Law Abiding Citizen - Cantrell and Rice meet CIA agent 

Rumor is that the original ending called for Clyde to get away with it but Jamie Foxx supposedly leveraged his superior star power to make sure that his character won in the end. If that's true, he ruined what could have been an iconic movie.

I love how twitchy the CIA agent is here, he can’t stop looking side to side. He must’ve been petrified that Clyde was about to appear and kill him.

Clyde was the best, the Government went to him to solve all their problems. Clydes master plan was foiled by a lawyer. Thats why the ending to this movie is horseshit.

The one thing I particularly love about that movie was the line the CIA agent chillingly delivered to Jonas and Nick... "Walk into his cell, and a put a bullet in his head. Aside from that? No, you can't stop him. If Clyde wants you dead, you're dead."

We have him in Max security Jail... “LOL, if you have him in jail, it’s because he wants to be in jail.”

this was Clyde's "He killed 3 men with a focking pen" moment

The great thing about this movie is that Clyde still won in the end, because the DA had to break the law to get a step ahead of him and beat him.

One thing that bothered me about this movie is that the CIA would never let this Clyde go to prison in the first place.

I love how he says “Someone who does some really nasty s-- so we can live the American dream” and everyone immediately thinks “Yep, CIA.”

I fully accept this as a back story for Doug Stamper

the end of this movie was so disappointing the corrupt lawyer breaks the law, by breaking into Clyde's property, and wins again and gets to go home to his family and gets to KEEP ON being corrupt, and Clyde accomplishes nothing

I don't care what anyone says, but to me Clyde was a stone cold hero.

Hands down, the best scene in the movie.

The ending should have been like Swordfish, Fox thinks Butler is dead but after looking at everything realizes he's still out there. He asks the CIA guy if he knows where he is and all he can tell him is that he doesn't have to worry about him coming after him. Next thing he reads or hears about is the mysterious death of either a terrorist leader, a crime boss he couldn't nail, or some other bad person. Fox just walks away with the new mindset Butler instilled in him and be a better prosecutor and knowing anyone he can't get, Butler will see to it they get what they deserve.

spy: first of all, i was never here and we never spoke. also spy: just assume he can see and hear everything youre doing.

Clyde wins in Snyder's cut

This is exactly the scene that calls out the issue with the ending. If Clyde was that methodical in his approach, he would have better security at the abandoned warehouses which led gang to his cell. And to those that say that it was a genius ending because he finally got the attorney to not deal with criminals, that’s a load of crap. He wasn’t doing this whole thing to “fix” one man. He wanted to bring the whole corrupt system down, but fell short. So, good movie, terrible ending.

To quote George Orwell, "Civilization sleeps undisturbed in its bed but for rough men willing to do violence on its behalf."

Clyde was the true hero of this movie remember what one of the lead villians, nick, said in a conversation "lets take the deal" "they killed a little girl nick" "some justice is better then no justice at all" and later when clyde asked for a matress for a confession "let me think about it for a bit...how about, uh, fuck no" *talking to his co-worker* "hey. what the hell are you doing?" "what?" "he's right we got nothing on him in this, we NEED a confession, and a confession for a matress? thats a pretty good deal - take your fucking ego out of the game here" so he let a guy who raped and killed a mans little daughter go free but he says no when that same man is suspected of killing him to avenge his family and ONLY asks for a fucking matress?

The fact the man who lost his wife and kid was painted to be the criminal always rubbed me the wrong way.

This is my favorite scene in the movie. “If Clyde wants you dead -- you’re dead”.

There needs to be a pre-sequel for this movie

i really loved this scene because they made it sound like clyde was a unstoppable force of nature and a perfect killing machine. best anti hero movie of all time imo

I like how the guy walking past clearly heard the spy talking about how to kill Clyde but he still lives.

I want to see a movie with this Clyde character. He somehow didn't die at the end and......

So nice of this guy to give up his “friend” coworker.

For all those disappointed, consider this. Clyde wasn't stopped by Nick. Clyde imprinted himself onto Nick the moment he forced Nick to kill him. And now, Nick is the new DA and no longer negotiates to preserve his conviction record. And he's spending more time with his family. Clyde did EXACTLY what he wanted to do and now his suffering is over. Clyde didn't lose, he won.

The part I loved is when Jamie Foxx's character finally, finally understood, I don't make deals with murderers anymore. That sense of relief Clive seemed to have....that was an awesome scene.

Love this movie but Clyde was never the bad guy he was the hero. And for realisms sake if someone like worked for the government he never would’ve went to jail. He’d be worth to much $$$$ for the government to give up.

if thats the case then he shouldve thought of a way to hold off the persians without even being in thermopylae.

I would like for people to speak about me like this at my funeral

This is my favourite scene of the movie. So simple yet so bone-chilling.

shit gives me chills. boy was a machine

Best way to watch this is to cut the movie off at the last few minutes and imagine Clyde winning.

