character would kill Clyde with his bare hands and end up in prison

[@osofitness9123]

He should’ve been allowed to accomplish his task to get the message out that corrupt bureaucrats are not safe either.

[@vanilton_fs]

Much better than the other end, only now i see this, i wish that was the true end.

[@JohnMartin-ni2pj]

The brief case should have been a decoy and he should not have went back to the prison.

[@tommyweese5697]

I honestly don’t think Clyde would have left prison. He knows what he did and takes responsibility for it. Still it being necessary, I feel like him leaving prison is a cop out and he wouldn’t want that.

[@jlnrss]

and suddenly he is in london

[@sedlyholmes3722]

This would have been batman if he kills his enemies

[@Demortixx]

This is the real cannon ending

[@saraton6144]

This should be the ending. Being a prosecutor isn't about fat checks. It is to keep checks and balance the Karma for True Evil.

[@carsonf4428]

Hahaha... you got me. Blowing up Big Ben was a bit much

[@ponytailjohnson196]

A Four Star General doesn't stand for a Mayor.

[@SoCaliSurfer13]

Theres no need to mention him as a 4 star General because an O-10 (4 star) is a General the same way as an O-7 (1 star) is a Brigadier General, O-8 (2 star) Major General, O-9 (3 star) is a Lieutenant General. Since they each have different titles that’s just repetitive, basically like saying a 10 year decade, 100 year century or 1,000 year millennium. Also a General would stand up at attention for a mayor because it’s a part of an officers standards of conduct as well as they are just there for an advisory role since there was no declaration of martial law.

[@robertsalazarjr-i1m]

@@SoCaliSurfer13 He was the chief of police , they use the same insignia for rank .

[@ruiborges9884]

That's nice in fantasy land. But in the end, as in the movie, politicians and pimps of the People always get to save their ass in the end. However, this clip makes a point: in fact, there's always an alternate ending.

[@jeffbaca1173]

Great ending!

[@NekoEspada]

Was so happy until I saw the description of the video. PARODY! I really liked this movie until the ending. I guess they couldn't approve a real anti establishment movie who takes revenge on corrupt officials.

[@montanaplease]

I hated the fact that the communist Jamie Foxx lived at the end

[@amoose1709]

?

[@josephh7983]

would have made it my favorite movie of all time... LFG Clyde!

[@lisettegarvin5030]

Morgan Freeman's part is from London Falling, another movie Gerad Butler starred in.

[@MrSeaborn1]

This ending is WAYYYYYY better than the theatrical ending.

[@jamesritch5245]

One of the best movies I've ever seen

[@meantweetsandcheepgas946]

That was a very well shaped charge to take down the building like that.

[@cardinalsfanforever4484]

Does this movie have an alternate ending filmed? Not sure if there was something written or not, but would've been cool to see an alternate ending.

[@cwisthbulpabont7749]

Yes. You just watched it

[@reedpeterson719]

You'd think the government would swoop in and save the guy since he was able to get a bad guy to kill himself with a necktie.

[@-VIRUS-.]

Whoever said that was the only hole he dug out? BOOM

[@jakeford7688]

That's what I always figured was he had a way out other than the one

[@mikewatts1533]

The original ending sucked! My question is if he had cameras and alarms everywhere, why didn't he have any for his warehouse?

[@lloydmorman1979]

I heard that they are going to make another movie.

[@jimdillard2951]

Crazy, he blows up Big Ben in the UK, then enters back into the tunnel he dug to the UK, and ends up leading the head of the secret service.

[@GeedUPfromtheFEADup]

Seeing that ring of people with their chests of medals changings as you age. When I was young I thought they were the brave important men who knew what they were doing to benefit the rest of us.... now I realise they are the terrorists that use us for their own gain at the cost of all others lives and happiness.

[@AndresGarcia-rm6el]

That was V for Vendetta and Morgan Freeman in Lomdon has Fallen

[@stoicdruid2499]

More in line with the Guy Fawkes Gunpowder Plot...

[@legendarypo183]

u combined clips from V for Vendetta and Olympus has Fallen series if am nt mistaken😂…..

[@cjpaterini3391]

I like the way the ended of I understand where Clyde is coming from but he had to be stopped idc what people think or say

[@insomniac-nw7mx]

This ending is so much better

[@nathanheckelman302]

Clyde Shelton is the justified hero of Law Abiding Citizen. Nick and the entire Judicial System are the villains. Jamie Foxx politicked this horrid, garbage ending into Law Abiding Citizen because he couldn't take his character losing. Gerard Butler's character portrayal of Clyde Shelton was more relatable and psychologically thought provoking and cerebral than Jamie Foxx's one dimensional portrayal of a lawyer only concerned with his conviction rate and making deals with scum of the Earth. One of the best movies throughout ruined by one of the worst endings in cinema history. Rumors of a Sequel to Law Abiding Citizen are circulating but they killed off the true hero and the man who carried the story in Clyde Shelton. Any father in Clyde Shelton's position with his resources and ability to plan would have done exactly what he did, get justice by any means necessary for his family.

[@IP.T]

The whole 'Jamie Foxx chose the ending' narrative is false & has been debunked years ago. The director F. Gary Gray chose the ending himself & even mentions an alternate ending he almost went with in an interview. Google is free 😂

[@nathanheckelman302]

@IP.T Another thing that's free is an opinion, my opinion Jamie Foxx is a shit actor that ruined a great movie for his own ego. If the Director had the option then he should have went with what made the most sense, Department of Defense contracted killer who was described as a Da Vinci of killing lost to a lawyer that somehow miraculously found the bombs hidden by Clyde Shelton. Now a sequel being in the works makes no sense, Gerard Butler's character Clyde Shelton is dead and Jamie Foxx can't act because of some sickness. If you're stupid enough to believe that actors don't have sway in how a movie ends then you need to reevaluate you critical thinking skills.

