An average movie

After booking some major success with 'Saw', it took about 3 years for James Wan to follow up with another flick and I was really intrigued about the damned thing. Eventually, it turned out to be a rather standard vigilante movie and, not surprisingly, an adaptation of the book called 'Death Sentence' which was a sequel to the book called 'Death Wish' which was adapted in the most famous vigilante movie ever made starring Charles Bronson. However, it seems that these movies didn't have much to do with the books, except that they were dealing with an average guy deciding to avenge his family. Anyway, I thought the whole thing was rather well made, very violent, with some decent performances by Kevin Bacon, Garrett Hedlund and John Goodman. The main issue I had was that the movie never really knew where it should stand. I mean, from time to time, they would give us some family drama scenes explaining how violence is wrong and all, but then before and after that, they would give some adrenaline fuelled scene with some catchy songs when the main character goes completely badass killing a whole bunch of bad guys. So, I though it was rather uneven and sometimes, actually rather depressing to watch. Still, it was a well made and entertaining flick and it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.