Alternative ending: Law Abiding Citizen "how it should have ended"
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- I don't own any of the material in this video, the video is a parody of how the movie Law abiding citizen should have ended with Clyde winning. Enjoy!
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Always thought the movie would have been 10x better if Clyde won. I'm sure I'm not the only one.
Clyde graduated and became the chairman of the federal reserve
You are not
The ending didn't make sense to me. If that was Clyde's final act, then why would he go back to the cell? Who would? Leaving in disguise to never be seen or recognized again is what he would've actually done.
@@ihateoreocookies that's exactly what I thought!
@@ihateoreocookies Anybody who wanted out wouldn't have. But I don't think that was Clyde's priority. He didn't give a shit about his own life at that point, I mean he planned on murdering hundreds of people. I think he wanted to go back so he could look Nick in the eye knowing that he truly won. He didn't care if he got executed or not, if anything I believe he planned on getting executed, like obviously somebody truly innocent had to die from the whole situation at some point along the bombings so he should be guilty even in his own eyes. For him not to be executed would've gone against the message he was trying to send. If he ran, it would've just been an international manhunt too and would've been a lame generic open ended ending imo.
Clyde deserves to win, the original ending wasted a great movie. Such a let down.
100% agreed
Cause foxx was being a bitch apparently
So true! I felt let down In the original one. I think that’s why I like the “Peppermint” movie so much!
i hate the ending
I saw Foxx's character more of a antagonist more so than Butler's.
Clyde was 20 times smarter than Nick he would of never got caught that easy in the original. Good alternate ending.
No he knew nick was a guy that follows the rules of the system even though it’s broken, by breaking into the unit he actually did what nick would have wished he did but never expect to, he went outside the law because it was what needed to be done to get justice and stop him
He knew he was gonna die .
Actually he never should have been caught if they didnt tresspass in his property. They crossed clyde's civil rights there.
Ya but he wanted to die, after changed the system
Nick would have NEVER GOT THE BOMB, OUT OF CITY HALL.
Clyde was definitely the "hero" of the film. His whole point was just how ineffective the revolving door legal system was. The sad thing is, that's exactly the way our legal system works now. No trial, just make a deal and then hand out a slap on the wrist, or no prison time at all.
And we are all supposed to just go along with the game and believe it works great.
"no prison time at all" Literally when has that ever happened?
@@TyFhoonBoom right now with all the "prisom reform" lefty cities?
@@Chris-we7hh Prison reform is needed, Trump got behind the first step act, the US justice system is overloaded and buckling under the pressure of state overreach. The lefties have a point, they're just retarded and tend to fuck up implementation/specifics - and the system is broken on a deeper level. That's why the plea bargains this movie showcases are even an issue to begin with, an overloaded and underfunded public institution is struggling to keep its head above water so its agents make compromised decisions in order to hit quotas, etc.
That's the consequence of having an innocent until proven guilty justice system. No matter what you do, some scumbags are just going to get away with it.
the day they put this as the actual ending is the day I will like the actual movie.
You have to appreciate it is an amazing movie, up until the ending. The ideal ending for me is like this he successfully blows up the majors office, then targets the musical performance and is either caught there or finally stops as a chance to the DA
@@stefanlaterra5797 why does he have to? appreciate a dogshit ending for what? the ending is UNIVERSALLY seen as terrible. By both film critics and by fans alike.
@@nom6758 I agree the ending is terrible, it is disgustingly terrible, but what makes the ending even worse for me is the fact that the first 90% of the film is a masterpiece, I can't hate on a movie because of 10 mins of it. As much as I wish the ending was different, I still consider it an amazing film overall
This was the real ending of the movie, if Jamie Foxx didnt complain. There must a cut out there with the ending we all want, but sadly we will never see it.
@@stefanlaterra5797 Politics. It's just like Joker promoting anarchy as a way to bend the society to his will, Law Abiding Citizen promote how anarchy is the way to solve the corrupt system by killing everyone. And media, politicians, even higher ups didn't like that.
I support Clyde's endeavor every time I watch this movie. It's impossible to ever turn against him after that beginning. This movie wants us to believe that the system was an innocent victim, when -- in real life -- the system victimizes everyone else.
As a family man, I could only ever imagine how broken I would feel if I lost my wife and children... especially in such a horrifying way.
I would offer an alternative ending... one where Clyde accepts his death, but only because his task is complete. Not killed by his own bomb but perhaps shot to death by Mike after setting off the bomb that removed the stench of corruption.
So innocent people in that building deserved to die? I just can't get behind that...
Greetings Charlie TheTexan
my name is Karl.I just your comment about the character of Clyde.You are so right about the system not being an innocent victim.Clyde was screwed from the start after the two men were caught.First,the evidence was tainted,how that could've happened is vague.Second,Jaime Foxx as the assistant prosecutor tells Clyde he could'nt,or for a better word would'nt prosecutor the two men,because,and this the real reason,he need not want to spoil his perfect conviction record.Despite Clydes pleading with him,,Foxx/Rice makes a deal with one of the home invaders.The one who actually murdered Clydes wife,and daughter,while the other sits on Death Row.Because of Foxx/Rice decision to make a deal with the killer many people innocent,and guilty die.What a unsatisfactory ending.
