LAW ABIDING CITIZEN (2009) TWIN BROTHERS FIRST TIME WATCHING MOVIE REACTION!

This literally went in a direction I did not expect but Law Abiding Citizen is some crazy revenge story!
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[@shamancarmichael5305]

In the end, Clyde turned Nick into a murderer. He's sitting there watching his daughter's recital, smiling, but he's got the same blood on his hands. That was Clyde's point, everyone has the potential, you just have to find out how far they need to be pushed. By killing Clyde, Nick ended up proving Clyde's point.

[@TheSycaman]

It took Nick breaking the law to get himself to clean his conscience.

[@ashscott6068]

Nah. It's nothing that clever. Foxx was originally written to lose, but he used his clout to get the whole movie changed, to make the audience less sympathetic to Sheldon, more sympathetic to his character, and to hand him the win. There was no such compromise. If they wanted to do it that way, they could have everything play out the same way, but the bomb turns out to be fake, and sheldon could just TELL Foxx's character that he was just suddenly willing to kill. Not that everyone having the potential to kill was ever Sheldon's point. It wasn't.

[@primepm8861]

I just thought the movie simply wrote itself into a corner so tight they couldn't find a decent ending to squeeze out. First comment does help somewhat though, gaslighting aside.

[@paradoxguy9226]

he is the John Wick of this world

[@Karlam20001]

@@primepm8861 It would have been better if Clyde had an "ace in the hole" just in case somebody found his secret Garage.

[@mr.vesper5659]

Ok several things here. 1. I love this movie. Hate the ending. 2. Punisher ain't got nothing on Clyde. 3. The kills here are great. That cellphone killing the judge gave me a startle too the first time I saw it. You guys are awesome

[@BasicBodThor]

Agreed, I think the original ending was the other way around if I remember correctly. I think Jamie Fox wanted his character to "win" so it was changed

[@andersonmi1492]

The ending is so disappointing seriously

[@Fluer-de-Lis]

One of the most disappointing endings ever. Jamie foxx was supposed to be the good guy but he wasn’t, Clyde was one “bad guy” that I consistently rooted for her.

[@Gnossiene369]

I love the ending. The turned mass murderer literally consumed by his own revenge. But I get it, revenge is fun a satisfying, murder is ok if you feel good about it etc. I loved the symbolism and being is own downfall.

[@user-lb5wk2cw4r]

@@Gnossiene369 It wasn’t about revenge, it was about exposing the flaws in the justice system That’s why Clyde congratulate the attorney in the end for not cutting another deal

[@photobackflip]

"fuck his civil rights" - the good guy "I am a law abiding citizen" - the bad guy This movie is ruined by the ending.

[@nassimyjunky6830]

that's pretty much the reality buddy

[@joeblankenship377]

The law is the bad guy in this movie. It let a murderer walk free.

[@seanmager1168]

@@joeblankenship377 NO1 "LET" A Murderer walk Free. Darby did not just walk away scott free. He DID Get some time. Like he got 7 or 9 years. THATS WAY BETTER then ZERO Years. So dont say the "LAW" is the bad guy. I think you SERIOUSLY seem to miss like so many do that Clyde was the bad guy. As Need i remind you he MURDERED Innocent people, The People he Murdered, Were Not killer's or rapists or drug lords or gang leaders or stuff like that. they WERE JUST DOING their Job's. they were FOLLOWING the Law. Following the Law is WHATS RIGHT. As Its What Makes us Better then scumbags We Try and Lock Up. Now im FULLY AWARE that LAw is not perfect, But news flash, It was NEVER TRULY PERFECT. May never even BE Perfect. Also, Darby sentence was reduced Also as they HAD NO CHOICE. Rewatch the movie why dont you. There was a LACK of Sufficient evidence. And a Unreliable eye-witness. Clyde is the DAMN Monster. As he LITERALLY Said he's Gonna Destroy the WHOLE City. As the City runs the system. So Clyde was actually gonna Kill Maybe HUNDREDS More Innocent People JUST So he can Vent His Rage. the city was FILLED with people who WERE NO WAY AT ALL connected nor part of the that case and the deal. And clyde was Gonna Kill Maybe Any1 and every1 in it. So Spare me this Stuff. As THE LAW IS THE LAW and it needs to be followed. Is it perfect, NO. But it DOES WORK. And also, Terrorism is NOT gonna FIX the system.

[@OsamaBinLooney]

the ONLY reason Nick didnt do the deal in the end was cus they found the bomb if they didn't find the bomb at city hall, he would have made a deal with Clyde so in the end the corrupt lawyer wins and goes back to making deals with criminals

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

This movie should have ended with Nick Rice leaving Clyde in the cell with the bomb. The bomb blows. It's over for Nick. Nick goes home, kisses his wife and daughter, cleans up and sits at the table for dinner. Then the phone rings. He answers. The voice on the other end says, "Hello, councilor. I'd like to make another confession." SEQUEL!!

