Rating: R
Genre:
Crime
Theatrical Release: 08/31/2007(USA)
Release Date: 01/08/2008
SubTitles: English/Espanol/French
Dubbed: English/Espanol
Sound: DS/DD5.1
Run Time: 111 Minutes
Flags: Graphic Violence, Adult Situations, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
Part vigilante
drama and part
psychological thriller, the
James Wan-directed
Death Sentence stars
Kevin Bacon as
Nick Hume, a deceptively passive exec whose wife and children are attacked in a sadistic, gang-related hazing rite, and his oldest son killed. Hell-bent on cold-blooded vengeance,
Hume pulls a
Bronson by tagging each of the perpetrators, then tracking down and rubbing out each one, with the help of formidable, blue-steel artillery.
Aisha Tyler co-stars as the homicide detective who first agrees to assist
Hume in his mission, then begins to edge up to the conclusion that the unstable father himself might be responsible for the nasty crimes against his family.
Kelly Preston co-stars as
Bacon's wife,
Helen Hume; the cast also features
John Goodman (
The Big Lebowski),
Leigh Whannell (
Saw), and
Matt O'Leary.
Ian Jeffers loosely adapted
Brian Garfield's popular 1975 novel.
~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide