100 Words or Less – Death Sentence (2007)

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Title – Death Sentence

Released – 2007

Director – James Wan

Starring – Kevin Bacon, Garrett Hedlund, John Goodman

Review – After his son is viciously murdered in a gang initiation, laid-back risk analyst Nick Hume goes on a violent massacre, starting a war in the process. It might just be the grimmest film ever, tonally and aesthetically. But there is some striking cinematography and imagery. It’s a B-movie and it knows it. The scenes of vengeance are thrilling and make you feel a little dirty for enjoying it so much. There is some top-notch direction from James Wan as well, with a very skilful long take across multiple levels of a parking garage. If you can handle it, it’s exhilarating.

Death Sentence

Reviewed by Jack

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Nearly-30-year-old writer. If I'm not watching a television show or a film, I'm playing a game or have my nose in a book. "I now believed that the lurking fear was no material thing, but a wolf-fanged ghost that rode the midnight lightning." - H.P. Lovecraft, 'The Lurking Fear'.