
With his beloved, high school hockey-star son murdered before his eyes as part of a gang initiation rite, the mild-mannered family man and successful insurance executive, Nick Hume, finds himself losing hope in the justice system. As a result, seething with revenge, Nick buys a long, double-barrelled 12-gauge Rossi Overland shotgun, and summons up the courage to start a war with the hardened criminal, Billy Darley, and his gang of street thugs. But, violence begets violence, ... (Full plot summary below)
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With his beloved, high school hockey-star son murdered before his eyes as part of a gang initiation rite, the mild-mannered family man and successful insurance executive, Nick Hume, finds himself losing hope in the justice system. As a result, seething with revenge, Nick buys a long, double-barrelled 12-gauge Rossi Overland shotgun, and summons up the courage to start a war with the hardened criminal, Billy Darley, and his gang of street thugs. But, violence begets violence, and now, there is no turning back. And, one by one, Billy's henchmen are going to pay in blood. Will Nick be able to recognise himself when the bloodletting is over?
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| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe morality of revenge is barely at issue in a movie that pushes the plausibility of revenge right over a cliff. |
| UGOBrian TallericoKevin Bacon gives another stellar performance and there are some powerfully good action scenes but the structure of this Sentence doesn't feel like it was ever well-defined. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertWan's movie is very efficient. Bacon, skilled pro that he is, provides the character the movie needs, just as he has in such radically different films as "Where the Truth Lies," "The Woodsman" and "Mystic River." |
| eFilmCritic.comBrian OrndorfIt turns out Wan is a legitimately atrocious filmmaker, and Sentence is his Exile on Main St. of awful. |
| Reel.comPam GradyDeath Sentence is not exactly a fun time at the movies, but it is riveting. |
| eFilmCritic.comErik ChildressIn the same way that Quentin Tarantino and Kurt Russell elevated Death Proof, James Wan and Kevin Bacon go beyond what would have been satisfactory to crowds craving a good bloodletting. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn JohansonWhy does it think it's serious drama when it's actually something closer to a parody of Charles Bronson movies? |
| www.susangranger.comSusan GrangerExploitive and overwrought with extreme violence - one of the worst movies so far this year. |
| Cinema CrazedFelix Vasquez Jr.I really enjoyed what [it] had to offer with takes on morals, war, and the damage violence can do to people in its grasp... |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt (St. Paul)Even as the film slides into unintentional comedy, it's almost redeemed by John Goodman's demented supporting performance as a mysterious character who, in a better film, would have held the key to everything. |