violent but cool revenge thriller!

I really liked this movie all based on the revenge of a father. Kevin Bacon turned in quite an impressive performance and his last scene of retribution on the gang was amazing. I just love one of the last scenes between him and the head of the...
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I really liked this movie all based on the revenge of a father. Kevin Bacon turned in quite an impressive performance and his last scene of retribution on the gang was amazing. I just love one of the last scenes between him and the head of the gang. Kevin Bacon takes out a gun and looks to the bad guy and says "Are you ready?"....very good script.

A great movie but not a ''Kevin Bacon masterpiece''. The movie is well acted, greatly produced and edited but it still could have been much more. The script lack a little depth but it remains light years ahead of Jodie Foster's The Brave One....
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A great movie but not a ''Kevin Bacon masterpiece''. The movie is well acted, greatly produced and edited but it still could have been much more. The script lack a little depth but it remains light years ahead of Jodie Foster's The Brave One. Worth watching.

Did 'The Brave One' not quite do it for you as a revenge flick? Then try 'Death Sentence'. Kevin Bacon plays Nick Hume, a family man with a wife and two teenage sons. His life seems pretty damn good until one horrible night one of his sons is...
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Did 'The Brave One' not quite do it for you as a revenge flick? Then try 'Death Sentence'. Kevin Bacon plays Nick Hume, a family man with a wife and two teenage sons. His life seems pretty damn good until one horrible night one of his sons is killed in front of him at a gas station as part of a gang member's initiation: kill a civilian.
Realising his son's killer will be let off with a light sentence he decides drastic measures are required. What he doesn't bank on is the rest of the gang coming after him and he's forced with transforming himself into something completely unrecognisable, a violent killer. Hume is not a man with a violent past and is often clumsy with his new guns and isn't too great in a brawl but manages to survive with raw determination. You never forget that he's just a civilian rather than a fully trained Navy Seal or hardened gang member. He also struggles with keeping the attentions of a detective and his family at bay while trying not to lose his mind. He doesn't need to narrate his feelings to the audience as all is laid bare in his performance.
The transformation from his character at the start and the end is frightening, not just visually (he looks like Nosferatu at one point), as he gives up everything to get his revenge. If you thought De Niro lost it at the end of 'Taxi Driver' you should see Bacon here.
Also worth a mention is the role John Goodman plays as an underground gun dealer. Quite possibly the darkest, meanest character he's ever played.
So all in all there are some great performances here from Bacon and Goodman in one of the harshest revenge movies you'll ever see, with a story that's not afraid to show someone struggle with right and wrong and the concept of justifiable violence.