Law Abiding Citizen is an efficient and well made thriller, but one so preposterous and illogical that it takes away from the fun of the proceedings. It's entertaining, its gruesome, and its thought-provoking, but it is also way too hard to take the movie seriously with everything that happens throughout the course of the film. This is the exact kind of movie Hitchcock would call a "fridge" movie, or one that you think about after it is over and realize just how preposterous everything was, even more-so than when you were watching it and shaking your head in disbelief. I won't say I didn't enjoy the movie on visceral terms, but it still needed a few drafts before the more cerebral could enjoy it without yelling at the screen.
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