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Death Sentence

2007

James Wan

Kevin Bacon, Garrett Hedlund, Kelly Preston, Jordan Garrett ...

5.5

7,383

Thriller. Drama Nick Hume 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 disturbing conclusion that no length is too great when protecting his family.

	Media	Author	Review
		Matt Zoller Seitz The New York Times	"A tedious, pandering time-waster"
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"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 (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Meredith Goldstein Boston Globe	"The cynics will slap their foreheads, the squeamish will cover their eyes, but the revenge movie fanatics should be nice and satisfied after the whole ordeal (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Joshua Katzman Chicago Reader	"[It] suffers from cursorily developed characters whose primary function is to advance the creaky plot"
		Rob Humanick Slant	"A surprisingly sturdy and effective genre picture, the film has style and energy to spare, but ultimately fails in rectifying its own central conflicts (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Scott Tobias AV Club	"Wan often lets his guileless enthusiasm get the better of him (...) It's certainly never boring"

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