Death Sentence (2007)

Posted : 11 months, 2 weeks ago at Dec 13 3:28

"I'm coming for the rest of your family. You just bought them a death sentence, motherfucker." As straightforward pulp revengers go, Death Sentence is disposable but satisfying. Considering the contemporary standard for its genre, you could do far worse than James Wan's flashy shoot-'em-up vigilante actioner. Certainly, Death Sentence is a dumb and derivative action flick that confusingly switches genres mid-stream. It's also pretentious, unrealistic, implausible, infantile, and it aspires to be taken far too seriously. Nevertheless, director Wan deserves credit for dressing up this knockoff of Death Wish with honest-to-goodness visual flair. Perhaps James Wan is most commonly recognised for initiating the Saw franchise back in 2004. The young, inexperienced director offered a deft h...Read more

Posted : 1 year, 2 months ago at Sep 6 21:06

''The equation. Sometimes it's... just chaos. That's all there is.'' Nick Hume is a mild-mannered executive with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses something that changes him forever. Transformed by grief, Hume eventually comes to the disturbing conclusion that no length is too great when protecting his family. Kevin Bacon: Nick Hume SAW Director James Wan has yet again made another successful film, only this time he focus's on an action perspective rather than a horror selection. The story revolves around the life of Nick Hume (Kevin Bacon), a respectable father and husband whose life gets turned around when a vicious gang brutally murders his son at a gas station. Now Nick decides to take justice into his own hands, no matter what the consequences. I re...Read more

Rating : 8/10

Posted : 1 year, 8 months ago at Mar 15 10:05

If you've seen one revenge movie, you've pretty much seen them all. You won't find anything really different in this film so it's all a matter of whether you like the casting for it. There's lots of running though...

Rating : 5/10

Posted : 2 years, 2 months ago at Sep 16 3:51

This movie was very predictable and not very realistic. It is a "wantabe" Death Wish. It tries but doesn't really come that close to the one that started it all. Kevin Bacon's character is a nice guy that tries to turn evil with revenge. I didn't think he pulled the change off very well. The character didn't really fit the part very well. One bright spot in the movie was John Goodman. His character was fun to watch. Too bad he only had three short scenes in the movie.
This is one that would be better off to wait and watch when it comes out on cable.

Rating : 4/10