Exactly Clyde was destroying a corrupt system but they killed him off
Clyde killing the men that murdered his family, while he was bound and had to watch, i would have wanted to kill him in just the same way. Now all the other things Clyde did was nothing short of terrorism, cause aside from causing some of the corruption to stand and take note he really did more harm than good. this justice system is currently corrupt because the people in this country let it get that way. i mean why is prison glorified, gangster's made celebrities, justice not served because the guilty have rights? i say make prison a nightmare, the death penalty painful, and the law makers personally responsible for there actions. also there are far too many fat kats on capital hill that need a dose of reality. but thats just my opinion and you know what they say about opinions! ,
The original ending made no sense anyway.
Clyde goes and plants a bomb at the courthouse, then goes back to prison.
How is jamie fox going to go from the prison to the courthouse, disarm and or dismantle a highly advances bomb with his no demolition skill, get it past security everywhere that are also looking for a bomb, and then beat clyde back to prison reassemble the bomb and wait there for his little got'cha trap?
The ending is just bad writing to a good movie.
I said the same thing the timing didn't agree with the task they screwed it alllllllllll up
Welcome to Hollywood.
I never really thought about it until now. Kudos to you sir 👏.
Aside from the logistics, the ending wasn't all bad. The purpose of Clyde's "madness" was to be a source of inspiration and serve as a reflection of the flaw in the system, of which he succeeded.
We watched this movie again the other day and I said something similar only "at no point did the lawyer show he was smart enough to outsmart Clyde so this is dumb"
Clyde started as the hero and ended as an anti-hero, Jamie Foxes character learned nothing, nothing!
did you literally not watch this video?
"i dont make deals with murderers anymore, clyde. you taught me that"
what did YOU learn?
I don't know if I can hit those number plates on the list but I don't know if if you can get a better deal then I can sort it out and get it inspected again and then I will try to get it done done with the
@@bv6377 I'm so glad they started with the guy that murdered his family's murderers and not the former. Saved so much heartache and turmoil
lol did you even watch the movie ?
@@bv6377 Which is BS. You know his character would have gone on to do the same old shit.
For a moment I thought this was a real alternative ending that I've never seen. Then the V for Vendetta scene played and I just burst out laughing! Well done!
London has fallin part as well
I believe I read something about Clyde originally being supposed to come out on top. If you look at it objectively, basically all the conflict outside of the two murderers of his family, was entirely brought on by Nick not doing his job and not giving a shit about anyone but himself and his precious win record. He got so many people killed for his arrogance and never had to pay for it.
I agree he wanted a spotless reputation regardless who got hurt as long as it wasn't his family or friends
I don’t see how everyone on here seems to think Clyde didn’t win?!?!?! Like confused as all get out…. Clyde DID win. This movie wouldn’t be nearly as good if he lived. He had to die in order to win. His final lesson is the one that showed he succeeded in his mission.
He didn’t do what he did for revenge, he could have killed them and gotten away with it Scott free if that was what he wanted. His goal was to show the DA u can’t make deals with evil people. But the DA kept making deals with him time and again, until his final lesson PROVED he had won bc the DA refused to make a deal with him and just killed him instead (what he wanted all along.)
And by then, he WAS the bad guy. He killed a BUNCH of completely innocent people in his quest. Even he knows he deserves to die for what he did. That’s why he CHOSE to die.
He WANTED to be dead so he could be with his family again. So he basically committed suicide by proving his point in blood time and again teaching the DA why he sucks at his job.
I always wondered why Clyde didnt use the line "why is your daughter so much more important than my daughter" when the JF character was telling him to stay away from his family.
Oooooh excellent point
He didn't have to. If you watch that scene again, you can see Foxx's character stop himself and Butler's character smile a little. He made his point.
Yeah true that.
I've actually been saying this the entire movie but either way the movie was immaculate
Damn straight!
they could've turned this character into the next "punisher" level type. wander the earth, seeking justice for the broken.
I believe, he was driven to punish only one crime, he would have committed suicide after he made sure the lesson was learned
For me, It should have been the original story for the purnisher. Perhaps this is why the government was after him.
Law Abiding Citizen: The Broken
agreed
So it should hvae been a carbon copy of other tv shows and movies from long before this one?
There is no way in hell Clyde would EVER have gone back to the cell!! He would have disappeared and never be seen again.
yup. foxx's character would be the only one left alive to know the intimate details of his wrath. there would be so much chaos, he would have months to relax in a new life before they "tried" to hunt him down.
No I dont think so... I dont think he expected to get out at all. He just got caught before be could finish his last point
I think he went back because he wanted to show that he had nothing to do with it at all since there would be no evidence of him leaving his cell, further proving the point that his intelligence is something not to belittle
Clyde had nothing to live for. He allowed them to find him. He wanted Nick to make the hard decision. Nick hinted to him if he went through with the call at end it would be on his own head with what happened
@@charlesdoyle3630 , that is a good theory. Making Nick do exactly what he was loathing Clyde for doing. That's a good mind screw to leave someone with.
