Wan'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."Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Jan Stuart
While there is the requisite amount of shorn limbs and splashing blood one might expect from the director of "Saw," Wan should be saluted for putting the coup de grâce off-screen.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
Death Sentence, directed by "Saw" co-creator James Wan, swings the pendulum too far. One day Nick is a mild-mannered nerd who spends his days making (and loving) risk assessments for his company; the next, he's Travis Bickle from 1976's "Taxi Driver."Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Steven Rea
Death Sentence's message - that vengeance is ultimately futile, spinning out a vicious circle of rage and hate - may be commendable, but there's nothing noteworthy about the way Wan, Bacon and their troops go about delivering it.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Meredith Goldstein
The cynics will slap their foreheads, the squeamish will cover their eyes, but the revenge movie fanatics should be nice and satisfied after the whole ordeal.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Matt Zoller Seitz
Aside from a stunning three-minute tracking shot as the gang pursues Nick through a parking garage, and Mr. Bacon’s hauntingly pale, dark-eyed visage, Mr. Wan’s film is a tedious, pandering time-waster.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
The morality of revenge is barely at issue in a movie that pushes the plausibility of revenge right over a cliff.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Claudia Puig
This film is so superficial and shifts so jarringly in tone that nothing feels authentic -- not Bacon's hard-working husband and father, nor his maniacal vengeance seeker.Read Full Review »
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