Death Sentence
| release date | August 31 2007 |
| studio | 20th Century Fox |
| director | James Wan |
| writer | Ian Jeffers |
| starring | Kevin Bacon, Garrett Hedlun, Kelly Preston, John Goodman, Aisha Tyler, Leigh Whannell, Matt O'Leary, Yorgo Constantine, Jordan Garrett |
| rating | R |
| site | deathsentencemovie.com |
| trailer 1 | Trailer #1 |
2 Comments
For some reason we all seem to like the breakdown of a human until he finally takes revenge on the people who killed his family (it’s worth watching).
I’m not going to lie, the first hour bored me. But after that (after the head-shaving scene) the movie picked up to the amazing level I expected from James Wan. It was much bloodier than I expected, and the very ending made me laugh–but I think it was meant to. The “Yeah, so, where do you want it?” scene in the near-end was very well done. Overall, it wasn’t as great as Saw, but it wasn’t bad at all.
“No logic but lots of action, violence, gunfights and gore in this one. There is very little meat on the story-bone and in times where, thanks to TV, everyone is an expert on police procedures the lack of logic is almost appalling. But throw the CSI-knowledge over board and you’re in for a crazy and entertaining ride. Nicely shoot with some great camera movement Wan is shooting stuff to pieces almost like Hong Kong directors did in the early ’90s. No marksmen here, but who cares, this is pure pleasure for the eyes. Kevin Bacon delivers nicely and adds a whole new facet to the dad-on-a-rampage character. There’s even a little “Taxi Driver” in him – and not only because of his gun and hairstyle.
If this is your poison go give Death Sentence a try.” — oak-, imdb.com
Reminds me a bit of the whole revenge thrillers that had people like charles bronson in it, although kevin bacon is a much better more intense and serious actor than bronson, he cant change the fact that the material is nothing that new or different, when you have a revenge movie, something so horrific has to happen to characters you care about to actually feel and understand the revenge even more.
example i felt a better revenge film was the brave one.
this is the second dud that these guys made with dead silence being the other disapointing one.
This film is literally PACKED with incredibly stupid moments, but if you can turn off your brain and promise yourself to only watch this movie once in your lifetime you will find some enjoyment here.
The violence is good and Kevin Bacon does deliver in the role of the typical family-man-turned-vigilante, but other than that this film is pretty awful.
So my advice would be just to focus on those two things and literally ignore everything else (like a WHITE inner-city gang with a token black guy LOL).
i can’t tell you how much i hated this movie. i went it to this movie blind. i was like i want to go to the movie and was like O that is a cul poster. that’s about all it has going for it.
I remember pretty much enjoying this one all the way through
LOVED this movie.
Showed this to alot of my friends and everyone of them enjoyed it aswell~
The middle of the movie (when Lucas and Helen are killed) is the best part of the movie,major plot twist and you think it’s other until Nicolas ends up hospitalized. everything just gets better from that point. Good plot and great choice in actors.
The only few downfalls of the movie is:
Unessacery Cussing – cussing in movies is fine with me,but when you over do it…it gets a bit annoying. But hey,it had gangsters in the movie,so it had a light excuse for some of it.
Crying scene – The character does a really dumb on crying in one part,not gonna lie.
A little too overexaggerated on some bloody scenes – A few parts here the blood is exaggerated,especially the shot were someone gets shot with a shot gun,I know shotguns are extremley powerful but it’s a bit much to just fly across a room.
But in all I give it a ten,just because I never got tired of seeing this movie even after watching it 12 times in a row.
Not a horror movie, but a solid action film. Bacon did a great job, and so did James Wan.
You thought TAKEN was great??
Wait till you see this.
I love James Wan….
Really great movie Kevin Bacon and Kelly Preston were really good. All the action sequences are awesome and really bloody. I love this movie.
Death Sentence is one of the best thriller revenge movies I have ever seen in my entire life. It’s a powerful, sad story, with loads of gory action mixed in. This has to be Kevin Bacons best movie since Hollow Man. The acting is amazing, with some wonderful, powerful as hell performances from the cast. James Wan (director of Saw) also did a great job, with a few referances to Saw its self. Death Sentence is a wonderful, action thriller, with gory action, wonderful acting and a great story, that will make any action fan enjoy themselves. A must see!
10/10
Didn’t I see this movie before? Of wait I did but back then they were calling it Death Wish.
Great Movie . i think james wan is awesome .
It was ok……
Not really a horror film but none the less I enjoyed it quite a bit.
This movie (as has been stated already) is NOT by any means a horror film and its only marginally a thriller purely because of violent shoot-outs. Its on this site because its from the creators of Saw (or as I call it “The New Friday the 13th Franchise Whore”).
To the point now!
Vigilante movie, GOOD vigilante movies, are few and far between. Why? Because more often than not the creators ultimately betray the core motivation of vigilante justice by cowardly taking the “moral” way out (please see Law Abiding Citizen for reference). Dead Silence didn’t fall into that rut, however, it dodged one pit only to fall into another.
This film was, to me, a series of intense build-ups to what I had hoped would be violent outcomes. What resulted was continual anticlimax. Every time Kevin Bacon began working towards taking his justice, someone (typical the bitchy cop) would harp on him for it, as though the film makers were reprimanding the viewer for going along with the idea via said lecturer. Ultimately, all I got was one let down after another of an overly weak protagonist seeking revenge on very hollow, cliche villains who’s faces I forgot 5min after finishing the film.
Do yourself a favor, want vigilante justice flicks? Watch any of these: The Punisher (1989), Punisher Warzone (2008), The Dirty Harry series or Death Wish.
Excellent movie.
Very, very good.
good
I found this movie to be very good. From the get go James Wan had this movie by the neck knowing every move he would make before hand. Kevin Bacon delievers a stellar preformance and makes you feel for his character. Supporting cast was good and believable for the most part. To sum it all up this movie is something that you should see at least once!
Great revenge film.
I fucking love this movie, almost as much as I fucking LOVE Kevin Bacon. Awesome revenge story.
pretty dope. definitely a solid friday night revenge flick
6.9 out of 10
I really enjoyed this a lot (partly because I love Kevin Bacon and think he is a criminally underrated actor). A couple odd stylistic choices with the plot and music held it back a bit… but overall this was a great revenge flick and a really good time.
A very violent and intense revenge movie. Gripping, and dark. It’s not fantastic, but it’s good enough to watch.