Not a big fan of the ending, but I have to admit, that shot of Clyde where the fire swarms the room, iconic
This character was basically the Joker, but no Batman to counter him.
foxx countered the script
Anything would be better than the shitty Hollywood ending they gave it, absolutely fantastic film except for the morality BS at the end.
and well there you have it...you have to understand theres some big nosed guy in a hollywood that dictates how the story have to have some morality at the end...this was let down in many movies...bad guy have to end up bad...period...
The problem wan not the morality. The Huge Pink Elephant is HOW they did it. It didn't make sense how they "outsmart" him, when time was not in their favor. Going straight to the bomb and teleporting in front of his cell. Plus, reaching underneath that tunnel and closing his escape route on time(first time entering it).
If it was a morality issue Clyde would've won bc Clyde was the only one in the right from the beginning..
@@StephenSkorak There is actual morality and Hollywood morality, not the same thing at all 😉
if there was such a thing as an award for the best movie that had the worst ending, this film would've won.
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The original ending didn’t make any kind of sense to me when I saw it I was honestly surprised when I saw the credits Clyde spends the whole movie 3 steps ahead of everybody. Then all of a sudden they’ve just got him..nah I don’t buy it that’s some poor writing
Jamie Foxx waited till they were half way through the filming then threw his weight around to make them change the ending.they stood to lose a lot of money if Jamie walked away.shame....he ruined a good movie.
@@nomadhakunamatata5793 No kidding, Jamie made them change the script? I wonder what the original ending was supposed to have been, we could have had something way more satisfying.
jaemie foxx had a whinge that if his character doesn't win he's walking so they changed it to keep foxx and his ego
Not exactly. It isn't like they didn't know what was going on from the start. The ending was confusing to me in the sense that a prosecutor gets to carry a gun into prison, gets free reign to act like a cop or forensic examiner and is solving cases and fucking up crime scenes lol
@@captainron4924 yes. I feel the same way when I watch the flash or arrow. Specifically arrow, no one is ever cuffed in prison.
The original ending was such a let down. I left the film feeling like Jamie Foxx's character learned nothing. Still believed he was right and if had to do it over again, wouldn't do anything differently.
Clyde deserved to win.
He did. Clyde himself says if they had tried both guys and only got conviction on one guy he could have lived with that. It was the fact that Nick made plea deal on the guy who actually did the killing that pissed Clyde off. Nick admits later he would be wary about making deals.
You can’t teach “those people”.
Brendan Lovell lawyers?
Nick did learn. Him letting Clyde blow himself up was him learning. That's what Clyde wanted from him.
Now, that doesn't mean Clyde couldn't live, but Nick did learn.
I remember reading that the original ending DID have Clyde win but Jamie Foxx wouldn't shoot it like that so they re-wrote the ending to fit his character.
Aside from the shit ending, it was highly unlikely and improbable that Nick would have been able to get to the bomb, find it, and get all the way back to plant it in Clyde’s cell before he got back. Even though he had a head start on Nick. Completely stupid. Clyde was infinitely more intelligent than Nick.
Plot hole:
* Fox and Colin use a yuge breaker-bar to bash the door of Clyde's warehouse.
Clyde returns after his side-hustle as a custodian, but doesn't notice the bashed entry?
A bright revenger might have surveillance cameras...
And no cameras or alerts for when the bomb was touched.
The original ending was the worst movie finale ever
I'm not sure I agree with that. Boy in The Striped Pajamas beats this by a 100 miles.
_"by murdering all those people all you're doing is destroying the memory of your daughter"_
eh wut? nope.
I'm so sorry, that's a typo, not destroying, *preserving.* There we are.
@@tomscott3 Ist du eine deutsche volke? Tbh so am I.
Do anyone remember that cop years ago who killed the mayor's daughter and son-in-law at a basketball game? He was on the run and two other cops shot up two old women delivering mail inside of a pickup like he was driving. It was one messed up ordeal. If it were my mother or wife that was shot like that up to seven times while delivering the mail I would've invited myself to that cops home and killed him at his doorstep point blank seven shots.
@@benjy117 Dorner? I don't recall him shooting the mayor's daughter, but I do recall the manhunt where they shot up the truck with the women. Iirc that was due to corruption cover-up getting out of hand.
@@benjy117 When and where did this happen?
He should’ve gotten away with it,not necessarily because he was right, but because it would’ve been a bit more realistic, but we got the typical Hollywood ending!
you can thank foxx for that.
