Death Sentence (2007)

Pros: Lots of action and violence
Cons: Too gory for some

Death Sentence is a brutal new revenge movie starring Kevin Bacon as a father who goes on a vigilante rampage after the gang members who murder his son get away with the crime. It is based on the novel by Death Wish author Brian Garfield, ...

Pros: Kevin Bacon, John Goodman, some action sequences
Cons: So far fetched, script, too many digital shots, music

Death Sentence tells the story of a risk assessment manager family man who has high hopes for his soon-to-be-professional hockey player son, but on the way home from a game, simple stop at a gas station leads to his son being knifed down in an ...

Pros: Some nifty action sequences, decent performances, great soundtrack
Cons: Pushes the believability boundary by a mile...or two...Three?

I thoroughly enjoyed SAW 1, directed by James Wan, possibly contributing to my choice of viewing Death Sentence, also made by the same individual. While walking out of the theater, I had mixed thoughts. Executive Nick Hume ...

Pros: Bacon, Hedlund, Goodman, well paced, Clouser's musical score, action-packed
Cons: some spots of questionable credibility, some underdeveloped characters, may be too violent for some

James Wan's (Saw, Dead Silence) full potential as a director may have yet to be realized by some movie-goers. Many will clearly remember him (& possibly define his career) for his 2004 psychologically twisted milestone Saw. ...

Pros: Kevin Bacon, John Goodman and Aisha Tyler provide stellar performances. Lots of Action.
Cons: The storyline stretches the limits of believability.

I have to admit I really wanted to come out of the theater and be able to say this movie was fantastic. Regrettably, I don’t think I can do that. Death Sentence is adapted for the screen from Brian Garfield’s original novel by Ian Jeffers and is directed ...