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Tagline - "The System Must Pay"
How it Performed at the Box Office Opening Weekend: This movie did pretty well opening weekend. It brought it just over $21 million in ticket sales and viewers are giving it pretty good reviews, talking about how it is a “very serious movie, with a very unlikely set of scenarios that can be a fun movie to watch if you don’t take it as seriously as the film tries to make you.” This movie would have taken the number one spot if it weren’t for Where the Wild Things Are.
Release Date (everywhere): October 16th, 2009
Their Plot Synopsis: An everyday guy decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets his family’s killers free. His target: The district attorney who orchestrated the deal.
Starring: Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx
My Thoughts: Upon initially seeing the previews for this movie, I wanted to see this movie. I like Gerard Butler (who is actually a pretty diverse actor) and Jamie Foxx is gaining some credibility in my eyes. However, I’m a little worried now that this movie may be a bit too much of a “political movie” for my taste. I still believe this movie is going to open pretty well this weekend and it should be a pretty good fight between this movie and “The Stepfather” to see who takes the higher spot and rakes in more money.
The Buzz: This movie is getting excellent “before release” reviews. It also looks like the base of viewers already very interested in seeing this movie is pretty strong. There will undoubtedly be a wealth of movie goers going to see this film….and then we’ll see if it stands the test of time.