@EL.MAS.BUSCADO why? It's the truth. Typical entitled minority threatened halfway through the process that he'd walk if his character didn't win. Quit getting mad because you're mans is an entitled prick
EL.MAS.BUSCADO you STFU you troll
EL.MAS.BUSCADO look whos talking 😜
EL.MAS.BUSCADO last one went over your head i see. done 🤣
"Law Abiding Citizen" had probably the worst ending to a movie in the history of cinema. Such a waste of what could have been an amazing movie, had it ended something like "Arlington Road"
If any of you haven't seen "Arlington Road". WATCH IT! It's what "Law Abiding Citizen" could have, and should have been. The ending is amazing
Of course Hollywood could never let him win because winning would have justified his actions. And in order to belabor the point his actions are reprehensible they made him lose. A shame.
oddly i just watched Arlington this past week ... (probably 4-6th time in total) AND i agree that would have been a good ending to splice in there .. at least the fed building collapsing -- now let me lock my door before the FBLie knocks it down lol
It's somewhat ironic that Nick becomes the murderer he's trying to stop. He found the bomb. He could've had it disarmed or placed somewhere safe. Instead, he concocts a plan to lock a man in his cell, even going so far as to lock a secret entrance he had previously discovered. This is premeditated murder and then he just walks off like he's some kind of hero for killing the monster he created. This ending in beyond messed up.
Clyde was right, and Nick should've been taken out with the rest.
I always wished he had another escape plan in case of an emergency like getting into another cell. But he def shoulda never went back anyway
He had tunnels to each cell.
He still woulda died had he got into another cell
spencer wells yes but I mean inside the cell, instead of only having the one way
The ending of the movie was a turn off.
Ikr, we have Jamie Foxx to thank for that. Never watching a movie he's in ever again.
@@Crackshotsteph i will but he is a massive negative.they would have to pull something major for me to be tempted.
It is part of the the narrative arc though. Eventually the were going to bring up that "making a deal with a murderer" component. Just a thought.
I agree, they should've ended instead of that damn cello scene with him in a court conversation discussing a plea bargain and the camera hovering over Nick until he says slowly "I don't make bargains with criminals" before going to black thus sealing all the lessons clyde had for him
It’s the reason the movie never got huge. If they had a proper ending it’d be a top 10 movie of all time
Totally agree with everyone on here. The original ending wasted the whole point he was trying to make.
His point was to give lesson to a system, especially the lawyer. The lawyer got it, that's why he killed the Clyde.
How is it wasted?
@@angelicoctahedron3646 Because the lawyer was actually able to kill Clyde. Never once before the ending had Nick outsmarted Clyde.
@@concept5631 every people commit mistakes, even genius one.
@@angelicoctahedron3646 That would be true, if Clyde was shown to make mistakes. Only mistake he made was opening that door.
Now this is the ending the movie deserved.
One of the few movies I'd chip in if they ever make a GoFundMe for a remake with a proper ending where Clyde kills the cop, goes away and in the post credits they show an early morning raid to a house in the woods only to make the entire ranch blow as Clyde watches from an unknown beach holding a drink with a tiny umbrella in it.
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Yes it is!
True dat
Exactly dude
Agreed
I was really disappointed to see Clyde lose in the original one. And now that I've seen this, it feels good!
He didn't lose. It wasn't so much of just a revenge story, it was also to get Nick to see the error in his ways and working deals with criminals
The original ending really pissed me off. Jamie Fox didnt hv da brains to counter Cylide. Jamie didnt learn anything too.
This ending made my whole day LOVE IT!
I was soooooo rooting for this guy.
The original ending is what happened when Jamie Foxx fails to realize he's not the heroic protagonist.
" I refuse to believe that one man is smarter than Homeland Security, The FBI, Sheriff's Dept, and Philly PD..." I don't; I think that's not only possible, but likely!
Yeah, they win through massive resources, not brilliance.
A man that CIA and NSA call when they don't have a choice. That was the spy said !
A criminal has to be lucky all the time, law enforcement only has to be lucky once.
This quote makes me think how Edward Snowden outsmarted the government.
Sounds like trump 😅 biden Harris 2020 2024
A lot of you guys are misunderstanding what Clyde's purpose in all of this was. It was never about revenge or "sticking it to the man" it was about Nick. Clyde lost all hope in the world after his wife and daughter were killed. He put the last bit of hope he had into Nick (not the system as some of you are indicating but Nick himself). When he saw Nick cutting deals rather then even trying that is what truly broke him. This entire movie revolved around him getting Nick to see that the way he treated his job and these criminals was wrong/corrupt. In that regard Clyde won as I do believe Nick realized cutting all those deals like he had done was wrong. Also just to be clear Clyde could have escaped and disappeared anytime he wanted to. The guy wanted to die as he really didn't have anything to live for anymore after teaching Nick his lesson. That is why at the end he sat on the bed and looked at peace with dying.
this explanation sits best with me.
I mean… he couldn’t LEAVE the room or disarm the bomb. I agree with the idea that he was at peace with death because he wanted to be with wife and daughter. However, I do think he would have tried to escape if he didn’t know that he wasn’t able to. He attempted to in fact. He knew he was trapped with no time to figure it out - that’s a human reaction to a certain degree - acceptance. Because he was tired, he had nothing left, …. And also because, as you said, he won.