[@christopherking4932]

That would be awesome

[@shawnteeisme]

yessss they shoulda kept it going

[@reuben3811]

Clyde deserved justice and the ending was hot garbage. He was ahead of them for 98 percent of the movie then all of a sudden he gets caught. Great reaction by the way! You guys are hilarious.

[@BlueSkullX]

I mean, he got justice when he killed the people who killed his family but he went off the rails and killed people who had nothing to do with his case and went after everyone who worked in the Justice System. That's when it's unjustified.

[@reuben3811]

@@BlueSkullX i get your point, but for me nick should of died. like you i think going after everyone including paralegals was too far but no one cared about justice for him until he went off the rails. If he makes threats and does nothing no one will take him seriously. He had to go overboard to show what happens when the system fails and no one cares to do their jobs right.

[@johndarcangelo6893]

@@BlueSkullX The "Justice system". One of the themes of the movie is how corrupt and unfair the justice system often is and his case was a prime example. That's not even mentioning the difference between when poor people and rich people are treated and sentenced.

[@BlueSkullX]

@@johndarcangelo6893 Yeah but killing members of that Justice System in one city is hardly going to fix it and in time his point that it's broken will be forgotten.

[@johndarcangelo6893]

@@BlueSkullX true, the only thing that can fix these broken institutions is for Americans to actually give a shit about what's going on even when it doesn't directly affect them. Too many people forgo their responsibility as a citizen to be informed and elect good leaders. This is why every election typically boils down to two corrupt shitbags that don't care about you.

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

"When lawmen break the law, then there is no law. Just a fight for survival." - Billy Jack

[@cog4life]

Billy Jack is an awesome movie!! 😊

[@andrewmize823]

The point is that Nick lost. He had the utmost faith in his ability to do everything by the book, but in the end he had to throw the book out and abandon his principles to get the better of Clyde. It all comes down to "F*CK his civil rights!"

[@silverblade357]

Which was a wierd narrative to take when his first act on-screen is to ignore Clyde telling him "Darby is the killer!" because he'd already cut some garbage deal with Darby that somehow condemned Ames, who was just sorta there.

[@andrewmize823]

@@silverblade357 That's the point though--it was doing things "by the book" that allowed that BS deal to be made.

[@singh5105]

The purpose of stripping naked and having his hands on his head is so cops have no excuse that you were hiding/ having a weapon on you lessening the chance of being shot during a police raid on a dangerous suspect. Hence why swatting someone is dangerous cos you know etc etc

[@generichuman_]

My favorite part was you guys enthusiastically shouting "LET'S GO!!!! before the torture scene, followed promptly by covering your eyes shouting "NOT THE EYES!!!"

[@RobertMorgan]

Everyone wants to do torture until it's time to do torture things...

[@ThatBlackPiano]

I love this movie! Clyde did not target that woman working with Nick; he targeted the TEAM. That team also stuck w/ Nick while he made that BS deal w/ Darby. Nick could've saved everyone, but continued to wanna doubt that Clyde meant what he said. Nick never should've got through this movie alive, IMO. He was a bad guy in the end; he WANTED to kill Clyde when, instead, he could've moved him to a new cell. Nick never ONCE did anything right.

[@Citizenesse8]

Nick was bad and compromised from the beginning. He had blood on his hand because he wanted to be expedient and protect his record.

[@Karlam20001]

I agree.Even when he was explaining to Clyde the deal he was making with Darby,he was unsympathic"it's not what you know,its what you can prove in Court".The ending was indeed bad.

[@silverblade357]

The biggest piece of missed potential was Rupert Ames, the much younger man working with Darby who Nick condemned to death despite Clyde telling him Darby was the killer. That would have been an amazing eleventh hour reveal. If someone killed the detective in the tunnel and got Clyde out of his cell before the bomb could blow. You'd get a confrontation at Nick's home where Clyde forces Nick to confess what he did to Ames in front of his family. They proceed to wring case after case out of Nick's corrupt ass, until his own wife cannot even look at him. Clyde and Ames leave him wallowing in the hell of his own making and presumably resume their campaign of carnage. Thanks for reading my fanfic! 😂

[@AdamistheDevil]

One of my favorite movies and the absolute worst ending. There is absolutely 0% chance that Clyde would've not known they had gotten into the warehouse. Had he let Nick know that even this was part of his plan before he died, I'd have supported it. But as is, a simple mistake like that ended him? No, that's simply disrespectful to the entire rest of the movie's portrayal. Like I get, in life its the small things that trip people up, but like the spy guy said, the only way to stop Clyde is to walk in the cell and put a bullet in his head yourself, otherwise he had already thought of every other possible outcome.

