Kevin Bacon, Aisha Tyler, Garrett Hedlund
Nick Hume (Kevin Bacon) 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 ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 8, 2008
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May 5, 2009"I'm coming for the rest of your family. You just bought them a death sentence, motherfucker."
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As straightforward pulp revengers go, Death Sentence is disposable but satisfying. Considering the contemporary standard for its genre, you could do far worse than J -
April 6, 2009This is a good flick, it draws you in and makes you really get behind Bacon. You want him to find the gang members and kill them, in a world today where everything is PC and people get away with crimes, this is what most would do and I agree. Its hard hitting, violent and makes y...( read more)
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January 13, 2009The only redeeming quality about this movie, for me, is that it was filmed in my hometown of Columbia, SC. It was nice to connect with the sights... but this movie was complete garbage. The beginning reeled you in, then the movie becomes blatantly absurd and unrealistic. You h...( read more)
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December 11, 2008A film that tries far too hard to be deep despite it's basic malevolent content. It tries to make us see the revenge aspect from all sides, but unfortuately fails where a film such as Sympathy For Mr Vengeance succeeded. It starts off pretty good with Kevin Bacon playing the "eve...( read more)
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November 27, 2008When a family falls victim to a vicious attack perpetrated as a gang initiation ritual, the vengeful father, Nick Hume, vows to track down each person involved in the crime. A sympathetic homicide detective questions her pledge to assist Hume after suspecting that he may have tur...( read more)
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November 17, 2009Solid drama-thriller, about a corporate executive (Kevin Bacon), who after the cold-blooded murder of his son, goes on a personal vendetta against the assailants behind the horrific deed. As you may have guessed by now, the story doesn't hold much originality, but it's an excitin...( read more)
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November 13, 2009This movie is amazing; it's a MUST SEE!!! I've been crying practically throughout the entire movie. I think This is a Mans movie more than women; women wouldn't get it as much. The soundtrack throughout the whole movie was perfect.
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October 29, 2009The Brave One sucked compared to this movie.This movie had everything The Brave One didnt
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October 22, 2009Standard straight-to-dvd (I assume), revenge thriller. Was okay till about halfway through when Kevin Bacon turns into a macho tough guy, then just loses all credibility and gets boring as well.
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Critic Reviews
August 31, 2007
Claudia Puig, USA Today
August 31, 2007
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
There is a courtroom scene of true surprise and suspense, and some other effective moments, but basically this is a movie about a lot of people shooting at each other. full review
August 31, 2007
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
From the perfect family home movies that open the film, to its unconvincing 'urban' settings, Death Sentence is one-dimensional, cliched. full review
August 30, 2007
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Death Sentence takes the pulp revenge thriller to the edge. And then falls off. full review
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September 5, 2008Edge of my SEAT, eye for an eye thriller, loved every minute of it. Also a real tear jerker, loved this movie! It was very good. Get Popcorn ready, Kevin Bacon is Under-Rated, Enjoy ;-)
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November 2, 2007Simple and happy family but suddenly one night man of the house sees his son is killed by dacoit gang in store while he was filling gas in car he sees one of the killers the killer is caught but he refuses to recognize him he takes revenge himself but gang kills his whole family now the time is started he has to kill each member of the gang. Good movie
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September 2, 2007I just saw this movie it was awsome action revenge triller the cast was ok kevin bacon was great where has he been make more like murder in the first this is an awsome movir that is worth the time itcould have been better actors but the story was tragic and touching s enjoy!!
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September 2, 2007Overlong...... boring there was great danger I was gonna fall asleep and be locked in the movie theatre for the night.... sorry a real shambles in my view.
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September 2, 2007i saw this movie last night. I thought the dialogue was bad. It dragged so slow at parts. I would not recommend this to anyone. Where were the police in many of the scenes??? lol....Ms. Tyler was not believeable at all as a cop.
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September 1, 2007omg i thought from it trailer, this movie looked rather typical blah blah blah
but it turned out so enthralling and exciting.
plus i'm loving the little nods and team stuff.. eg:
'Stygian Street'is the name of an early short film by James Wan (the director) and a street in 'Saw' (directed by Wan- duh)
and the graffiti image of Saw's Billy Puppet in the background - nice touch
Charlie Clouser doing the music again
lots of lovely lil tings and a good story
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August 10, 2007I just hope that it's rated 15 here in the UK so i can go see it at cinemas. I doubt that will happen though looking at what it's rated in the US.
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