If Clyde wants you dead, you’re dead. 💀 😂

Clyde won because he basically got Nick to murder him in the end, which proved one of his major points.

I like how he laughed when he said “he’s in jail is because he want to be in jail”

This could have been a masterpiece in its entirety if not for the horribly thought out ending. Breaking the law yourself, to put a bomb in his cell, likely killing or injuring others as well as justifying your own murder of him. Just bad. Also if Clyde was such a tactician, like he was shown to be throughout the entire movie, would have been prepared for this and 3 steps ahead. Just like he was with Darby.

Michael Kelly has played a CIA agent in most of his career.😂

In the end they really didn't beat him they just killed him cause that was the only way out. Clyde deserved more.

Ok two things that could have vastly improved this movie: #1: Shelton had an accomplice(s), who could help him carry out the attacks. Like he recruits a network of people who were not only screwed over by the system but that also have trades and skills he could employ. The spy said it himself, Clyde is a brain, a strategist. True he’s also an engineer but this is were the ten year time-skip comes in handy. For ten years he recruits allies, scopes out all the locations he needs and builds every device needed so when the time came he was ten years ahead in his plan. And #2, and I think people will agree with me, the ending needed to be changed. Maybe it could end with Clyde getting away or it could have ended with Foxx’s character actually developing because of these attacks. He changes his attitude, his ego gets the severe deflating it’s needed and he admits defeat. Maybe in humility, Clyde could end the bombing of city hall. Sure he’s got blood on his hands but he’s finally gotten him to be humbled, brought down a few pegs. It’s a great concept but this movie needs a remake with these ideas

“We’re burning up millions in ordinance and we’re getting’ nowhere with this guy.” 😂 💀

When arrogant people with money and so called power think they are above death, there is always someone out that knows a guy that knows a guy to take care of all problems.

I would have preferred the alternate ending they had for this movie! The ending was dumb. No way a lawyer finds out what he was doing.

One of my favourite films - can you imagine how many people actually feel like he did - someone sooner or later will explode with rage against the soft/pathetic system especially like in the UK , most people like to blame the police but it’s our soft pathetic government that makes the rules for them.

Prison installs cameras.. Clyde: crap!

Yall arguing in the comments about plot holes. I just think its a damn good movie!!!

Bro this smart and crafty but couldn’t get a ring doorbell for his house.

"Just assume he can hear and see everything your doing and saying " If Clyde wants you dead. Your dead" Best part of the movie before they ruined it with the ending.. That movies arc is not linear at all but then agian.. What Hollywood movie is.. You cant have someone actually challenging the totally corrupt system that forgot about any justice decades ago.. Winning.. The Public Relations Gestapo are too scared to have that idea even out there.. I love ❤️ Jamie Fox.. but in this movie its all Clyde and in any real outcome it will be Clyde .. This ending is right in line with GOT ... Jon Wick.. you name it.. Gerald Buttler was fantastic in this role.. This is why all movies and any entertainment sucks now. Cant escape the agenda narrative ..

Plain and simple Clyde is one of a kind, his kind of a Man that you can't bought in a market it, he's a Gem 💎 for sure and this district attorney never know what they are dealing with an expert in every shit!

This bit with Michael Kelley is the best scene in the film.

Killing Clyde off was so stupid...they had a franchise here under their nose and blew it to satisfy the ego of Jaime Fox....

@2:14 a random passerby looks behind at the via spy but the spy carried on face tilted as normal to Nick while nick and the other lawyer turned back to look at him, this is a training to make him look less suspicious. Greatly done

Dude was the spec op of the spec ops, no way he'd get fooled by an attorney lol

The lawyer became the detective😂😂😂 what a stoopid character

This scene should've setup fox still dying even after he kills clyde. The person this spy describes would've ensured that even if he fell, his vengeance would've kept going.

“If Clyde wants you dead, you’re dead.”

He developed a kevlar thread... with a high tech ratchet... made of carbon fiber. Surprising, shocking, disturbing... but extremely genius. Just how advance our technology is today?

You know when Doug Stamper is afraid of someone then that person is not to be messed with.

Honestly if Clive is that big of an asset to the government, the whole incident with his family would not have happened, assuming Clive knew that he had potential enemies everywhere. Hell, on the off chance that it did happen, he would know enough to pull some strings to get the criminals dealt with legally and get shanked in prison or something.

he is kinda like a killing batman

“Just assume this guy can hear and see everything that your doing” 👽

The one thing I was thinking over and over again while watching this movie was "Why don't they just post a guard at his cell and basically say, Do not take your eyes off of him for any reason. Hell, why not a whole team?"

