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The main character of the picture “Law abiding citizen” is robbed in his own house, in addition, before his eyes, his wife and little daughter are brutally killed.
The criminals who committed this atrocity are quickly found, but due to the imperfection of the law, assistant prosecutor Nick Rice has to make a deal with one of the accused, because of which the latter receives a minimum sentence.
Ten years later, Shepton restores justice at his discretion – he kills one of those who took part in the murder of his loved ones. For this, Shelton goes to jail, but he warns the assistant prosecutor that if amendments to the criminal law are not adopted in the near future, people who are responsible for this will begin to die. Now the lives of these people are in the hands of Nick Rice…
Detective thrillers have always been one of the most popular genres in the film industry. If you like these kind of stories, then here is a list of 10 movies similar to Law Abiding Citizen.
10 Death Sentence (2007)
In film “Death Sentence” a polite and decent guy, besides a wonderful family man named Nick works as a manager in a large company. He lives a happy life as well, until an event happens that turns his reality upside down. It will radically change Nick.
But the most important thing that a man will understand is that for the sake of his loved ones he is able to do what, it seemed, he would not have had the strength to do.
Returning with his son after a hockey game, Nick witnesses a crime. One of the bandits brutally kills his son. A heartbroken father decides to avenge the ruined life of his family and pays the same man who took his son’s life.
Now a real hunt has opened for Nick and his family …
9. Shooter (2007)
Marine Corps Sergeant Bob Lee Swagger is rightfully considered one of the best snipers in the world. However, he is no longer “in the cage” and lives in the mountains, far from civilization.
Suddenly, Bob’s former command urgently needed the help of a former employee. This is a matter of national importance.
Swagger agrees to help the country. He will have to determine the location of a man who is going to kill the president … Will he be able to shooter do it?
8. Enemy of the State (1998)
An incredible set of circumstances suddenly deals a huge blow to the successful career and prosperous family life of lawyer Robert Dean: he is charged with murder. Dean realizes that this has more to do with national political intrigues.
The head of a major department of the National Security Agency is playing against him. Dean is fired from his job, his personal data is erased from all existing electronic databases.
There is little hope when a retired intelligence operative named Brill, who sells classified information, contacts a lawyer. Losing everything and becoming enemy of the state, Dean decides to use to fight the means that were previously used against himself …
7. Anger (2004)
Residents of Mexico City are horrified by the fact that twenty-four residents of the city have disappeared without a trace in just 6 days. John Creasy is having a scary anger in relation to those who abducted a minor girl.
The thing is that a retired CIA special agent is hired as a personal security guard for his daughter by a wealthy man named Samuel Ramos.
The little girl is only nine years old, but she is developed beyond her years: erudite and quick-witted. At first, the relationship between John and the girl did not work out, but very soon they became very friendly. And then one day, the unfortunate bodyguard made a terrible mistake and his ward was somehow kidnapped …
6. Negotiator (1998)
Negotiator – This is a servant of order who negotiates with criminals who are holding hostages.
Danny Roman is one of the most effective “negotiators” in Chicago. His partner and friend reveals that the Foundation for the Disabled, of which Rowman was a member, is embezzled, and that he knows that Terrence Nybaum from the Internal Investigations Department is behind this.
The guy made an appointment with Danny, intending to tell his friend more complete information, however, when Roman arrived, he had already been killed …
5. Jack Reacher (2012)
The protagonist of the picture is a former special agent Jack Reacherwho, even after his retirement, does not stop fighting injustice. His methods are quite cruel and straightforward.
Jack does not make contact, if he does not wish it, and does not agree to compromises. It has already been written off, but one day it appeared when no one was waiting for it.
In the very center of the city, a sniper shoots five people and faces jail time. However, Reacher claims that this guy was framed, and he knows perfectly well who needed it.
The authorities, unhappy with Reacher’s unexpected appearance on the horizon, hire a professional to take him out of the game once and for all…
4. The Fugitive (1993)
Happy husband and successful doctor Richard Kimble is found guilty of murdering his beloved wife. In addition to the fact that he lost a loved one, he is also slandered.
Miraculously, Kimble manages to escape from custody, for fugitive the real hunt begins. An unjustly convicted man decides to find the real killer of his beloved on his own. Calculating it is not so easy, but Kimble has no other way: only the truth will return him the meaning of existence.
3. No Compromise (2011)
Among the detectives of the London police there is an officer of the law “no compromise” with a very complex character, which has its own vision of justice. His name is Tom Brant.
The management, not wanting to turn a blind eye to the dubious methods of a tough and self-confident employee, decides to fire him from the ranks of the police. But at this time, a series of murders take place in the city, where it is law enforcement officers who become victims.
Only a man like Brant can unravel this complex case. He is given an ultimatum: they will leave him with the police if he catches the criminal.
2. Three Days to Escape (2010)
The most ordinary guy named John plunges into the thick of things. He is a single father. All because his beloved wife Lara is serving time in prison. She was found guilty of murder, but her husband is doing everything in his power to prove the innocence of his beloved. But, unfortunately, all his efforts end in failure.
Then John decides to organize an escape for his wife. To implement this plan, he has everything three days to escape. However, he is tormented by doubts: what if his wife is really to blame for what she is accused of? How to dispel oppressive doubts?
1. The Great Equalizer (2014)
A retired special forces officer is tired of constant shooting, blood and chases. He decides to leave the service and live a peaceful measured life.
But fate disposes differently. It so happened that the hero became an unwitting witness to the brutal beating of a prostitute, and he, as a decent person, cannot but intervene. This event turned his life into a real hell.
Now Russian gangsters and American police are looking for the guy – everyone wants to make him regret that he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. In this situation, the hero of the film “The Great Equalizer” you will have to remember all your professional skills …