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(1 - 21) of 21 OFCS Rating: 43% Rotten Page   1   "Some of the scenes in 'Death Sentence' reminded me of old B-movie Westerns where the bad guys shoot and shoot and shoot yet always miss their targets."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker 3/5 "Death Sentence is a wonderfully tight little thriller, the kind of statement cinema an up and coming filmmaker needs to establish his overall eagerness to achieve."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron F "It turns out Wan is a legitimately atrocious filmmaker, and Sentence is his Exile on Main St. of awful."   eFilmCritic.com   Brian Orndorf 2.5/4 "...the film's schizophrenic nature eventually proves to be its downfall..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 2.5/4 "As entertainment, the film is equally unpleasant and captivating. As a more serious drama, it alternates between heartbreaking and heavy-handed."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman B- "Bacon's performance ensures that even at its most bombastic, the film remains grounded in truth."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 3.5/4 "In 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."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress 3/4 "I really enjoyed what [it] had to offer with takes on morals, war, and the damage violence can do to people in its grasp..."   Cinema Crazed   Felix Vasquez Jr. D "Tawdry and unintentionally hilarious...so ludicrous that it's hard to suppress a guffaw while you watch it."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 2/4 "The result is such a mish-mash of conflicting tones and ideas that it doesn't play well on any level."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 2.5/5 "Even with its overly stylized look and cartoonish bad guys, Death Sentence is not a film that you can easily shake off."   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 3.5/5 "It's a powerful, visceral revenge flick, and Kevin Bacon does a fine acting job bringing the vigilante to life."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr 1/4 "This reductive revenge thriller preaches at the same time it panders to base payback fantasies."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 2.5/4 "There's an inherent disconnect with the material."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik " Why does it think it's serious drama when it's actually something closer to a parody of Charles Bronson movies?"   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3/5 "What begins as a family drama centered around the tragic loss of their son, somehow manages to turn into an over-the-top action extravaganza."   Film Threat   Michael Ferraro 3/5 "While it is a sleazy and decidedly amoral revenge tale, it is an uncommonly well-made and fairly effective take on the genre."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 2/5 "Goofy overstatement, improbable plotting and an overwrought finale."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 2.5/4 "With Death Sentence, James Wan continues to beat us over the head, though this time he has the decency to do so with some semblance of human emotion."   Slant Magazine   Rob Humanick 3.5/5 "The lesser moments still work because of Bacon's commitment to the part, and the better components are a firm indication that James Wan is improving with each successive film."   Cinematical   Scott Weinberg 1 "Exploitive and overwrought with extreme violence - one of the worst movies so far this year."   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger  (1 - 21) of 21 OFCS Rating: 43% Rotten Page   1