Death Sentence (2007) 3/10

Death Sentence is the first feature directed by James Wan since his breakthrough hit debut SAW, a better title would have been SUCK.

Death Sentence starring Kevin Bacon is about a man whose son is killed by a vicious gang so he decides to seek vengence. This of course brings the whole gang down on him creating a total war between one man and a gang of brutes.

So the premise isn't new but honestly I didn't care. I really enjoyed saw and I like Kevin Bacon so I had hopes that this would at least be entertaining. My hopes were killed almost immediatly. I knew this film wouldn't be high art. I was expecting action packed crap. All I really got was crap.

The problem? Well the action is pretty decent, there just isn't much of it. Theres unnessecary expository dialogue and screen time devoted to unimportant characters, namely John Goodman who plays a crime boss and gun dealer. The acting is terrible, esecially from the gang members and too much time is devoted to them. I just wanted to fast forward through their inane dialogue and skip to the action. The gang members themselves are an unbelievable movie stereotype as well. They drive souped up muscle cars and all have tribal tattoos and hang out in shitty bars. No real criminal activity is shown, just them plotting to kill Kevin Bacon. BORRRRING.

This one runs at just shy of 2 hours and should have only been 90 at the absolute max. A more restricted narrative would have been much more enjoyable here. AVOID AT ALL COST.

Overall - 3/10