It’s not about nick at all it’s about the system and nick is a pond he was using to get his point across. He even proves it with his Von Clausewitz references. Clausewitz believed that if there was a system that needed change then you completely anihalate it with whatever you must do. It wasn’t about nick stop trying to shy away from the message that shows how poor our justice system is
You are full of shit. It's entirely about the system and those who make it the way it is: Nick, his boss, the judge, the police, the mayor. In that last meeting, you hear her talking about trying to circumvent the law to get Clyde away from the city. She outright said that she didn't care how they did it or how they justified it. That is corruption, pure and simple. A prime example of what Clyde told Nick and the detective. "This corrupt, diseased, broken thing" is how he described the system. The system that rewards Nick for his closure rate instead of taking a 360 degree view of the disposition of each of his cases. Literally, the one who committed the worst crimes made a deal and served a few years instead of being executed right alongside his partner. That is a gross miscarriage of justice. Nick had a shot to take them both down, but cared more about his conviction rate than he did about getting justice for the murdered victims or the surviving victim who lost everything.
Lots of good viewpoints here. Hard to believe Foxx beat Clyde back to his cell... Which I was surprised he went back to... And that Foxx has time to plant the bomb and then be calm enough to talk things out with Clyde.
When someone brutally take the life of those you love and you're forced to watch, don't think that you're not going to be filled with rage. They just happened to mess with the wrong man. Clyde was full of emotion...loves his family...but the whole of darkness overtook him and the fight for justice was served. The thing k couldn't understand was who was the "accomplice" ? And why did they end up murdering him in the very same place that he was trying to take down ?
I apreciated the whole movie right up to the part where Clyde was killed. He should have escaped in the end. Frustration from Papua New Guinea!
Man clyde was the best villain ever. He is in my eyes the hero.
Hero, not villain
Absolutely
He's the protagonist.
He was the real protagonist even as they potray him as a Brilliant antagonist.
Clyde is the quintessential decent Man pushed too far.
All that was needed would be a scene of them going into the cell after the explosion, and being unable to find a body ...
Nick *SurprisedPikachu.jpg*
Cut to black. Roll credits.
Fixed :)
Lol I don’t think they will becuz he’s body will be vaporized
@@mrdaddy6970 ending didn't happen he escaped.once he heads back i turn off the movie.
Nomad Hakuna Matata@ me and you need to go the movies lol same no homo tho 😂😂😂
@@mrdaddy6970 lol yeah
Or Nick goes home after leaving prison gets phone call saying they founds Clyde’s remains. Nick looks out his window to see a dark figure on the sidewalk staring at him. He goes outside and the man is gone. Nick is left to wonder if Clyde is coming back for him.
Ends with a dark figure walking down a street. Fades to credit.
Thanks for this final!
Just finished watching the movie and i was hoping for an alternate ending, this what i needed. Clyde should've won his freedom, he was the justice in this corrupt World.
Peace Clyde.
It's rare to see punishment to deserving but many innocent are locked behind bars for no reason because they aren't able to prove themselves innocent
in the end, clyde proved his point that criminals can circumvent the law to avoid justice. sometimes you have to break the law to give justice.
Dude how did they even get the bomb to his cell before he got there and they destroyed the lock he didn’t see it and think something was up
Yeah and how did they know the bomb would be on a timer when he let him press the button in the cell. Just stupid.
I never liked the ending of that movie. You go through all that trouble to show how much of a genius he was and then out do him with something so stupid. Worst movie ending of all time.
Not to mention that they'd just be cool with letting the prison blow up and risk injuring or letting other prisoners escape
Not to mention makes them just as much murderers as him.
@@GamerNxUSN Clyde called so they can say he set the bomb under his own head. Nick even hinted that they had moved the bomb and Clyde did not catch the hint
I LOVED this movie. It was satisfaction for all the corrupt cops, lawyers, and judges that think they can do whatever they want.
Yeah and bombing the entire courthouse will change it ? That's like killing everyone so there's no more hunger or evil anymore
@@VJETRA that’s the thing the only option was for Nick to kill them because he knew they’d never see the inside of a jail cell. It’s a damned if you do and damned if you don’t situation.
This deserves alot more views...the original ending failed miserably...I hated it
Dumbass it’s from another film
I wish his last line to Nick after dialing the number would have been "Did you find both bombs?"
I was expecting the same thing, they talk about a precise killing machine and he really just left one, just one bomb? It was a bad ending, surely not the one the director would have wanted.
"Why don't we do the right thing here?" "I'm doing the right thing, Nick." Fuckingggg goosebumps every time. It's so damn good.
Just watched this for the first time today. I was totally all for Clyde to win tbh
There is no way in h3ll that he would have been caught if he was half as smart as he was portrayed. Really good movie until the end.
Better than the POS ending from the movie. What a let down that was. Nick should have won! Thanks for this! haha
You mean Clyde not nick lol
Nick did win.
