Kill Switch, 2008 - Jeff King
Law Abiding Citizen, 2009 - F. Gary Gray
It seems like a tenuous comparison, and it’s one that Mr Butler wouldn’t be too pleased about, but I recently watched the Seagal vehicle Kill Switch, shortly followed by the Gerard Butler / Jamie Foxx film Law Abiding Citizen. In this particular case Law Abiding Citizen is in a different league to Kill Switch in terms of quality, but both films are basically about a morally ambiguous badass getting revenge.
I have an unjustified soft spot for Seagal, due entirely to Under Siege. I really want to like every one of his straight to video efforts, and occasionally they aren’t complete shit (Belly of The Beast springs to mind) but sometimes they’re beyond awful, like Kill Switch. What upsets me most about Kill Switch is that they were trying harder than usual to make a ‘Steven Seagal’ film, so it’s shitiness seems deliberate.
But the fact still remains that because of Under Siege, Seagal will always be able to make movies.
Is it fair to say that because of 300, Gerard Butler will always be able to make movies? He’s been in wider range of films that Steve, all those romantic comedies and even the upcoming Shakespeare adaptation, but ultimately, will Gerard always fall back on playing the Angry Wronged Man?
Gerard Butler is Gerard Butler in Gerard Butler Film.
Law Abiding Citizen is a bit like The Life of David Gale, only more people blow up.
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Is anyone else as obsessed with Jamie Foxx’s hairline as I am?
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