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List Price: $29.99 Our Price: $15.49 You Save: $14.5 Features • AC-3 • Color • Dolby • Dubbed • DVD-Video • Subtitled • Widescreen • NTSC In Theaters : 31 August, 2007 DVD Release : 08 January, 2008 |
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Death Sentence (Unrated Edition) description James Wan (Saw) brings the ultra-violence to this gritty story of a suburban father (Kevin Bacon) who discovers the consequences of revenge after his son is murdered. The perpetrators of this senseless killing are a multi-ethnic (and highly visible) gang of drug dealers and cutthroats led by the psychotic Billy Darley (Garrett Hedlund); when the case is thrown out on a technicality, Bacon takes a page from Charles Bronson's book (no surprise, as this is based on author Brian Garfield's 1975 follow-up to Death Wish) and pursues a vigilante course to avenge his boy. Things do not go according to Bacon's plan, which cues a series of frantic and well-executed action set pieces, most notably a parking structure chase that unfolds in a nearly unbroken take. Death Sentence breaks no new ground in the action-thriller department, and its characters and dialogue are nearly indistinguishable from any violent crime movie of the last few decades (in its weakest moments, it resembles grindhouse fare like The Exterminator); however, Bacon is excellent (as always) as the mild-mannered architect who discovers his inner killer the hard way, and Wan's knack for screen mayhem and unsettling atmosphere are well used here. The DVD includes both the theatrical version and an unrated cut (which offers 10 additional minutes), as well as two making-of featurettes that originally aired on the Fox Movie Channel, and several webisodes that focus on director Wan, his cast, and the film's elaborate stunts and fight scenes. -- Paul Gaita Beyond Death Sentence
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | Good but not Great |
| I managed to watch this movie with no pre-conceived ideas about it, I hadn't even heard about it until my Husband brought it home from Blockbuster. The only thing he could tell me about it was "It has that Kevin Bacon guy" in it. Several other people on here have given long and involved plot synopsis, so I won't go there. Instead I'll give you this: Kevin Bacon has what appears to be the perfect family until his oldest son is killed by a gang member for initiation, his search for justice leads him down the road to revenge.
The Good: -The acting is quite good in this movie, other than John Goodman who is a bit over the top. -Once the blood starts flowing, there is a fairly good amount of it -Pretty good action scenes -The ending, though predictable, was pretty good. The Bad: -Glaring plot holes -Once again the police are portrayed as completely retarded. -Gangs are rarely such a nice cross-section of demographics, and they most certainly are not capable of being SO disorganized and then suddenly so completely militarily organized from scene to scene. These guys came across as a high school wanna-be gang who MIGHT be capable of pawning off some weed on middle school kids, but then suddenly they are armed to the teeth, able to overtake police officers, evade security systems, and run a high level drug making facility. Huh? -Shaving Kevin Bacon's head makes him into Charles Bronson... -What a waste of John Goodman in a part that should have been more well scripted. -The tender moments that should have brought a tear to your eye, didn't. Because you are busy trying to figure out why the police haven't figured out what's going on yet... and how they managed to build a parking garage so far out of building code, or where the scenes must have been that explained the abandoned mental hospital, or why someone is able to carry a crazy looking package into a business building, make death threats and be out on the street that evening. On the whole, if you are looking for mindless entertainment and don't have any problems with plot holes, you can probably enjoy this film. The premise was strong enough, the script just needed a few more re-writes to fill in the holes that even the beer chugging frat boys can find. 3 of 5 stars, more for potential than actual follow through. |
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