We reap what we sow
Clyde did win tho. Clyde told them all he really wanted was for them to try both guys and if did not get conviction for both he could live with that. And Nick said himself he would be wary bout making deals.
The producers didn’t want a colored man to lose.
‘You even think about touching my family’… really? Jamie Fox couldn’t portray ‘tough’ if you dressed him up as Mike Tyson and gave him James Earl Jones’ voice.😂
Hell-y-wood. No clue, but dominating. One day it will be over, and until then, we will have to make our own scripts and endings. Well done Xaythor.
Much better ending. Fitting of such a great movie to have an ending that was equally as good. I think I will just pretend that this is how it ended rather than how it really did. So clever and everybody got what they deserved in the end. Don't nake movies like this anymore unfortunately.
"everyone got what they deserved'. You can make an argument that Clyde can be forgiven for killings the original two bad guys. It holds a certain vigilante justice fantasy appeal. But he killed far too many innocent people afterwards. Anyone that wanted Clyde to get away as no respect for the rule of law and no respect for the principles that America was founded on. Those that supported Clyde see human life as being worthless. I found this movie entertaining to watch, but I genuinely disturbed when I realized the vocalization of the fans. It appears this movie holds appeal to some very sick people.
@@hamsterfromabove8905 cry about it. at the end of the day, this ending is better than the shitty one they presented in cinema. The majority of critics, consumers, and youtubers agree. No matter how much mental gymnastics you want to go through will change the fact that a movie is made to entertain and when something isnt entertaining within a movie, it is OBJECTIVELY bad because it defeated its entire purpose.
His family wasn't coming back so he really could'nt win
It wasn't about bringing anyone back rewatch the movie
Sivle Prez true but even if he wins he still lost and what he lost was way more valuable
He couldn't win because of Jamie Foxx, in the original script he was suppose to win but of course Jamie Foxx didn't want that. He didn't want "the white man to win" and threaten to leave the film if they didn't change it.
Towards the end it wasn't necessarily about his family, but instead - "It's about sending a message."
@@TheMaleRei The minute Nick made the deal with the guy who murdered his family his actions were about "sending a message".
You know it's really funny having watched these ending clips after so long I finally understand how the rest of the world feels about the last season of game of thrones
It would had been nice that somehow hiding in the cell he have a fire resistant cover or whatever that thing is called lol and after the fire is done he just open it and got out through his master exit 👏 showing nick that he was always the smarter in the room and he is always prepared for anything.....freaking epic
They should re-release this movie on DVD with the proper ending. Everyone hates the ending to this movie.
What's the proper ending?
@@osamabad3597: One I like better.
One of the few movies where I was pulling for the “bad” guy.
Why wouldn't he have a camera in his own cell and how s nick able to find disarm and rear a bomb by himself
Insan kilih
Jamie fox knows how to ruin a movie. From law abiding citizen to collateral to Django unchained. Hes difficult to work with and forces the endings to change in his favor
Except he didn't do any of that and it was a dumb rumor you idiot
@@stillatin prove it was all a rumor. Jamie fox can't be the source
Django was awesome wtf u talking bout? Only part I hate is the hand shake scene LIKE WTF!! 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
@@drno9683 fair enough. I did like Django unchained. Little over the top but thats Tarantino. His other movies are iffy
He DID survive!
He changed his name, got a new career and family and saved them from a world ending comet years later.
This movie was like liquid gold. Sadly the ending was the exact opposite, liquid crap.
I read in an article that Jamie Foxx had worked with the writers to change the ending, he was wining about it and some other bs so the director went with Jamie Foxx and ultimately changed the ending, Nick was supposed to actually get away with everything, such a let down of an ending.
@America he did not.
@@charlesdoyle3630 so you keep saying. You jamie foxx fans can't let it go
So Jamie Foxx didn't want more money from more movies..... y'all gotta stop and think sometimes
@@MrSugardove actors do a lot of dumb shit. if your a big name actor you can act like a huge jerk and still make all the money. bruce willis is a huge fucking asshole to everyone and still gets work, a lto of actors are like that, super egotistical and demanding
@@minotaurmikeftwmike7712 and you keep saying he did... with no proof. It is literally a rumor and you have been sharing it in the comment section like a fact and somehow make it political for no reason. People like you are whats wrong with the world.
Clyde could never win. He lost 10 years prior. This was just housekeeping.
Excellent comment
That's a very good point.
Clyde did get what he wanted and was fine with dying.
This movie wouldn't have gone down like this in reality, if he was such a threat they would have him under surveillance the whole time. His greatest advantage was that nobody was watching him even though he was still killing so many people. How does that make sense lol
true, but they placed him in a very old facility which kind of makes sense, except they would of had him transferred to a supermax prison with cameras inside his cell and around the clock guards. it does make some sense, everyone thought he had people on the outside doing this for him and never expected he was the only one the whole time.
