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- Release date: August 31, 2007
- Director: James Wan
- Screenwriter: Ian Mackenzie Jeffers
- Producers: Ashok Amritraj, Howard Baldwin
- Distributor: 20th Century Fox
- MPAA rating: R
- Run time: 110 min
- Based on novel Death Sentence by Brian Garfield
- Novel was sequel to Death Wish, made into a film in 1974 starring Charles Bronson
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Plot Summary
The story follows Nick Hume, who has a great family and successful career. One night he witnesses the murder of his son during what appears to be a gas station robbery. After further investigation, he discovers his son's death was actually part of a gang initiation ritual. Nick commits himself to killing the people responsible for his son's death and protecting his family from further harm.Cast Information
- Kevin Bacon: Nick Hume
- Garret Hedlund: Billy Darley
- Kelly Preston: Helen Hume
- John Goodman: Bones Darley
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Death Sentence Questions
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Do you believe New Hampshire will ever impose the death sentence on Michael Addison? Should they? 2 AnswersWithout commenting on this particular case, let me say that I support the death penalty. The reason for this is that I don't believe that there is an afterlive... read more -
Do you think that the sentences given to Lamar Roberts and Heather Maria Trujillo were fair? 2 AnswersIt's tough, 36 years is a long time to serve for a mistake you made when you were 17...but it's not like they were playing around and one of them accidentally k... read more -
Is there life after death? 8 AnswersImmediately? No. Superstition and popular beliefs aside, there's nothing to indicate otherwise. Without going into all the reasons for how assured I am of my an... read more -
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Death Sentence Reviews
- With an 11% freshness rating at Rotten Tomatoes, the consensus isn't promising for this gritty, violence film. Roger Ebert, however, awarded the film 3 and a half stars in his review below.
- RogerEbert.com: Death Sentence Review (August 31, 2007)
- Rotten Tomatoes: Death Sentence Reviews
- The New York Times: Death Sentence Review (August 30, 2007)
- WashingtonPost.com: "In Death Sentence, No Method to Dad's Madness" (August 31, 2007)
- Baltimore Sun: "Bacon's Death Sentence is a bloody mess" (August 31, 2007)
- The A.V. Club: Death Sentence Review (August 30, 2007)
- IMDb: Death Sentence External Reviews
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Death Sentence News and Articles
- The cast includes famous faces Kevin Bacon, John Goodman and Kelly Preston, in addition to upcoming stars like Troy veteran Garrett Hedlund (playing his first villain) and former Talk Soup host Aisha Tyler.
- Philly.com: "In Death, Hedlund's left his Lohan days behind" (August 31, 2007)
- Premiere.com: Death Sentence Punctuated by Grit, Reality (August 30, 2007)
- OCRegister.com: "Kevin Bacon is a man of action" (August 30, 2007)
- Variety: "Opening Death Sentence" (August 29, 2007)
- Rotten Tomatoes: RT Interviews Death Sentence Director James Wan (August 27, 2007)
- ComingSoon.net: James Wan's Death Sentence (August 27, 2007)
- SFGate.com: "Kevin Bacon plays vigilante in Death Sentence" (August 26, 2007)
- CanMag: Kevin Bacon Has a Death Sentence (August 14, 2007)
- Google News: Death Sentence Articles




