Nick is ready for his resignation; however, the irate mayor puts the city on lockdown and promotes Nick to acting District Attorney. Nick learns that Clyde owns an auto garage near the prison. A tunnel leads to a cache of guns, disguises, and other equipment below the solitary confinement cells, with secret entrances to each cell. He realizes that Clyde wanted to be in solitary confinement all along; this allowed him to easily leave the prison without detection and carry out his premeditated murders while misleading the police, who assumed his murders to be accomplices' doing. Evidence points to Clyde's next target, City Hall, where the mayor is holding an emergency meeting. Nick and his men cannot find Clyde, but discover a cell-phone-activated suitcase bomb planted in the room directly below the meeting. Clyde returns to his cell and is surprised to find Nick waiting for him. Clyde suggests another deal, but Nick, having finally come to understand him, says he no longer makes deals with murderers. Nick tries to reason with Clyde, but Clyde activates the suitcase bomb, causing Nick to leave while locking Clyde's cell behind him. Hearing the ringtone of the detonator, Clyde discovers the bomb underneath his bed and realizes too late that Nick had moved the bomb to his cell. Clyde briefly smiles and returns to his bed. He pulls out and looks at his daughter's bracelet as the bomb explodes. The epilogue shows Nick watching his daughter in a musical stage performance, an event which he previously had difficulty finding time to attend. Cast Jamie Foxx as Nicholas "Nick" Rice Gerard Butler as Clyde Shelton Viola Davis as Mayor April Henry Bruce McGill as Jonas Cantrell Leslie Bibb as Sarah Lowell Colm Meaney as Detective Dunnigan Regina Hall as Kelly Rice Michael Kelly as Bray Michael Irby as Detective Garza Roger Bart as Brian Bringham Christian Stolte as Clarence Darby Gregory Itzin as Warden Iger Emerald-Angel Young as Denise Rice Annie Corley as Judge Laura Burch Richard Portnow as Bill Reynolds Josh Stewart as Rupert Ames Development Gerard Butler was initially signed on to play the prosecuting attorney, while Jamie Foxx was the criminal mastermind operating from inside prison, a reversal of their roles in the final version. Frank Darabont was expected to direct the film, but he left production due to creative differences with the producers. Production Filming began in January 17, 2009