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He's a Well-Intentioned Extremist, willing to kill anyone to make his rather simplistic political statements.

Best Served Cold: Clyde spends ten years plotting his revenge (he says it's not about revenge, but it's definitely at the root of it) against the entire justice system.

Batman Gambit: Clyde plans and executes a very successful one.

Bad with the Bone: Clyde shivs his cellmate with the bone from his T-bone steak.

Not to mention took out a bunch of law officials who were very bureaucratic rather than outright moral and forced Nick to stop him by means of using Clydes own bomb against him. Sure he gets killed in the end and does not succeed in blowing up city hall, but Clyde has succeeded in both avenging his family's death and proving a point to Nick of why he shouldn't make deals with murderers.

Earlier "And if we don't?" "Then I kill everyone.".

I'm gonna bring the whole fuckin' diseased, corrupt temple down on your head.

Badass Boast: "I'm gonna pull the whole thing down.

The Glock is not only unloaded, but pulling the trigger releases needles in the grip, injecting Darby with a paralysing neurotoxin.

Backwards-Firing Gun: When Darby realises the 'police officer' is Clyde, he pulls the trigger on the Glock he took off his gunbelt.

Ax-Crazy: Clarence Darby enjoys murder and rape as demonstrated when he does it to Shelton's family.

At Least I Admit It: Clyde doesn't try to pretend he's not a murderer and seems to be aware of his own hypocrisy, and uses it to try to prove his point about the corruption of the justice system.

Downplayed with Ames yes, he helped Darby rob the Sheltons, but Ames invoked Even Evil Has Standards against harming them, even trying to stop Darby.

Pretty much the whole plot of the movie.

Asshole Victim: No one feels sorry for Darby when Shelton kills him.

Without artificial respiration, Darby would've asphyxiated pretty quickly. Only problem is it paralyzes all non-cardiac muscles, including the diaphragm.

Artistic Licence Biology: The poison Clyde uses to paralyze Darby - tetrodotoxin - is real.

Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: Clyde concluding an insulting rant against Judge Burch by saying, "And I bet you take it up the ass, bitch!".Anyone Can Die: Nearly half the main cast dies by the end, including Shelton.His flaws and mistakes may have created the villain but he still tries to protect the innocent as best as he can. Anti-Hero: Nick doesn't care nearly as much about justice as he does about his conviction rate.And Some Other Stuff: No one's specific about what chemical Clyde used to make the lethal injection more painful (although the Body Horror that it creates implies that it's some sort of acid).He also goes to great lengths to ensure that Darby stays alive as long as possible he places tourniquets on Darby's arms and legs so he doesn't bleed out, administers a saline drip so he doesn't die of dehydration, injects him with adrenaline so he doesn't pass out, and inserts a mouthpiece to prevent him choking on his own tongue. And I Must Scream: Clyde injects Darby with a paralyzing neurotoxin that keeps him helpless but fully conscious and entirely capable of feeling everything Clyde does to him (see below).As the dominoes start falling, Rice wants to find out how Shelton keeps pulling off his plan. After he turns down a deal, however, Shelton initiates a plan designed to bring down Rice, his fellow prosecutors, and the justice system itself. Rice has Shelton arrested for the acts, and Shelton appears interested in a plea bargain of his own.

Ten years later, Ames's execution goes awry and the police find Darby dead. Prosecutor Nick Rice (Foxx) only has circumstancial evidence on Darby, who commited the murders, so he gives him a sweet plea bargain in exchange for testimony against the less-guilty Ames (who receives the death penalty) against Clyde's wishes. Gary Gray and starring Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx as people on opposing sides of a justice system gone wrong.Ĭlyde Shelton (Butler), a talented engineer and family man, watches his life fall apart before his eyes when thugs Clarence Darby (Christian Stolte) and Rupert Ames ( Josh Stewart) break into his house, which results in the death of his wife and child right in front of him. Law Abiding Citizen is a 2009 crime film directed by F.