Death Sentence (2007 film)
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Death Sentence is a 2007 American vigilante action thriller film directed by James Wan and starring Kevin Bacon as Nick Hume, a man who takes the law into his own hands after his son is murdered by a gang member as an initiation ritual; Hume must then protect his family from the gang's resulting vengeance. The film is loosely based on the 1975 novel of the same name by Brian Garfield; although the novel is a sequel to Garfield's Death Wish, the film is unconnected to the previous Death Wish film series.
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Directed by | James Wan |
Screenplay by | Ian Mackenzie Jeffers |
Based on | Death Sentence by Brian Garfield |
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Cinematography | John R. Leonetti |
Edited by | Michael N. Knue |
Music by | Charlie Clouser |
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Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $20 million[1] |
Box office | $17 million[2] |
Death Sentence was released by 20th Century Fox on August 31, 2007, and was released on DVD on January 8, 2008. It was a box-office bomb earning $16 million against a $20 million budget, and received negative reviews from critics, who criticized the graphic violence and plot.