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Vigilante movies: Taking matters into one's own hands

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<b>Cause for revenge:</b> Gerard Butler's Clyde Shelton watches helplessly as his wife and little girl are raped and murdered during a home invasion.<br> <br> <b>Related:</b> <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-vigilante19-2009oct19,0,1359165.story">Vigilante films, an American tradition</a>

'Law Abiding Citizen'

(John Baer / Overture Films)

Cause for revenge: Gerard Butler's Clyde Shelton watches helplessly as his wife and little girl are raped and murdered during a home invasion.

Related: Vigilante films, an American tradition