It was interesting and it was a fun plot but….
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Law Abiding Citizen
Hanz-Willhelm — 10 years ago(June 03, 2015 05:52 AM)
Was it really necessary to get yourself put in jail? Why would you really do that instead picking people off while you are out and free and have freedom of movement. If he was so smart he could have kept doing it while eluding the police being able to match him to the crimes.
There were just way too many things that can go wrong while you are in the custody of the state. Just one reaction they have that you didn't expect or plan for. Seriously, what if they have cameras on the cells in solitary? What if they left you in cuffs and leggings while in solitary? What if they moved you to some special location once they suspected your involvement?
Seriously, how could you expect to just be left all alone in your special little solitary wing with nothing EVER going wrong, a posted guard, an security check when you're not there, being kept in a location that you didn't have a way out of.
Too many things to go wrong, maybe not at first but eventually. Heck, if they were expecting some attack they'd probably just keep armed guards outside of your cell and you couldn't sneak out like you've been doing.
Staying free and not in prison would have been the smarter thing.
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velvetcrimson — 10 years ago(September 20, 2015 02:50 AM)
That's an interesting idea. But Clyde didn't deny the murder of his cell mate, which would have been quite impossible anyway given the circumstances. He would have spent the rest of his life in prison for murder either way. Unless his end game was to escape the prison and live the rest of his life on the run as a fugitive.
Secondly, the theme of the movie was "It's not about what you know, it's about what you can prove". Not even the entire justice department could bring down Clyde beacuse of the lack of proof. With that logic, isn't it reasonable to assume that Clyde could have kept on killing as a free man outside prison as long as he used all his robot gadgets and remote controlled drones? All he had to do was to deny involvement, and as long as law enforcement can't find any evidence they can't touch him. I'm sure a guy like Clyde could invent some sort of alibi that would be hard to break. If he can hack into some system and have a prison delivery of pottasium chloride sent to his home without anyone batting an eye, I'm sure he can hack into Walmart and put a recording of himself browsing the canned food section on their security cam system at the time of each murder. -
abhinavjain — 9 years ago(June 21, 2016 08:07 PM)
Then whole story would have to change. He was telling them where to find or giving them time cut offs. How would that happened if he did it outside without being in touch with them. This way it totally raises the thrill experience cuz you just can't figure it out how was doing it.
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soulsk8ter225 — 9 years ago(July 23, 2016 01:13 PM)
The point was not to take vengeance on everybody. It was to teach the system a lesson. Part of that included Nick (and other prosecutors) not making deals with murderers.
In order for this to work, Clyde had to become a visible murderer.
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