@@ninvusoogoar6098 Even that's silly, given that they're aware nobody has eyes on him how could lawyers, politicians, police, rule out that he's doing this or communicating with whoever is? Idk it just seems far fetched that everyone believed he was behind all the killings yet at the times of incidents nobody goes to see what he's up to in his cell right quick? Like really this dude was out and about for hours prepping and setting up people to die. After the first time when he blew up everyones car MAYBE I could find them being so irresponsible reasonable, I haven't decided yet, but after he shot up that cemetery with that drone there's no way resources wouldn't be dedicated to watching him
@@nightgodd7865 Have you worked in a prison? They are understaffed and overworked.
@@kyin45 this would have been a high priority case, hell the FBI was involved, they would be able to have a guard with him 24/7. Obviously this is a movie but everything done in the movie is possible, minus him sneaking out of prison constantly.
@@kyin45...
OMG I recognize that explosion immediately soon as I heard the trumpets
That was a better ending.
Daddy bracelet in his hands at the end 😔
He should have gotten his deserved retaliation.
Original ending was a turn off, I would've enjoy this one so much more, sometimes you gotta tear shit down when the system doesn't work for WE the people!! This country was founded on the principle WE are in charge of the Gov't!
You can make an argument that Clyde can be forgiven for killings the original two bad guys. It holds a certain vigilante justice fantasy appeal. But he killed far too many innocent people afterwards. Anyone that wanted Clyde to get away as no respect for the rule of law and no respect for the principles that America was founded on. Those that supported Clyde see human life as being worthless. I found this movie entertaining to watch, but I genuinely disturbed when I realized the vocalization of the fans. It appears this movie holds appeal to some very sick people.
Its not right to punish the people around you when things don't go well for you. Bad things happen sometimes. And its not fair. We don't all get good treatment. But when shit happens, how does it help to cause others to suffer? I can forgive those that are incapable of feeling emotions. They don't realize how wrong their actions are. I can never forgive people who understand their pain and intentionally inflict it on others. Those people are truly evil.
@@hamsterfromabove8905 I can see your point, but when the most precious treasures of your world are taken from you and the system that was created to protect you from the evils that men do fail miserably , then I can have compassion for a man who goes after the very system that was supposed to protect him and his family bcuz they are all complicite after the fact, can't blame the man when judges, prosecutors and police all have qualified immunity from mistakes they make that change ppl's lives forever, while they get to walk away scott free w/out repercussion 🇺🇸
@@A.B.-zs8ir So I have a question. So president Kennedy was assassinated right. It was well understood that the secret service was supposed to protect him. After Kennedy was assassinated, should we have executed every single member of his security detail? Everyone can agree they failed their jobs. But should people be punished for failing their jobs? For every murder in America, should we execute one police officer as compensation? Or should we forgive those that made their best effort, but failed in their duty?
The system doesn't work every time. Nobody says it does. However, the system does work some of the time. If you destroy the system the bad guys win every time. If you leave the system, sometimes the good guys get to win too. Clyde was right, when he said the system failed him. But he failed to propose an alternative system. All he did was destroy. If all you are doing is tearing things down you are evil. You need to focus your energy on rebuilding in a way that helps the future.
@@hamsterfromabove8905 1st i'd like to thank you for the feedback, as far the kennedy assassination is concerned, those agents prior to doing their jobs were drinking all night long which btw is against SS policy, murder them? No, but hold them accountable ? absolutely, some agents were allowed to finish there careers like nothing ever happened, is that the proper response ? absolutely not, but then again when you've studied the assassination, you can see that it was an inside job from the beginning till the end, from the shooters to JFK's body which was the Best evidence that a coup d'etat had occurred, I can only tell you from personal experience when the system fails you, it's not only the ppl who play a role in it, but the entire system, It's hard to change a system for the better, when the system crushed his entire world, he was only consumed w/rage at that moment in time, it's extremely hard to live in another man's shoes when ur not wearing the same size, I can't help but to feel for anyone who takes matters into their own hands when something of this magnitude occurs to them personally, is it the right thing to do? No, but sometimes the only way to bring about change to a system that is not perfect, is at times to take matters in ur own hands. just imagine if Dr.king had not taken matters into his own hands? ppls actions bring about change 👍
They could have made a second movie, which I would definitely go see, if Clyde had managed to escape!
I loved this movie accept the ending! This makes up for that.
After the incident... Clyne change his personality and become Mike Banning national security... And serve under president Allan trumbull...
I totally agree with this ending, he shluldve lived and make a possible sequal
NOW THAT WAS THE ENDING OF GREATNESS
Awesome!!! Hell Yeah!! I've got to figure out how to put this at the end of my movie. Great Job!!!!!!
I just finished the movie and man that ending put a sour taste in my mouth.
If the whole point was that jamie foxxs character had to go outside the law to win, even though thats what he was preaching the whole time, its not like they make it that obvious or he even comes to any sort of realization about that, that would make it satisfying. Also, him getting back to his cell in time and reassembling the bomb and everything and getting to his cell seems reaaaaallly realistic bwo.
If in the end they both blew up, that would at least be some what satisfying because hes the one who started it all as his attorney.
