A gripping cat-and-mouse thriller movie is on TV tonight

Featuring a major Irish star, a sequel to the hit thriller is said to be in the works.

The film stars Gerard Butler (How to Train Your Dragon) as Clyde Shelton, a loving husband and father with a mysterious past, whose wife and daughter are murdered in a home invasion.

He hopes for justice, but a rising prosecutor named Nick Rice (Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx, Ray) cuts a deal with one of the killers in exchange for his testimony.

10 years later, that murderer is found dead, and Shelton coolly admits his guilt.

He then hands Rice an ultimatum: Fix the broken legal system or suffer the consequences.

It turns out Shelton has a plan to assassinate anyone supporting what he sees as a corrupt criminal justice system.

Also featuring Irish actor Colm Meaney (Con Air) and Oscar-winner Viola Davis (Fences), Law Abiding Citizen earned mostly negative reviews from critics, with many taking issue with its increasingly implausible story and over-the-top violence.

That said, the movie was better received by fans, as evidenced by its strong box office performance and high IMDB score of 7.4.

This is undoubtedly thanks to the gripping cat-and-mouse antics between Rice and Shelton, as well as the film's thought-provoking exploration of the moral dilemmas that arise when a justice system fails.

A sequel to the action thriller is also reportedly in the works.

Law Abiding Citizen is airing on TV tonight on Legend at 9pm. It's also currently streaming on Prime Video.

Here are the other movies airing on TV tonight:

LA Confidential - Film4 - 9pm

The incredible, Oscar-winning ’90s movie adaptation of James Ellroy’s dense period crime novel.

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues - RTÉ2 - 9pm

While not quite the comedy classic that its predecessor was, this Will Ferrell-led sequel is very funny.

Dr No - ITV4 - 9pm

The first film in the James Bond series starring Sean Connery.

SAS: Red Notice - Sky Max - 9pm

A 2021 British action-thriller with Andy Serkis, Hannah John-Kamen, Ruby Rose and Sam Heughan.

Beyond Suspicion - Legend Xtra - 9pm

Also known as Bent, this 2018 crime thriller stars Andy Garcia, Karl Urban and Sofía Vergara.

Runner Runner - Legend - 11.10pm

A Princeton grad student (Justin Timberlake) gets taken under the wing of a Costa Rica-based online gambling tycoon (Ben Affleck) with a dark secret in this mid, if also watchable, thriller.

Blacklight - Sky Showcase - 11.20pm

This 2022 action thriller starring Liam Neeson holds a 12% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes, suggesting it might not be worth your time.

No Exit - Film4 - 11.45pm

Havana Rose Liu (Bottoms) stars in this decently received thriller about a young woman who, while stranded by a blizzard and forced to find shelter at a highway rest area with a group of strangers, stumbles upon a kidnapping.

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