Bacon, as usual, is very good even when he's slumming, and as a trashy B-movie redo of Death Wish the movie works well enough for a Saturday afternoon with a case of brewskies.
Death Sentence
Protect what's yours.
2007 · 1h 45m · R
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
James Wan
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- James Wan Director
- Kevin Bacon as Nick Hume
- Garrett Hedlund as Billy Darley
- Kelly Preston as Helen Hume
- Jordan Garrett as Lucas Hume
- John Goodman as Bones Darley
- Aisha Tyler as Detective Wallis
- Stuart Lafferty as Brendan Hume
- Matt O'Leary as Joe Darley
- Edi Gathegi as Bodie
- Hector Atreyu Ruiz as Heco
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
This graphically violent film suffers from cursorily developed characters whose primary function is to advance the creaky plot.
The morality of revenge is barely at issue in a movie that pushes the plausibility of revenge right over a cliff.
It's terrible and it's so disappointing because I love Kevin Bacon and I love Aisha [Tyler] and you have good actors here who are trapped.
The result is such a mish-mash of conflicting tones and ideas that it doesn't play well on any level.
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