First of all I was never here and we never spoke, says the CIA agent while talking in a public place where they were seen by other people. Lol

Wonderful action trope - the hero is praised and discussed by others; he doesn’t need to discuss his own resume. Clyde, Rambo, Wick, etc 😎

I remember seeing Law Abiding Citizen 2 on Gerard Butler's IMDB page. Then it was removed a while later and that was the last time I saw it. They totally left it open for him to still be alive but I'm sure it was over money or something since it was never made.

If Clyde was a brilliant and useful tacticians as described, I'm sure secret agencies and military would protect him at all cost... think of the cost savings he brings to the table on solving difficult missions. And the lawyers would probably be silenced by said groups above

Pulled some ANCIENT strings so we can live the AMERICAN DREAM

At the end when Jamie Foxx's character has Clyde murdered it just shows how little integrity Jamie Foxx's character had and how he was satisfied with himself when he did abandon his morals and professional ethics. Innocent men are prosecuted and convicted. Men guilty of heinous crimes are given a slap on the wrist and convicted of a considerably lesser crime just to get the conviction. Watch the movie again and watch Gerard Butler's monologue about how he would have been satisfied if the men who murdered his family were acquitted. Then listen how Jamie Foxx's character says that sometimes they will go for the lesser crime just to get the conviction but is himself satisifed with himself when he is an accomplice to Clyde's murder. They had more than enough evidence to convict Clyde of multiple murders but chose to commit murder himself. Jamie Foxx's character is a hypocrite. Fun movie though.

Clyde never would win anyway, if he lives, he still lost his family

Love this scene, spoils the rest of the movie without the audience realizing it

If people such as Clyde DO exist then THAT is terrifying. Coming up with elaborate methods of killing someone without being in the same room as them or getting the job done from hundreds of miles away is a scary thought😖

This movie is batshit crazy and I love it

Such a good cameo from Michael Kelly.

Clyde already has ppl programmed and in places he NEEDS THEM TO BE so he can focus on working on his next mission he can't do everything himself it takes up to much energy so while he works on his new job his minions do the rest

lmao looks like Frank Underwood's lackey had more people on the payroll than we thought lol

1.44 that cell mate? What's this rif raf, combine that with a nappy rash and you have a meal

one of my favorite clips from one of my favorite movies

Sometimes you got to go off the grid fly under the radar so you master your gift and know how to use it for the RIGHT PURPOSE

This is the best part of the movie

This was a great movie, until the last 20mins. No F’ing balls

He really had to simplify it for them, but it's my favorite defining line: "If Clyde wants you dead, you're dead." Sort of like when the guy in Friday the 13th (2009) was searching for his sister and the woman answered: "She ain't missing. She's dead."

Oh look, it's agent Snow

lmao this movie could just be called The Outsourcer

always thinking back to the arrogance of darby.. how he, quite literally, decided to induce hell upon himself. given his penchant for excessive acts of evil its safe to say he is fully athiest. but i suspect 5 seconds into the handsaw severing his lower leg he began to believe real goddamn quick

For anyone wondering how the CIA and Clyde got the tie to Mr. "Bad guy." Two theories. 1. CIA delivers the package, (tie) to the target's property probably disguised as a courier with his wife's name on the package, target opens the package thinks a "lovely gift" from his wife. Go into the bathroom to try the tie on. He tights the tie and simple chocks to death, unable to remove the tie. 2. Clyde hacks the target's wife's devices . She's ordered a product for her husband from an online shopping company, Clyde simply changes the package's tracking number so that the package comes to Clyde instead. He then swaps the original item ordered for the tie and then sends the package to the target's house. The target thinks it's a thoughtful 'gift' from his wife, tries the tie on, and chocks to death.

There was supposed to be an alternative ending, but it was scrapped.

Doug Stamper is always Doug Stamper in every role he plays

Why didn't the government come in to save Clyde if he was such a great asset to them?

This scene is why the end of this movie doesn’t work. You don’t think he would have known that you would have found some way, illegally, to enter his property that gives him away when he so eloquently planned the rest?

My favorite Part of this movie.

Guy walking by in the hat is like,, why are spies always talking to people when I walk by here?

Classic Stamper. Always being sketchy

SPOILER WARNING if you havent seen the movie! When it was revealed he had a secret exit in that cell I was really disappointed. The way the movie was playing out made it seem like he planned this far ahead for each situation which was awesome. But if he just strolled out of his cell to set stuff up kind of killed the mystique for me.

Honestly, clyde shelton is such a badass

I’ve always rooted for Clyde. My partner was hugely surprised. I genuinely didn’t see him as the bad guy. She very much did.

This movie needs to be Remade

Alright it worked we got there Angels locked up lol lets go handle business... ANGELS: OH REILLYS NOW? LMAO

When the guy says that it's a pawn being moved off the board and the lights go out. Just think...later we find out that Clyde had that tunnel. All I can think is rook, bishop or queen

I'm pretty sure that Clyde just walked right past them as dude was giving them the speech