Law Abiding Citizen Page #2

Morning baby.

You're going to your daughters

recital this afternoon?

Uhm, I thought you were

gonna order the DVDs.

Video is not the same, Nick.

Mom, its okay. Dad's gotta

work, I know

See, its alright. Dad's gotta work.

And what does Dad do?

Lock up bad guys.

- And why does he do that?

To keep us safe.

- Yeah, he wants us to be safe.

Baby, get your chello.

- Alright

Thank you so much.

- You're welcome.

What a Julia Child (cook).

- Mmhhmm

You know she's 10

years old, right?

you know that?

- I know that

She doesn't understand why

you're never around.

This good-guy-bad-guy

stuff thats just talk to her.

I can't come today.

You know you have not

been to one recital

Enough!

- Okay

We'll get the video, we'll sit

down and watch as a family.

I love you. Alright?

Thank you for the toast.

- Love you

Love you too

- Bye

So how's Chip?

- It's Chester

What happened to Chip,

I liked Chip.

There is no Chip. And now

there's no Chester.

He kept calling.

- Sarah, thats a good thing.

I know, but I kept cancelling.

My case load is crazy.

You know you dont have to

go to this if you dont want to.

Yeah, I do. I...

What's it like?

No biggie. Like watching

somebody fall asleep.

Except the not-waking-up part?

Does it bother you?

Not anymore.

Sarah. Your legs are looking

real good in those heels.

What are you doing, Reynolds?

Why are you here? Your

DVD player is broken?

Ames has no family. I felt like

someone should be here for him.

You just getting a little press?

Breathe.

What I did out

there was wrong.

I should have never

been there.

But I swear to God,

I didn't kill those people.

Wrong man is dying

here today.

That's all.

Oh God.

- Take her away.

What the hell is going on?

- I dont know.

Are you okay?

- Yeah

So, somebody killed the guy

you were trying to kill.

What are we calling this?

Clear violation of his 8th

amendment right:

cruel and unusual

punishment.

Law school.

- Yeah. The machine,

how does it work

on a good day?

It's designed to

be pain free.

Three drugs, administered

in a specific order.

From this moment on we

are assuming that

the machine was corrupted.

We're gonna need

a list of all the people

with access to

that machine.

My people would

not do this.

I appreciate that, Warden, but

I'm gonna need more than

a hallpass and a note from mom.

Detectives. Got something

back on the machine.

Let me see that?

- Right there.

"Cant fight faith".

- What is it, Nick?

During the home invasion

Ames accomplice said

to one of the victims:

"Can't fight faith"

He said the same thing to me

in the courtroom, the prick.

I can't remember his name.

Have a look at this.

Your guy?

Clarence James Darby

- He's a beauty...

You got history with him?

- I put him away.

Ah, 3 years. Is that the going

rate for murder these days?

There was extenuating

circumstances.

The only extenuating circumstance

should be if he didnt do it.

Still, three years at Marion,

f***ing gladiator camp,

you expect him to come

back a model citizen?

Well, if you scholars wouldnt

contaminate the crime scenes,

I could keep them locked

up longer.

Authorities have refused to

comment at this point

foul play cannot be ruled out.

The prisoner had been on death row

for the past 10 years

All we know at this point is

what was supposed to be a

painless execution has turned

into something out of a horror film.

Im Paula live on the scene...

Yeah?

- Clarence Darby?

Who's this?

- That's strike three for you,

Coke on the table, b*tch on the floor.

Away from prison.

Who the f*** is this?

Look out your window.

South side.

Is this a joke?

Get up.

South side.

Motherf***er.

Sh*t.

Out of the way!

He's outdoor!

Go. Go

Damn.

- Move it, move it.

What now?

Wipe the prints off the gun.

Get rid of it.

No, no, no

- You fired six times, genius

You bring any ammunition?

Lose it.

Why are you doing this?

- I wanna keep you out of prison.

See the abandoned factories?

Go toward them.

Why?

There's a cop car there.

With a cop in it.

What the f***!

I tazered him, but

he will be waking

up in under 90 seconds.

So better move.

Rise and f***ing shine, b*tch

Wake the f*** up.

Let's go. Start the f***ing car.

Okay. Take it easy.

- Do it. Come on.

Take it easy.

Lets go, lets go!

Get it in gear, shithead. Now!

Do it!

Get the f*** out.

Lets go.

Get the f*** down there.

Hey. What about my

wife, my little girl?

I'll never see them again.

- F***ed up, man.

Ohh, oh oh, you don't mind

if I take this, do you?

My guardian angel.

I am impressed.

You know why I'll never see

my wife and little girl again?

What the...?

Cause you took them from me.

Remember me?

Sure you do.

You came over to my house

once before.

Don't remember?

This Tetrodotoxin should be nicely

in your system by now.

Isolated from the liver of

the Carribean Puffer Fish.

So, it paralyzes you,

but leaves all the other

neurological functions intact.

In other words, you cant move,

but you feel everything.

It does absolutely nothing

to blunt the pain.

And you're about to

experience more of that

than you can ever

f***ing imagine.

???, so you dont bleed out.

You may be here a while.

Saline solution, that should

keep us going.

The clamps, nice and secure.

Comfortable?

You really are shaking.

Sure you're alright?

You'll love this.

Adrenalin.

Now this, is so you

don't pass out.

There you go.

Good.

Now what we dont want,

is you swallowing your tongue

so bare with me.

Now this is for your penis.

But we'll get to that later.

Scalpel, for your eyelids.

In case you insist on

f***ing shutting them.

You see, I know what it

feels like to be helpless,

just like when I watched you

slaughter my whole family.

You can't fight faith,

right Darby?

Oh! And look.

I made this especially for you.

You like it? Yeah, I didn't want

you to miss anything.

Now you have the best

view in the house.

You hear that? Your heart

is beating so fast.

Well, me too. Okay.

Now they get to watch

you suffer.

They'll be the last thing

you ever see.

as I cut off every single one

of your f***ing limbs.

See, I wasn't lying,

when I told you I wanted

to keep you out of prison.

That was the truth.

Thanks for the car.

Okay, these are all the

case files on Darby,

I vetted through what I could,

we have crime scene photos...

Don't want to see them.

Okay

What's bothering you?

- It's Darby

All the crimes he's committed

have one thing in common,

there was violence, but the

execution wasnt violence,

that was, that was intellect.

- Okay.

What are you thinking?

Was just thinking maybe we

shouldn't be looking at Darby.

Jesus Christ.

Rice.

- Good news, councellor.

Found Darby.

I gotta say though,

he's looked better.

They found him in about

no arms, eyelids were

sliced off. Gruesome.

Shedding tears for Darby?

- Not quite

So your wheel's turning.

- Think motive. Who has it?

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