[@silverblade357]

I refuse to believe that Clyde wouldn't know how to disarm his own bomb.

[@niketesambrosiosdelagrece2266]

Clyde very likely didn't want to kill all lawyers (etc) and whole "temple". He pushed Nick to be better. He wanted to create an uncompromising prosecutor who does not make deals in favor of criminals and who will make system work (little) better. Clyde win. He never wanted to just get revenge - he said so himself. OR it just had the worst ending. :D :D

[@tillasmax]

In my mind clyde planned EVERYTHING exactly as it hapened, even his own death. he completed everything he wanted to do and there was no point in living any further without his family.

[@StopReadingMyNameOrElse]

Blame Jamie Fox for the ending. Rumor was he wanted Nick to win in the end no matter what and had veto power over the ending.

[@ishessentials2084]

Hahaha what proof do you have for that BS of a lie.. not tryna pull the race card but I can't help it Bcuz there is no other reason for u to blame Jamie fox, except for the only reason of him being black.. either add ur source for that claim or stop lying

[@heikira438]

I heard that too. It was a perfect movie until the ending.

[@READY_OR_NOT]

Jamie was originally cast to play Clyde so your opinion is meaningless.

[@PaisleyGreene63]

@@READY_OR_NOTyes he was but he was afraid to play the part. So Gerard Butler said “No problem. You can be the cop and I’LL be the psycho.”

[@silverblade357]

*Alternate Ending:* Instead of locking Clyde in his cell with the bomb, Nick's associate is killed in the tunnels and someone gets Clyde out just in time. Nick and his family are then accosted in their home by Clyde. Nick tirades at Clyde, until the second kidnapper reveals himself to be Rupert Ames. This was other intruder who was supposedly executed at the start of the movie. Clyde faked his execution with a truly painful chemical cocktail and swapped him out with a corpse. Ames has been helping Clyde behind the scenes ever since because the system screwed him over just as hard. In front of his family, Nick is forced to confess how he condemned Ames to death row, cutting Darby a deal despite Clyde telling him Darby was the murderer. Why? Because it was good for his conviction rate. Clyde proceeds to read an assortment of names and cases, illustrating the pile of bodies that built Nick's career, before allowing the family to leave. His wife cannot even look at him as they leave. Nick is utterly destroyed and orders them to just kill him. Ames puts a knife to his throat, but merely tilts his head to spot the camera that has been broadcasting his whole confession. "You're the one who makes deals with killers, yeah?" Clyde repeats from earlier. "Do you think they'll make one with you?" Nick can only sit in stunned silence as the pair leave to resume their campaign. The credits roll with various news clips bringing the legal corruption to light. NOTE: Seriously, I was disappointed that more wasn't done with Ames. He was a petty crook that didn't want to hurt anybody. True, Clyde would still blame him, but the torturous pain of his faked death could be vengeance enough for his minor role in Darby's crimes. Also, yes, I *_hate_* this movie because of the ending, where the crooked POS that played games with people's lives gets to walk away without consequence!

[@AlastorsShadowDemon]

This movie had the potential to be so much greater. I’m dying for a movie where the “bad guy” wins. Imagine being so many steps ahead of these people and then they get lucky. Smh. And how did they get back to prison before Clyde, especially while traveling with a heavily explosive device?

[@-EchoesIntoEternity-]

but the "bad guy" did win, the same way Kevin Spacey won in the movie Seven.

[@beardedloon77]

The business starring Danny dyer 😆

[@U3I06Pb]

Watch the Saw

[@sweetwentworth]

"Country for Old Men"

[@DMovieman]

This is definitely one of the more unsatisfying endings I've seen in a film. I remember genuinely waiting for the entire recital hall to explode before we hit the credits. 🙃🙃🙃

[@OmegaSaiyan92]

originally Clyde was supposed to win, but Jamie Foxx threw a bitch fit

[@swanny155]

@@OmegaSaiyan92 wow people really what the criminal to win 😂😂

[@FG-ej1xd]

@@swanny155 because the criminals in the beginning DID win so I wanted some evening of the score

[@swanny155]

@Cedric Terry nah buddy it’s not about it being realistic. Idk I just like to see how people cheer on different criminals. I’m a weirdo don’t mind me

[@swanny155]

@@FG-ej1xd nope missed my point move on

[@heikira438]

Such a great movie. If it weren't for the ending, then this would be talked about so much more.

[@tiredoffools8929]

@Dashiell Millner. I completely agree.

