Oscar nominee Viola Davis has joined Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler in the psychological thriller Law Abiding Citizen.

F. Gary Gray is directing the film that started shooting January 21 in Philadelphia.

The story centers on a man who, 10 years after his wife and daughter are brutally murdered, returns to correct justice from the assistant district attorney who prosecuted the case against their killers.

Bruce McGill, Leslie Bibb, Colm Meaney and Regina Hall have also joined the cast.

The film should see a domestic release 2010.