15 Years Later A Dark Revenge Thriller Is Back On Top Of Netflix

Written by Jonathan Klotz | Published 10 seconds ago

Nobody saw Dracula 2000 He would have guessed that after 25 years, the most successful film career would not belong to Nathan Fillion, Jeri Ryan, or Omar Epps. Instead, it was a relatively unknown actor playing Dracula who went on to become one of the most successful action stars in the world.

Gerard Butler started the century playing Dracula and Attila the Hun before it exploded 300 And focusing on B-grade action movies that don’t make big money on the big screen, but set records on every streaming service. He did it again this month, in 2009 law abiding citizen It arrived on Netflix and debuted in the top ten.

Gerard Butler’s Twisted Path of Revenge

After the success of Zack Snyder 300It looks like Butler will have a hard time making it to the next level in Hollywood. After trying to turn into rom-coms and being derided by critics Gamer, law abiding citizen It’s been a wild turn for the Scottish star. Instead of the grizzled hero, he was the villain. Or a different type of hero, depending on how you choose to look at it.

in law abiding citizen Butler plays Clyde Shelton, a man seeking revenge after his wife and daughter are brutally murdered in his home. The police are unable to secure a conviction against one of the attackers, the man who committed the murders, allowing him to turn a state’s witness against his accomplice to obtain a reduced sentence. A decade later, he is slaughtered, with a naked Clyde waiting for the cops to take him away, but that’s just the beginning of his revenge.

A game of cat and mouse begins between Clyde and Nick (Jamie Foxx), a prosecutor who refused to prosecute his family’s killer to maintain his perfect conviction rate. From inside the prison, Clyde is somehow able to coordinate everything from kidnappings to cell phone bombs, with everyone connected to his family’s murder becoming a target. law abiding citizen It may push the limits of believability, but when you see Butler and Fox coming face to face in a battle of wits, where each believes he has the upper hand, you’ll stop worrying about how improbable the plot is and get swept up in a modern morality tale.

law abiding citizen It’s not Shakespeare, but it embraces the darkness that Clyde has been living in for the past ten years, with sudden, unflinching violence and a searing cynicism towards the justice system. Critics panned the film for being far-fetched and illogical, but audiences loved it, as evidenced by its dueling ratings on Rotten Tomatoes of a rotten 26 percent and an audience approval rating of 75 percent. Fans flocked to theaters to see Gerard Butler’s Revenge Tour, which grossed $126 million worldwide, more than double the film’s $55 million production budget.

The law-abiding citizen embraces his darkness

at that time, law abiding citizen It wasn’t unique in its premise of a good guy busting bad, but after more than a decade of similar films… no one, Novacaineand Amateurcontinues to stand out by showing the devastating toll of a life devoted to revenge. No one in this movie is perfect, and considering what the current crop of action movies have been like, it will be a breath of fresh air in 2025. After watching the movie, you’ll wonder, along with everyone else, how it could have worked with the roles of Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler reversed, which was the plan in pre-production until an eleventh-hour suggestion placed them in the perfect roles.

law abiding citizen It’s not the best movie ever made, and it’s not as smart as it thinks it is, but there’s something about it that allows it to rise above its B-movie brethren and become a perennial streaming hit on every service you access. Now, you can find law abiding citizen on Netflix, climbing the top 10 every day, as more and more people discover why Gerard Butler is one of the most successful movie stars on the planet.