[@thomasjohanthorsrud]

just curious to what you don't like about the ending as i myself find it great when the "hero" dont always make it. tho in this movie i dont really know if gerald butler is the hero hehe :)

[@touriewright5428]

Ok guys the lead character told Nick straight out - " If you took them both to trial and lost I wou;d have been able to live with it " - Nick's priorities in the beginning and all until he killed the girl in the parking lot was about making deals and letting the worst people out. The lead characters point was in telling the people (especially Nick) that some people you don't make deals with. A lesson he lived by working for the government, remember what his " government job" was. It is possible he could've foreseen his own end. The last interaction between the two was Nick realization of you can't always make deals and the lead character being ok with dying - he wanted to be with his wife and child. In the end I believe it was Nick's arrogance that caused so many deaths. Great reaction guys :)

[@SABERTUUTH]

Exactly even if Nick would have lost, He would have accepted the lost from Nick.

[@OsamaBinLooney]

he only refused to make the deal with Clyde cus they found the bomb though if he HADN'T found the bomb or was unable to move it, he would have 100% made a deal with Clyde, so he really didn't learn anything

[@MZ-bl6wg]

He addressed the tape to the lawyer , NOT to the child, she jsut thought it was the recital tape they ordered. Shows he didn’t intend on the daughter seeing it, it was for the attorney alone.

[@theprogressivecynic2407]

The scary thing it, the phone bomb, car gas tank bombs, and remote assassination via robot machine gun are all 100% realistic. For example, the phone bomb is a signature of Mossad, that they famously first used to assassinate the bombmaker Yahya Ayyash. It is particularly scary, as the actual bomb is a tiny shaped charge that destroys the brain with an intense shockwave through the skull's weakest point (through the eardrum); this means that the explosive phone is exactly the normal weight for the phone model, making it virtually undetectable. Clyde could have put the bomb in the phone weeks prior, and it would have felt completely normal until the explosion.

[@pimp1111]

2024 this comment is underrated (post massid pager bombs)

[@WDHJKY]

I thought this was a great film, but I agree with a lot of the folks here that the ending was less than satisfying. They had an opportunity to make this a complex action thriller with sequel potential.

[@catewright1575]

The ending is ridiculous bc the lawyer spent the whole movie going on about the law while disregarding it and only caring about "winning". He condemns the actions of murderers, but rather than bringing them to justice, he concedes and goes with what is easy rathan than right. After seeing all of the people who represented "the law" being killed as a lesson that you shouldn't compromise when it comes to justice, what does he do? Become a murderer himself rather than turning to THE LAW to punish a murderer.

[@NikkiKNuvo]

I was so invested in the "bad guy" that the ending genuinely pissed me off! lol ive only watched this movie once because of that. Thanks for the entertaining recap. :) SN: the director F. Gary Gray is the same guy who did Friday (where he appears in the movie), Set It Off & Straight Outta Compton 😊

[@tree6787]

Ditto.

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

The institution of injustice remaining intact is what killed the ending. Jamie Fox's character had no inner conflict and turmoil reflecting choices he made in order to win cases when the people closer to him started dying. It's as if Jamie Fox just phoned it in for a paycheck as the writing for his character was rather shallow.

[@lynnhathaway3755]

Yes. The ending seemed like a cop out.

[@FloridaMugwump]

The lesson he was trying to teach nick is clearly stated at the end. Don't make deals with murderers.

[@StriderEX9]

Yup 💯

[@theheadsn]

There's always been a rumor that the ending was a reshoot from a bad test screening. The original ending had him still dying, but killing Jammie Fox's character's family. Knowing how some movies have been fundamentally changed because of stupid test screenings, I tend to believe this. This ending is garbage

[@merchillio]

I don’t think I would have been ok with the kid dying, we’re straying far away from Justice with that

[@theheadsn]

@@merchillio I think that was the original point, you start with good intentions and righteousness, but there's a fine line that can easily devolve into indignation and callousness.

[@22KillerofTime]

One of my favorite movies of all time. Highly recommend Payback and Lucky Number Sleven as other amazing revenge stories.

[@maximillianosaben]

Two great recommendations. Lucky Number Slevin is wildly underrated and underseen.

[@takeshikovacs7629]

Lucky Number Slevin is the fuckin shit! So good... and Lucy Liu🤌.. so sexy in this one

[@clevelandcbi]

"He's shooting holes in my suits!!!"

[@babyjki444]

lucky number slevin was my fave as a kid lol. the nostalgia.

[@calliestephen]

The interesting part of this movie for me, is no one was really innocent. Even the team that blew up in the cars still had supported Nick in his decisions. The judge allowed people she knew to be guilty to go free or be out on bail. It poses the question - how culpable are we for those decisions we are on the outskirts of that bring about bad events. One of my favourite quotes is ‘All it takes for a evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing.’ The people he went after had the choice of being better, of quitting in protest or lobbying for change to the system, of fighting the good fight even when you know you’re going to lose. I think it’s just the question of did the punishment fit their crime?

