There is a long list of films similar to"Law abiding citizen". The main characters in them are divided into three types: those who restore justice, innocently sentenced, unofficial fighters against crime, and policemen who are forced to act in defiance of official instructions.
Криминальная драма, снятая в 2009 году, tells the tragic story of a man who has lost his family. The wife and daughter of the protagonist die at the hands of criminals who infiltrated their home for the purpose of robbery. The police manage to arrest the villains, but because of the vicious legal system, the direct killer avoids serious punishment and after several years in prison is released. The main character, having lost faith in justice, decides to do the executioner's work with his own hands. He traps the killer and exposes a medieval Chinese execution known as the "death from a thousand cuts."
The main character wants to punish not onlycriminal, but also an ineffective law enforcement system. He is organizing a series of carefully thought-out attacks on government officials responsible for the inability of the authorities to protect victims of violence and punish perpetrators.
Профессиональные кинокритики отозвались о фильме mostly negative. In their opinion, the thirst for justice of the protagonist during the course of events turns into a blind and senseless rage. Most viewers, unlike critics, gave the picture high marks. It is safe to say that the avengers acting on their own initiative in films similar to “Law-abiding Citizen” evoke public sympathy. It should be noted that the picture contains a large number of extremely cruel scenes.
Among the films similar to "Law-abidingCitizen is worth highlighting the crime thriller, released on screens in 2012. This picture is a virtuoso weave two storylines and does not allow viewers to predict the final. The main character of the first story is a former police officer, unfairly sentenced to 25 years in prison. After escaping prison, he climbs onto the eaves of one of the New York skyscrapers and threatens to commit suicide. Police representatives enter into negotiations with a man who is ready to jump from a great height. first it requires to be recognized as a victim of a miscarriage of justice. Soon viewers of the film makes it clear that a suicide attempt is a maneuver, distracting attention from what is happening on the other side of the street robbery of jewelry store. Two storylines paintings initially developed independently and then merged into one.
Thriller, filmed in 2010, does not tellhistory of the avenger, restoring justice. However, he undoubtedly belongs to the category of films similar to the “Law-abiding citizen”. Speech in the picture is about the representatives of the security forces, designed to fight terrorism. In order to prevent the death of a huge number of people, they are forced to go beyond the law and humanity.
Thriller plot unfolds around the veteranUS Army converts to Islam while serving in Iraq. He publishes a video in which he claims that nuclear charges are laid in three US cities. The FBI manages to quickly arrest a terrorist. However, it turns out to be impossible to get him to give information on the location of the bombs. The government entrusts this task to a special specialist who has received permission to use any type of torture during interrogation. The film contains a lot of bloody scenes, which is typical for TV shows and films similar to the “Law-abiding citizen”. The special agent quickly becomes convinced that the perpetrator is not afraid of pain or death. The authorities have the last option - to take the family of a terrorist hostage. The film is devoid of political connotations, it only raises the old question as the world - does the goal really justify the means?
As a result of a ridiculous combination of circumstances, the wifethe protagonist falls behind bars for murder. Proving her innocence to the crime in legal ways turns out to be impossible, and the desperate husband organizes his beloved daring jailbreak. Thriller, released on screens in 2010, refers to films similar to the “Law-abiding citizen” despite the fact that the main character does not punish the villains, but saves the innocent from the imperfection of the judicial system. This genre is built on the principle of restoring justice. The plots of the “Law abiding citizen” and similar films are based on this idea.
Если вы заинтересовались идеей картины, We also offer to watch the TV series Dexter (2006) and Escape (2006-2009), the films Perelom (2007), Shooter (2007), The Great Equalizer (2014), Silence of the Lambs "(1990) and the Russian crime drama" Voroshilovsky shooter "(1999).
