Set in Chicago

I thought that, too.

Plus the movie's tax breaks were from Quebec and NYC, but NOT from Chicago. They must've just shot some B-roll aerials and maybe some "El" shots there w/o the actors. I think Montreal has its own subway, which they could've used.

I guess Rahm Emanuel would rather hang on to the money than give a tax break to anyone, esp. a movie showing it's simple to buy guns there.

The latter was the biggest fantasy in the movie!

Maybe it was the whole 'murder capital of the USA' thing?

I thought it was an interesting but logical choice for a location. I also liked the idea of Kersey being a surgeon in a hospital who slowly gets sick of the violence he sees constantly pedaling through the E.R., reinforcing his dark thoughts against crime. Certainly the remake had potential with these two aspects but it seemed to miss the mark. In the end I preferred the original movie to the remake..