[@williamdrake6711]

Law Abiding Citizen went through various iterations before the filmmakers settled on the ending that made the cut. A proposed alternate version would have seen Nick kill Clyde by hand, in turn causing him to get arrested and make a deal with a DA, essentially becoming just like his deceased foe. However, the filmmakers worried that this would have made the character too dislikable and decided against it.. instead they went with the Clyde gets vengeance on the ones involved and exposes the failures in the justice system and then finds peace in his death scenario

[@silverblade357]

I would've preferred an ending where Clyde just triggered the bomb in his cell and kills them both. Nick didn't deserve any kind of peace after he sent Ames to death.

[@csrhymer]

I was hoping that you would have included the tunnel scene with the spy ... it adds backstory and explains why Clyde killed his cell mate.

[@dongilleo9743]

The tunnel scene with the spy explaining Clyde's background was the "John Wick killed three men in a bar with a pencil" moment for this movie. Clyde wasn't just some grieving husband and father seeking revenge. He was a mastermind killing machine they had no hope of stopping.

[@matthowe2703]

missing that scene is the only bad part about the reaction

[@kratoscallofduty]

Chris: "Who is everyone?" Me: EVERYONE! (If you know....you know) *I don't get startled in movies very often, but that cell phone death got me....and I really liked it. This film is so solid.

[@OctoKrool]

It took me by surprise totally, I never guessed she'd get blasted right there lol

[@ДенисСапёлкин-й5б]

Clyde Shelton, a law-abiding citizen, a wonderful husband and father. He did everything he could to avenge his loved ones. And he won!!!

[@g00dguyshoez99]

The movie is excellent, While I do hate the ending the good thing is that he gets to be with his wife and daughter. Keep up the good work octokrool

[@stuntcock8921]

This is a prime example of an awesome movie that seems less just because of the ending. It’s such a misstep and it’s why you don’t listen to test audiences.

[@nightHawk66]

For an ending worth talking about... Please consider watching the slightly forgotten gem The Game starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn. 🔥🔥🔥

[@SuburbanSavage]

Fun fact: the man holding the Bible while Jamie Foxx's character is being sworn in, was the real mayor of Philadelphia, Michael Nutter. Here's a video of him performing "Rapper's Delight" at his inauguration. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYu3qIeVbtV1h6c

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

Sooo....Foxx is REALLY the DA?🤣

[@darkzer0670]

Didn't Philly just set their record for most murders and crime this year? Fantastic job.

[@SuburbanSavage]

@@darkzer0670 I don't know what that has to do with the movie, but 2021 & 2022 have not been great. However, we're not even in the top 10 of U.S. cities with highest murder rates.

[@KS-xk2so]

Clyde spent years and millions planning out every last single detail of this plan. He definitely KNEW that judge took it in the ass lol

[@dusty111]

I read a comment on another reaction video on this movie. Shelton planned the ending like it happened. He could have rigged the building he was operating in or the tunnel itself if he really didn't wanna get caught. He wouldn't have blown up the council in the end since he was using some kind of napalm-like bomb, if he really wanted to blow it up he could have used some of the plastic explosives he had in his hideout. He even left the plans and his fake ID in the open to be found. Shelton wanted to cure the system and preventing Nick of ever doing deals again was a big part of it, he was at peace when he died. I hope i got everything right, i don't like the end though...

[@archaeologyfornon-archaeol1014]

Your editing left out a crucial moment ,when it is found out that Clyde was a brain, a genius engineer who worked for some black ops group.

[@-M0LE]

Probably based on a true story then

[@Tommy1977777]

Compared to the real deal this guy is amateurish. Undisciplined.

[@archaeologyfornon-archaeol1014]

I don't get that impression, at all.

[@redmoonbloodmoon3161]

the most epic truest quote of all time: "Justice, there's no word more loved by the people, and it does have a nice ring to it... , but, without ever exercising your own strength, you seek the death of others, at the hands of someone else, well, the justice you refer to, smells pretty rotten to me, the stench of a blood bath..." Balalaika to Rock in Black Lagoon: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKDbk5mjZpaKd8U

[@mchllwoods]

Thx so much for uploading this on my birthday! Best surprise for such a rainy gloomy day. This picked me up a little.

[@tree6787]

Happy Birthday! 🎊🎉🎁

[@phoenixfire124]

If I remember correctly the actors were originally supposed to have the opposite rolls. So Jaimie Fox was supposed to be the dad. But somehow they realized it would be better if they switched. Excellent idea in my opinion.

[@galerios1]

As a husband and father, I love this movie. I won't say why. I will only say that in this world now, I could probably be arrested just for speculating on the subject.

[@totomomo18]

Great movie. You also see other Gerard Butler great movies like Gamer and Olympus Has Fallen. Also if you love The Count Of Monte Cristo 2002 you should watch Frequency 2000.

[@cfinley81]

Frequency is a GREAT MOVIE!! Severely underrated.

