Review of Death Sentence (2007) by Iamnotlying — 14 Sep 2015
I actually don't understand why this movie get so negative critic. The movie stars Kevin Bacon as Nick Hume, a business man with a family that he cares about. One day, his oldest son gets killed by a gang member who proves that he is in the gang.
The killer walks free (Nick doesn't like that the killer gets a mild sentence, so he don't "recognize" him in court). Nick decides then to kill his oldest son killer. Now he is haunted by the gang.
Nick must now protect his family, but to what cost? This movie proves that you can't just be an anti-hero that kills all the bad guys just to rescue/avenge one of your family members and then escape unclean.
This movie is depressing and have almost no comedy. The only thing that doesn't fit in the movie is that they parody (?) Taxi Drivers last scene where De Niro shoots everybody. A great scene, but too out of context (it works in Taxi Driver).
This is definitely one of the best movies I've seen (I'm a big movie lover so that says a lot).
This review of Death Sentence (2007) was written by Iamnotlying on 14 Sep 2015.
Death Sentence has generally received positive reviews.
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