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Lucie 2022-04-19 09:01:24
At the beginning of human beings, the nature is self, not good or evil
Law-abiding Citizen is a classic revenge movie. If you exclude the first 10 minutes of the movie, you will think that it is a spy movie in which terrorists (male protagonists) committed violence and were finally successfully countered by the government. The director tries to arouse the audience's...
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Patricia 2022-03-21 09:01:21
Sometimes I also want to fight the pedantic tizhi, even if I die
The point of this film is not the counterattack of the tragedy Diaosi, not the repetition of a tragedy of life, not the unspoken statement of a lawyer, but actually the director or screenwriter's strong attack on the conventional system, and absurd irony.
The first 85 minutes were all good....
Matt Nicholas
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Clyde Shelton: [to Nick, while in a confinement cell, referring to Darby] I took his fingers with bolt cutters, his toes with tin snips, his balls with a hack saw, and his penis with a box cutter, how's that for specifics?
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Nick Rice: [sitting across from him at their table] Is your name Clyde Alexander Shelton?
Clyde Shelton: Yes, sir.
Nick Rice: And you've waived your right to counsel, is that correct?
Clyde Shelton: Yes, sir.
Nick Rice: You sure you want to do that?
Clyde Shelton: Yes.
Nick Rice: Did you murder Clarence Darby?
Clyde Shelton: I wanted him dead. He killed my wife and child.
Nick Rice: Rupert Ames, did you murder him as well?
Clyde Shelton: Rupert Ames deserved to die. They both deserved to die.
Nick Rice: So you arranged both of those murders?
Clyde Shelton: Yes, I planned it in my head over and over again. It took me a long time.
Nick Rice: All right. I guess we're done here.
[gets up to leave]
Clyde Shelton: Counselor? You might want to cancel your 12:30 lunch with Judge Roberts.
Nick Rice: Excuse me?
Clyde Shelton: In fact, you might want to cancel the rest of the week because you're going to be busy. Sit down.
Nick Rice: We're done here. We have your confession.
Clyde Shelton: Oh, you do?
Nick Rice: On tape. See, in our profession, we consider that a "slam dunk".
Clyde Shelton: Oh, really? I don't think so. Let's think back. What did I say? That "I wanted to kill Clarence Darby"? Yeah, sure. What father wouldn't? That "Darby and Ames both deserved to die"? I think most people would agree with that. That "I planned it over and over in my head"? Yeah, who wouldn't fantasize about that? None of these are an admission of guilt, Nick. You might wanna check the tape.
Nick Rice: We know you did it.
Clyde Shelton: Well, *it's not what you know, it's what you can prove in court*! Didn't you tell me that once?