[@lindziodowd8609]

I love his action movies but he is pretty good at comedy and drama. Ps I Love You is good for a chick flick. Ugly Truth is funny af

[@ghariiscool]

"den of thieves" was good too

[@ghosttemplar6989]

"I'm going to bring the whole thing down Nick and it's going to be biblical" Some part of me want him to get away with all of the crap he did in that movie. I mean just think about what happend to him and his family.

[@feedmefrenzy.]

Originally Jamie Foxx was given the role of playing the character of Clyde. He refused and wanted Butler to play the main role. I think it was a great decision.

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

Fox actually wanted the role of Nick Rice. Butler gave him the role, and took the role of Clyde by default. Strange really, as the role of Rice was nowhere near as multi-dimensional and layered as the role of Clyde. Jamie's acting in this role was flat and he seemed to have phoned this one in for a paycheck. Butler, and Bruce McGill outshone him in every scene.

[@itzkee_5511]

React to the sleepers 1996 next. It’s based on a true story and events.

[@sharonjoan1970]

Yes!!!

[@nightfall902]

New York legal system went on record stating that no cases resembling the events of Lorenzo Carcaterra's book could be found in any court records. So all we are sure of is that it is based on the book. Still a great film and definitely worth a watch.

[@andyr5967]

Great popcorn movie, this one, and another great reaction. All art is subjective and the best gets you debating - this film did just that. Listening to the way you debated at the end shows the mark of a good film. Keep it up guys! 👊

[@kevinboudreaux7860]

20:30 that’s actually a very simple technique. It’s a small C4 charge placed behind a thin piece of steel with a trigger device set to answering the phone. When you pick up, you trigger the C4 shooting the metal at you at the speed of a bullet within inches of your head

[@melissaroszkowski8911]

This movie is tough. I was on Gerard's corner

[@shainewhite2781]

My parents were obsessed with this crazy movie! They wouldn't stop talking about it, and there is a sequel in development which makes no sense considering that this movie is over 10 years old.

[@NikkiKNuvo]

it does make sense actually... look at how long he waited before exacting his revenge in this film... The viewers experiencing a similar real life "wait" is perfect.

[@cavaughngrace1488]

But Clyde died at the end so what the hell is the sequel going to be about??

[@Artorion]

@@cavaughngrace1488 Unless of course he didn't 😉 lol

[@cavaughngrace1488]

@@Artorion there's no way he survived that...unless he's not human or something all of a sudden lol

[@Artorion]

@@cavaughngrace1488 Actually he probably did survive because he's the smartest guy in the whole movie sometimes the only smart one period and he probably had another way out and since this is a movie Hollywood could make that happen and since it's him it could be believable

[@Farmer_Dave]

You can always cut their heart out with a dull spoon. "Robinhood Prince of Thieves"

[@ADHD_Freestyle]

One of the greatest movies with one of the worst endings, Clyde deserved to win this one.

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

If it ended with something as simple as an exterior prison shot of the explosion, and later, Nick Rice gets a text during his daughter's recital which reads: _"Councilor, I'd like to make another confession..."_ would have been a far more satisfying ending.

[@thelifeandtimes.ofazombiegirl]

This movie has been so under appreciated and didn't get the recognition it deserved. Y'all are so damn entertaining! I love to see people get into movies like I do... and y'all definitely do. This has been a long time favorite of mine that I've seen probably 30 to 40 times... seeing it being discovered was awesome. Glad y'all liked it & glad I found your channel!

[@theghettoracle]

Not sure if you guys watched 'Death Sentence' yet starring Kevin Bacon but if you enjoyed this one, you'll like that as well.

[@TheMemoriesOfNobody]

One of my favorite movies ever. I never rooted for the bad guy more :) Clyde still won in the end he though Nick a lesson. Nick was a dick and most unlikable characters he still had to break the law to stop Clyde. I don't agree at all that Nick didn't kill him or won...he didn't, he still had to do what Clyde tough him.

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

Too many people died for Nick to learn any lesson. He still remains a person to take a weak victory rather than to fight for a client and risk losing. He actually became worse, as he stepped outside the law and broke his code of ethics by becoming a vigilante himself and violating civil liberties. He did become a better father by the end...for who knows how long.

[@TheMemoriesOfNobody]

@@PhantomFilmAustralia Yeah that is why I still believe that Clyde won, since Nick had to abandon his ethics by stepping outside the law, plus he was a dick to the end :)

[@brax7152]

I think this movie was perfect for depicting the criminal justice system back then, and is sadly realistic in depicting the criminal justice system today. I keep seeing stories about people who had been arrested dozens of times being let out on super cheap bail and nearly killing people and think to myself, “Damn. Clyde really had a point.”

