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Law Abiding Citizen is a film that takes place in Philadelphia and tells the story of Clyde Shelton (Butler), a man who decides to exact revenge on his family's killers, as well as the criminal justice system.

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After a home invasion leaves his wife and daughter dead, Clyde Shelton (Butler), a retired "Think Tank", is told that one of the criminals who killed his wife and daughter will not be convicted, as much of the evidence against him was compromised by a bungled forensic investigation. After Shelton pleads with Nick Rice (Foxx), a power-hungry attorney with a 96% conviction rate, to take the case to court, Rice tells Shelton it does not matter what is right, but what can be proved in court. Rice then makes a deal with Clarence Darby, the person who raped and murdered Shelton's wife and daughter, for third-degree murder, while his accomplice, Rupert Ames, is sent to death row, for a charge of what is essentially theft.

Ten years later, Ames is executed; due to a chemical alteration, he dies an agonizing death. Initial evidence leads to Darby, who fires repeatedly at police after being contacted by a stranger. After being led to a cop car, Darby is directed to an abandoned warehouse, where the police officer, Shelton in disguise, poisons and tortures Darby to death. Rice quickly arrests Shelton, who is found naked in his home, surrounded by law and engineering books.

Rice arrives to interrogate Shelton, and congratulates him on removing Darby from society. Shelton initially confesses to the crime, and Rice begins to depart, when Shelton points out that his statement is not a confession by any stripe, at least, not that can be proved in court. During this, Rice's family, whom he maintains strained relations with, receives a DVD of Shelton torturing Darby to death. Shelton agrees to make a real confession in exchange for an expensive mattress in his prison cell. Despite his disgust, Rice agrees after being ordered, as there is virtually no real evidence connecting Shelton to the murder. The following day, Shelton makes a case, using multiple obscure legal precedents, to have his confession thrown out. After the judge, the same who presided in Darby's trial, agrees, Shelton begins a tirade, railing against the judges myopia for the law vs justice, and is removed for contempt.

Rice meets with Shelton again to get a new confession, and Shelton wants to make another deal, for the life of Bill Reynolds, Darby's attorney. Shelton claims that Reynolds is alive, and will give his location in exchange for an expensive steak dinner delivered at precisely 1 p.m., along with music from his iPod. Despite his demand, Warden Inger forces multiple searches, resulting in Shelton receiving his lunch at 1:08. Giving his location, Rice goes on a 15 minute helicopter ride to find Reynolds buried alive and only minutes dead, with Warden Ingers delay causing Reynolds to suffocate. Shelton, after finishing lunch and sharing with his cell mate, brutally murders him, and is thrown in solitary.

DA Cantrell takes Rice to meet a CIA operative, who tells Rice and Cantrell that Shelton is a "brain" with the CIA, a man capable of coming up with labyrinthine and complex ways to kill people, and mentions a Pakistani warlord who Shelton managed to murder with a necktie (Rice stops wearing a tie for the remainder of the movie), and states that if Shelton wants Rice and Cantrell dead, they already are. The following day, Rice and Cantrell convince a judge to sign an order restricting Shelton's privileges, to removes opportunities for him to talk to his accomplice. Moments later, the judge answers the phone, a small bomb in the phone detonates, killing the judge.

Rice confronts Shelton, who says this is not about revenge, but about the failure of the justice system, and Rice's personal failure to be able to keep his word. He then claims that, unless he is released, and all charges dropped, he will kill everyone in the DA's office. The office workers congregate at the prison, and the time comes and goes. While leaving, several car bombs erupt, killing seven staffers, including Rice's personal assistant. Shelton's spree of murders on the outside while he's behind bars continues to puzzle Rice, leaving to Rice to only speculate Shelton has an accomplice.

At the funeral for the staffers, a remote drone, armed with anti-tank weaponry, slaughters several attendees to the funeral, including DA Cantrell. Rice is appointed acting DA by the mayor, and a massive meeting is called to determine a way to remove Shelton. Rice, via his assistant's computer, receives some information that points to Shelton owning a garage right next to the prison, and finds a tunnel system leading into every solitary cell, including where Shelton is being held. This discovery reveals Shelton's murder of his cell mate was not random at all. Shelton wanted to be in solitary all along so he could have direct access to the tunnel, revealing he had no accomplice at all. Upon reaching Shelton's cell the two men find it empty.

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