Release
Date: January 08, 2008 Director: James Wan Starring: Aisha Tyler, Garrett Hedlun, John Goodman, Jordan Garrett,
Kelly Preston, Kevin Bacon, Leigh Whannell, Matt O'Leary, Yorgo Constantine
Genre: Action, Thriller MPAA Rating: R (for strong bloody brutal
violence and pervasive language)
Nick Hume
(Kevin Bacon) is a
loving father 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.
Extras: "Fox Movie
Channel Presents: Making a
Scene," "Fox Movie Channel
Presents: Life After Film
School With Kevin Bacon,"
Webisodes. (Fox).
Movie Spotlight
Death Sentence Release
Date: August 31, 2007 Studio: 20th Century Fox Director: James Wan Screenwriter: Ian Jeffers Starring: Aisha Tyler, Garrett Hedlun, John Goodman, Jordan Garrett,
Kelly Preston, Kevin Bacon, Leigh Whannell, Matt O'Leary, Yorgo Constantine
Genre: Action, Thriller MPAA Rating: R (for strong bloody brutal
violence and pervasive language) Official Website:
DeathSentencemovie.com
Plot Summary: Nick Hume (Kevin Bacon) is a mild-mannered executive
with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses/experiences 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.
EN 5 Second Review:
Reviewers just don't like this kind of movie. It's
better than the reviews would suggest, but still not a great movie.
Watching
this crude vigilante thriller feels more like a life
sentence Frank Scheck: Hollywood Reporter
Crime rates might be dropping nationwide, but you wouldn't
know from the new wave of vigilante-themed films that has
inexplicably begun. Beating the Jodie Foster starrer "The
Brave One" by a couple of weeks, James Wan's "Death
Sentence" demonstrates that first is not necessarily best...more
An
unsatisfying and not-that-smart vigilante thriller that
hints that maybe Wan will be back on the horror-torture
treadmill quicker than he'd like Roger Moore: Orlando Sentinal
even though it is willing to show consequences for taking
the law into one's own hands, even though it has its share
of visceral thrills, it doesn't quite work as vengeance
fantasy and is pretty muddled in its morality...more
Release
Date: August 31, 2007
EN 5 Second Review:
Reviewers just don't like this kind of movie. It's
better than the reviews would suggest, but still not a great movie.
