| Overall Grade: | -- |
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| Violence: | -- |
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| Language: | -- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | -- |
| Run Time: | 108 |
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| Video Release: | 16 Feb 2010 |
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ShareLaw Abiding Citizen is rated R: for strong bloody brutal violence and torture, a scene of rape, and pervasive language.
Release Date: 16 October 2009
Because we only review G, PG, and PG-13 movies at Parent Previews we did not review this title. For your convenience, we have provided some brief information about the film’s synopsis and content.
Synopsis Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) may appear to be a Law Abiding Citizen, but he is determined to get revenge. His first targets are those who murdered his wife and daughter (Brooke Stacy Mills and Ksenia Hulayev), and then he wants justice for the prosecutor (Jamie Foxx) whose plea-bargaining allowed the killers go free.
Studio: Overture Films
Director: F. Gary Gray
Stars: Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Leslie Bibb
Studio: 2009 Overture Films.
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Content Details
This additional information about the movie’s content is taken from the notes of various Canadian Film Classification boards:
Violence:
- Frequent portrayals of non-graphic violence, including shootings, stabbings and explosions (blood and detail shown).
- Portrayals of graphic violence, including gruesome deaths(blood, gore, and detailed wounds shown).
- Portrayals of prolonged suffering and emotional distress.
- Prolonged portrayal of torture and execution.
- Frequent disturbing scenes.
Sexual Content:
- Implied sexual activity and sexual violence.
- Sexual references, crude language and sexual slurs.
- Buttock nudity shown in non-sexual contexts.
Language:
- Pervasive use of the sexual expletive and variations in non-sexual contexts.
- Frequent use of profanity, cursing, vulgar expressions, and scatological slang.
Drugs and Alcohol:
- Depiction of substance abuse and drug use.
Video alternatives
Gerard Butler plays another injured soul seeking revenge in The Phantom of the Opera. Jamie Foxx takes on the role of a mentally ill man injured by the system in The Soloist.
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