2008 Woodie Awards
"Death Sentence" Solid
Movie Review
By Konrad Klett
9/17/07 - Lifestyle
Death Sentence is not a film for the faint of heart. This movie is intense! It makes a movie like Boondock Saints seem rather mild in comparison. Do not infer from that last statement that this is some sort of "slasher" movie, despite the fact that it shares its director with Saw. The movie starts slowly, building the characters (good ones) and the background. It is essentially a well-written urban revenge movie. This film is so dark it should not come as a surprise that the writer was also responsible for Death Wish. For those who think Star Wars is violent, do not even bother watching this. For those who like Disney movies, you might like it, but this definitely not the "Disney treatment." As I said before, it is dark, but not for the sake of being dark.
It also does not have the traditional Hollywood treatment. Technically, this is an independent film, coming from Hyde Park. Despite this, there are a number of well known Hollywood actors in it. Kevin Bacon gave possibly his best movie performance ever, portraying a very human, yet incredible character. John Goodman was the other big actor. Although he played a smaller role, it was fantastic! He truly deserves the term "original gangster" for this performance. The rest of the cast did a remarkably convincing job as well, but not as noteworthy as the two previously mentioned. Story wise, it is solid. There is very little predictable BS in it. Fortunately you can expect twists in the plot, but it is not hard to analyze like Mission Impossible or Memento.
My advice is to see this as soon as you can in theaters so it will scare you a little more, unless you dislike that sort of thing. Otherwise go see it after someone dumps you or gives you a bad grade. You will feel better.
It also does not have the traditional Hollywood treatment. Technically, this is an independent film, coming from Hyde Park. Despite this, there are a number of well known Hollywood actors in it. Kevin Bacon gave possibly his best movie performance ever, portraying a very human, yet incredible character. John Goodman was the other big actor. Although he played a smaller role, it was fantastic! He truly deserves the term "original gangster" for this performance. The rest of the cast did a remarkably convincing job as well, but not as noteworthy as the two previously mentioned. Story wise, it is solid. There is very little predictable BS in it. Fortunately you can expect twists in the plot, but it is not hard to analyze like Mission Impossible or Memento.
My advice is to see this as soon as you can in theaters so it will scare you a little more, unless you dislike that sort of thing. Otherwise go see it after someone dumps you or gives you a bad grade. You will feel better.
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