The story basically goes like this:10 years ago 2 robbers (Darby and Ames), broke into Clyde's (Gerard Butler)home, killing both his wife and daughter. The prosecutor, Rice (Jamie Foxx) then make a deal with Darby where Ames will face the death sentence for murder while he (Darby) will get a light conviction just because he (Rice) wanted to maintain his 96% conviction rate. That's how the system works. 10 years later, while carrying out the death sentence through lethal injection on Ames, he dies an agonizing death but the lethal injection is supposed to be painless. Upon inspection, someone had changed the solutions thus the agonizing death. Moments later, Darby was found in a warehouse nearby, dismembered to 25 pieces. All the evidences leads to Clyde but it's insufficient to charge him unless he confesses that he did that to both Darby and Ames. While in detention, Rice kept pressuring Clyde to confess but Clyde just wanted to prove that the system has too many loopholes. Slowly, while still in detention, he still managed to kill the judge, Rice's boss, Rice's team, the attorney for Darby and Ames and just anyone involved in his case 10 years ago by just executing his pre-prepared plan..
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My take:
This is almost great movie! It's interesting to know how someone can still kill so many people while in detention just by having the right timing and superb planning. There is a point where I am confused as who is the villain here. Clyde or Rice? The story is well told but the ending is bad. If not of the bad ending, this will a great movie.
If this happens in real world:
Almost everyone in our judiciary system is dead.
Food to go along with this: A Quarter Pounder from McD will be great!
I rate this movie 4/5 buttered popcorns.
So, try to enjoy the movies!