The ending started after he murdered almost everyone. Because we expect a good ending but we are left with the void of what the main character feels.
i remember half way watching this in cinema and thinking how good it was and i will watch this movie repeatedly after.....then the ending came and NO THANKS!
I love how Clyde became the number 1 secret service agent in years to come...
The V for Vendetta ending make me laugh way to hard. But that is the way the movie should of ended.
Clyde worked so hard, so smartly, so deceptively, and for a good cause; even though it was executed through questionable means.
8.5/10 for the entire movie except for the ending.
The reason this wasn't the4 ending is because Jamie Foxx had a hissy fit and threatened to quit if Clyde didn't lose. That is why we have this ending.
Different variation....
Clyde is not in the prison.
Clyde & Nick are speaking by phone or Skype.
Clyde is far away.
Sorry Nick....*💥*
Then the scene shows President Freeman speaking in tv and pulls back to show Clyde standing, facing a wall 🧱 of newspaper 📰 clippings, 📍📌 pins with strings lead to red X's over various faces.
The camera 🎥 angle is from the back left, TV is to his right.
Clyde pauses to turn & listen to Morgan. Clyde's body is blocking the center of the wall - but the ❌ over numerous faces that also have ⭕ around them can be seen clearly.
Every face ⭕ with ❌ over it as well.
When Morgan says his comment about ppl doing nothing, Clyde reaches over, turn off the TV - the camera follows his back and watches him hit power on the remote & drop it on the table.
He reaches for his jacket 🧥 and walks past the wall of clippings and we hear a door close as he exits.
We got a quick blur of the wall as we walked past and followed him out the door.
Camera pans back to the wall.
The viewers see the full wall now.
We see ❌ all over the wall but one ⭕ encircling an article with a face.
Camera slowly zooms in.
It's a story about child killer being paroled/freed on a jury mistrial.
Camera continues to zoom in slowly to the killers face, red circle around it.
Zoomed in, tight on the face and the ⭕ now owns the entire screen.
Only the do you see an ❌ flash over the guys face for 1/2 second.... sudden cut to black.
The ending I've been waiting for.
I believe Clyde escaped, oh my it took him 10 years to plan those, I'm sure, there's another way out.
Apparently they didn't know about the secondary explosive. He planned for this and he won in the end.
He asked if they got his assistant singular, but they didn't know it was actually a plural!
when i saw this ending i wanted the daughters recital to fucking blow up
It was a bomb that was designed to be strong enough to destroy a large courtroom and collapse a similarly sized room above it. And it was set off in a basement cell room, part of that prison should have collapsed.
That definitely should have been the final ending to that movie great movie overall definitely should have made the cut for sure
Ah glad to finally see the real ending, makes the movie actually enjoyable. It was great right up till the cop out end. This should have been the real ending.
I was waiting for him to push enter and then the scene cuts to the Earth being destroyed by an asteroid or something like the nukes scene at the end of Terminator 3 lol
Just finished watching this movie. I was displeased with how this great movie ended.
Then I said to myself, the director must be a black guy. Turned out I was right. That was when I got the message, F. Gary Gray (The Director) is actually a genius telling 2 stories in one movie. The film sees the black man triumphing, even though Fox's character had to be taken down by necessity, whether or not Clyde dies in the movie. (I'm also black) but I got the message. F. Gary Gray intended for the movie to end the way it did, because he knows quite well, the viewers would be displeased, irrespective of Skin color or race. Just as to point out how badly injustice is to the world, no matter what side you're on.
Genius movie I tell you. We are all humans after all. Peace ❤️✌🏾
Perfection.
Originally the Butler was casted for lawyer, but Foxx says that he liked this role more and offer to switch, and Butler agreed.
This movie has no relationship to to skin color.
Also you totally didn't understand the ending, if Clyde keeping killing innocent people is okay to you.
This is how law abiding citizen (2009) should have ended.
When ur dealing with the guy Homeland , cia , fbi call 2 deal with the problems they cant... Just belives his smarter then everyone.
Btw it came out that Jamie foxx evidently made them change the ending so that Clyde loses
Bullshit. Wrong all that was changed was Jamie and Butler changed characters is all.
You sound dumb as fuck. Morgan free man wasn't in the movie this was man made wow
@@charlesdoyle3630 so their characters switched halfway through the film? That would have costs the same forfune. Who's the dumbass now
Charles Doyle RTR!
www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/c3okuy/jamie_foxx_didnt_change_the_ending_to_law_abiding/?
Their roles did change, but it appears it happened prior to shooting because everyone believed it to be a better play. In the age of information, really no need for arguing. Just look it up, gentlemen.
I'll take this ending
I hate that Clyde didn’t make a backup plan to defuse the bomb, they need to add that to the movie.
Apparently the original ending had Clyde winning but test audiences didnt like it. Im just wondering who the fuck was in that test audience group. A bunch of authoritarian fascists who love the bureaucracy of the justice system? What kind of a person sees this movie and says to themselves Nah it would be better if the main character died and the lawyer won.