[@CrashCraftLabs]

great movie, i dont blame the dude at all, thats how you should deal with injustice... too bad so many so called family members dont understand that...

[@nunuonroad9969]

The actress who plays the judge really put everything into that death. It was so believable

[@tiagocouto2153]

Awesome once again guys. Great movie, but this movie is a example of a bad ending. How wouldn`t he, being so smart, put a camera, alarm, sensor of presence, anything on the only entry and exit he built for the prison.

[@Chrizton]

Jamie fox had a major influence and made them change the ending. The original ending described by Gerard Butler was awesome

[@christopherking4932]

Love this movie so much, but I don't buy the ending. He had a ten year advantage on everyone else, so it doesn't make any sense that he would get out smarted. The fact that military intelligence would go to him specifically for solving there problems, but yet the movie wants me to believe a lawyer with no military experience out smarted him.

[@5calambres]

His assistant was talking to this chester who apperantly lead her on the track to check clides expenses with sold properties sold to no name companies. So i guess this chester was a specialist and clide could only be beaten by a specialist in housing market that usually no one would be on police or lawyers..

[@robertlombardo8437]

Clyde did everything EXACTLY as intended. In forcing Nick to kill him and stop making deals, he's turned Nick into a relentless, uncompromising prosecutor who is now in full control of the prosecutor's office. Clyde is with his family and Nick is finally with his for once.

[@TeenTyrant]

It’s basically the origin story of a supervillain.

[@michaeljohnson8235]

Great movie up to the ending. Gerard Butler is a very under rated actor.

[@joeschmoe233]

Clyde's speech about burning it all down is epic. This was one of the few movies with Jamie Fox where I hated his character. I think 90% of the people I've talked to about this movie were on Clyde's side.

[@THE_CDN]

The sad thing is the officer got to see his daughter's recital, but Clyde never got to see that for his own daughter.

[@theredpoweranger]

your guys intro never fails to crack me up hahahaha

[@OctoKrool]

We do them for people like you :)

[@GreenBeanGreenBean]

Great movie!! Butler does no wrong.

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

Best line of the entire movie: _"I'm just gettin' warmed up. This is 'von Clausewitz' shit. Total fucking war."_

[@BlueSkullX]

Unpopular opinion: Most people didn't like the ending and thought Clyde should've just killed everyone but it wouldn't have changed anything though. No matter how much of a genius he was, even he couldn't take down or completely change our broken Justice System. Especially not by just killing anyone who works in Law. Everyone he kille would just be replaced. Like when Nick was given Jonas' job after he died. He went from killing people involved in his case to anyone with a title in the court system. Even people who had nothing to do with his case just to make a point to Nick. At that point it all became unjustified. He would have to do way more than go to war with the Law in one city but travel all over America and do the same thing every state to even make a dent. The irony is he preached about justice and that everyone must be held accountable for their actions but he left himself out of that analogy when the families of all the people he killed deserved justice too and never would've gotten it if Nick didn't stop him. Clyde was a tragic character but he really did lose it near the end.

[@SmileyAdventures]

I completely agree.

[@moonlitskylight5740]

Well, you are right that it stopped being justified. But, I wonder if he could have taken it down with a bit more help.

[@pryme8152]

It's a nice heartwarming movie about a genius making sure his lawyer gets promoted so he can start attending his daughter's recitals instead of having to work so much.

[@jtudor9869]

This film also stars Bruce McGill as Jonas.... flashback to 1978 as sometime student D Day in Animal House. Christian Stolte starred as the villian Clarence Darby but has been starring on Chicago Fire as Mooch McHolland since 2012.

[@elainelee7250]

You might like the movie Patch Adams - 1998, with Robin Williams. The true story of a real life hero ,Hunter "Patch " Adams. It is an inspiration and comedy at the same time. I wish there was more Doctors like him.

[@DianaJG8]

Tapir...I love ya, but the headache you gave me through my earbuds is making it hard!!😱 This movie will DEFINITELY make you jump AND think!! You're doing two kickass movies in a row - and I'm sooooo here for it!!

[@johnstewart2473]

He wanted Nick to understand that there's more to being a lawyer than a high conviction rate. And, to do that, he had to cause chaos. As for the ending he probably would have offed himself anyway, so it was an awesome way to go out

[@sharonjoan1970]

This Notification just made my night❤️❤️❤️ This Movie is Everything...

[@paulieluppino1856]

11:21 ...."Why striping down for?".... To show the cops he doesn't has a gun....

[@nunuonroad9969]

You guys have great energy man, some of the best on this platform

[@DeltaOp77]

Y'all just skipped over the conversation with Nick/Jonas with the CIA spy in the tunnel talking about how Clyde operates? C'monnnnnn. That was a pivotal moment!

