Kevin Bacon goes on a rampage, and by the time he''s done, a lot more people can claim the Six Degrees of Bacon as true.
Death Sentence is an action-drama that takes a look at the lengths one father goes to after his son is brutally murdered.
Death Sentence stars Bacon as Nick Hume, a loving father and successful businessman who is forced to buy gas at the wrong place at the wrong time. When the gas station is robbed by a bunch of hoodlums, Nick''s son is murdered in the process. With the realization that his son''s killer may only go to prison for a couple of years, Nick, in his desperation, refuses to testify again the young man and instead decides to take matters into his own hands. In a moment of rage, he kills his son''s murderer... but things don''t end there. In retaliation, the gang puts out a death order on Nick, his wife and other son, and an all-out war ensues.
I''ve learned to never estimate Kevin Bacon, but also to never get my hopes too high, either. Death Sentence looks pretty good in the trailers, but opened to icy reviews as it quickly vanished from theaters. Bacon chooses some pretty bad movies, but is always entertaining to watch regardless. He''s pretty good here, even though he doesn''t have much of a character to work with. It''s hard to relate with the guy, one because it''s unlikely you''ve had the same thing happen to you, and two, you question whether someone would snap in the way he does. Once his family is put in jeopardy, you''d think he would confess everything to save them. His rationale doesn''t always make sense, but, then again, maybe that''s the point.