Review of Death Sentence (2007) by Deviancy — 11 Apr 2016

While on the surface the film may appear to be a typical revenge flick, like the author of the novel it is loosely based on, it actually shows how revenge doesn't work out. Nick isn't an unlikable guy, he's a devoted father and a great husband but the loss of his eldest son just causes him to lose it and overlook the safety of his wife and remaining son and seek revenge and that's when things get interesting because it plays into the whole an eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind, There are some corny scenes, most of them involve John Goodman. Having him play the abusive father was fine but having him sell the guns to the man who killed his youngest and admitted he'd kill the eldest, it was a bit silly.

But what was truly silly are those who saw the film then complained about the violence when it was made perfectly clear before the film was even out that the director was the same one who directed Saw. Its like seeing a Romero film and then being bothered that there are zombies in it.