[@TamagoSenshi]

You know what movie has a similar main character motive to this and is really really good? Death Sentence, starring Kevin Bacon

[@captbrownbeard1599]

It wasn't that the system was flawed, it was that the prosecution wouldn't even try, they just handed Darby a deal. If the prosecution had tried Darby before a jury none of that would have happened. Because they didn't, Nick decided to wage war against the whole system but he still gave the prosecution a way out but they had to lose to do it.

[@DeeboX-vv8ji]

Foxx was the bad guy in this movie to me, I was rooting for Clive. In the end Clive knew he was going to die, he didn't care. Also, you missed his point when he killed those people in the parking lot. Keep your word and the justice system is very flawed.

[@wcwchris]

Also, those people were part of a corrupt system, so not innocent.

[@johnfish1194]

"Thats one of the benefits of being a judge, i can do what i want" Dies.

[@silverblade357]

This movie needs an alternate timeline where Clyde rings up the CIA like, "Hey, I'll work for you, indefinitely, but I want these three men dead."

[@RightWingCorrectWing]

He stripped before the FBI arrested him so that they couldn’t presume him armed under any circumstance. He knew they were edgy knowing what he’d done, and that he was criminally insane as well as well prepared. Clyde is very smart so he knew they’d have itchy trigger fingers around him and that if they had any feeling that he was pulling any kind of fast one on them, they’d do what cops do and blow him apart. But how you gonna shoot a naked dude with his hands in the air?

[@tattoojay88]

I haven't seen the entire movie in many years but I've watched 3 or 4 reactions to it and didn't realize he had a hand in the 1st guys death of the 2 criminals.

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

But Clyde explained how he did it. He rerouted and switched the paralysing chemicals with just a few phone calls and emails.

[@foxdavis9856]

20:38 Clyde's vigilantism has nothing to do with vengeance. If it was about vengeance Nick wouldn't be alive right now. It's about correcting a failed system.

[@dabegmister]

Since you guys are on this major action train with badass characters you should check out the movie Crank

[@-M0LE]

They will love Crank

[@SmileyAdventures]

Honestly, unlike many, I don’t mind the ending. I was actually shocked it ended that way with how they trapped him with his own trap. Is it fair? Yes and no. Was he done dirty by the system? Absolutely. Did those innocent people deserve to die who didn’t directly make the choice for the suspect to walk free? Absolutely not. That was clever in itself and to me, which made the movie to be great. A moral compass vs the judicial system. But to each’s own. Great reaction as always you guys! Keep up the awesome choices!

[@comeoninmycoop]

Not "swapped his juices"... that was truly funny!

[@angelagraves865]

I knew you guys would like this movie. I really enjoyed your discussion afterward, too. P.S. Curtis, I hope to never hear the words "I'm not smart enough" pass your lips again.

[@autriajones-hurst9853]

He lost himself after family death and him dying was just the icing on the cake after he went savage on all involved

[@quantumjukebox8034]

You guys should watch "Nikita" ("La Femme Nikita"), by Luc Besson ("The Fifth Element"), the original one, not the US softer version "Point of No Return" by John Badham.

[@Eluzian86]

He used the law to fight against his enemies. He was winning by following the law. The only way to beat him was to break the law. Therefore, he was a law abiding citizen.

[@justlive2809]

Clyde took his clothes off to show that he didn't have any weapons

[@OctoKrool]

Damn, my man Clyde isn't packing

[@justlive2809]

@@OctoKrool 🤷🏽‍♀

[@BlueGuy44]

While I was healing up from my injuries, I watch Law Abiding Citizen on Netflix. Great Movie. F. Gary Gray made some damn good Flicks. Anyway, you guys seen Titanic? I was just wondering cause I’m not sure if you guys have seen some other high profile Flicks from the 80s and 90s.

[@georgegwoolston1730]

Everyone seems to miss why he gets naked when the cops come. It's obvious to me it's to prove he is unarmed so if there are any trigger-happy policemen they won't become activated.

[@Ramblinrabbit24]

I saw a theory that Clyde was actually the Chester guy that the blond lawyer chick was dating. He was doing that in order to learn the ins and outs of the prosecution team and maybe get a starting point of how to get at nick. Who know if it’s true but it’s pretty interesting.

[@tanyaperez4892]

Funny side note. The director of this movie (F. Gary Gray) also directed "FRIDAY". Talk about opposite sides of the spectrum.

[@newatlantisrepublic6844]

18:45 he took out HHH like he was nothing!

[@christinab-williams7187]

I love you guys so much !!!!! 😂😂😂 the energy is unmatched ❤️❤️✅🔥

[@kelseydortch9037]

Oh I been waiting on this. I requested this 1 & Men Of Honor

[@Hamal83]

Strong moment: Nick, becoming a district attorney, swore on the Bible to protect the law and human rights. The next frame - when asked whether to open private property without a warrant, he answers: "The fuck is rights“