[@MrMeeSeeKs1977]

I liked it up until the last part with him on the laptop, that's the ending from angel has fallen

[@SoCaliSurfer13]

It was actually Olympus Has Fallen or London Has Fallen because Morgan Freeman was still the Vice President.

[@williamgullett8071]

What did he blow up in the alternate ending?

[@KornPop96]

The ending never made any sense. Why would he return to his cell after completing the bomb and having everything in place when he could have been 20 miles away by the time he set it off. He was planning on escaping anyway, so why go back at all?

[@renevil2105]

The message was you can lock me up but doesn't stop me.

[@jasonvargas798]

Why are these videos always having backwards texts

[@digitalmojave]

Clyde did win. He forced the lawyer to go outside the law. Think Clyde wanted to kill all those innocent people in city hall? Nah, he wanted the lawyer to admit he was wrong. He did. He won.

[@8ullfrog]

Shelton decided that England needed to die. Rice was... deeply confused.

[@moosehand8721]

How the arrogant mighty have fallen. Got what they deserved in this ending.

[@tarika5410]

Honestly I would like clyde to win the challenge, Bcs of the system broken

[@irgordon]

You spliced scenes from “V for Vendetta” and “London Has Fallen” 🤣

[@Terakz1]

The ending is V for Vendetta

[@ARSFACE]

Realizing after all these years, that's Gene Hackman.i feel so stupid. Luckily not as stupid as not having better scenes between Foxx Hackman and Butler. Only scenes of Butlers/Foxx were at the start in holding. Its gem of a movie with some great stuff. An true re watching everytime

[@EvanBallas]

This isn't a real alternate ending. The end with Morgan Freeman talking is a scene from the Olympus has Fallen trilogy. Just a fake mashup

[@tonydavis4059]

The fact that Clyde did not win irritates but then I tally the body count and there’s a couple of those deaths that were not equal on the scale of participation and punishment. Just for instance the scared blonde Assistant

[@orest395]

All this is is a repeat of the original ending, plus it’s backwards in this video

[@Shadowlok0002]

the Mayor and everyone was in Parliament?

[@danprat6748]

too bad this is fantasy, i know a few buildings we'd be better off without.

[@zebgroves8752]

The ending is from a different movie

[@jerryclayton1286]

anyone else notice the writing is back wards???

[@specteractual1]

He should not have won as soon as he killed people that had nothing to do with the original case he was no longer an anti-hero and became a villain

[@Smitten702]

Uhhh to bad that's big ben and it's explosion is from v for vendetta

[@bryanchapman2844]

😂 the building explosion is from v for vendetta not law abiding citizen. Dont believe everything you see

[@LayNutmeg]

What was in that little tube lol

[@sdimartino]

Absolutely how it should have ended.

[@gyrenrockz]

After watching the movie i feel like ive seen this kind of ending.. oh its when Light Yagami died on Death Note..

[@singhdevu73]

Please send movie name

[@marcoras1006]

not real ending, that is the ending to London has fallen

[@MrRJPE]

Wrong. That is the ending to V for Vendetta, you uncultured swine.

[@YedolfWesler]

Did you know v for vendetta was made by DC comics

[@censorshipsucks9493]

The Avengers got nothing on Clyde.

[@SnuSnu415]

You're not seeing the bigger picture. Clyde does win. He forces the attorney to what it takes to punish killers. Not to settle with deals so his win rate is the best.

[@YFZriderdude15]

Except he also wanted to purge the system and kill those officials. After Clyde learns he taught Nick this lesson about not making deals, he still sits down and chooses to blow everyone up.. so clearly he wanted more than for Nick to learn a lesson. But, you can't get everything you want, and that was very true for Clyde.

[@neobailey5268]

Outstanding.

[@DannyEdwardHarding]

Nick all i had in the house was 6,145,000 in cash sorry they thought yous where them also his house was not like your house in Philadelphia. His house had nothing near it . They just asumed they rebuilt Philadelphia around his house and seen your family as his. R.i.p to all i lost .

[@DannyEdwardHarding]

P.s. the whole prison blew up in your life not city hall?

[@deepsouthwrx]

Its not an alt ending you sheep. Thats London.. Big Ben.. from the movie V for Vendetta...

[@Titus_Vespasianus]

Nice take from V for Vendetta...

[@igocode]

Should have ended with Clyde winning

[@billdover3165]

This absolutely should have been the ending. Jamie Foxx having a moment where he decided to have the ending change just because you wanted to be portrayed certain way in Hollywood's eyes just blows me away. This movie should be re-released and it absolutely should have this as the ending. I would honestly pay for it.

[@mrpostman730]

Me Too…😏

[@patmoore7959]

the thing is Jamie fox's character became a murderer and dishonoring his oath

[@fjones1914]

He blew up Big Ben?

[@Henni112]

Nick speaks of accountability, he should be looking in the mirror.

[@jdsim9173]

This is exactly how it should have ended.

[@wonderlandgirlable]

Butler should be Nominated for best looking man of the yr Esquire ..who agrees ?

[@HoneysuckleRoseSmelledGreat]

This is the way the movie should have ended. As I get older, I'm starting to live my life in a way where I firmly believe you should do your best to get even with everyone that fucks you over and those that you love.