Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler), a Philadelphia engineer, witnesses the rape and murder of both his wife and five-year old daughter at the hands of two burglars who break in his house: Clarence J.
The synopsis below may give away important plot points. So Rice has to stop him but Shelton is way ahead of him. It appears that Shelton is not done, it appears he blames the whole system and is declaring war on it going after everyone involved with his family's case. At first, Shelton agrees to a plea agreement with Rice but changes his mind. Rice suspects Shelton, so he has him picked up. And the other one is found dead, killed in a gruesome manner. They learn that someone tampered with the machine. Ten years later, the one who was convicted is being executed but something goes wrong his execution goes awry and he suffers. When Shelton learns of this, he is not happy. So he decides to get one of them to testify against the other. However, because of improper procedure, the D.A., Nick Rice only has circumstantial evidence. A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free.Ĭlyde Shelton's family is brutally murdered.