Death Sentence Movie Review

‘Death Sentence’ is basically a family movie, with a few action sequence and tragedy. The movie starred Kevin Bacon, Garrett Hedlund, Kelly Preston, Aisha Tyler and many others. The movie directed by James Wan, was released in 2007.

Synopsis

The story revolves round a middle aged executive with a perfect family life. Nick Hume is a loving husband and father of two sons, Brendan and Luke. One night Nick is driving back home with his elder son Brenden, after a hockey match. To get some fuel, Nick stops the car in a gas station. Certainly, the station is being robbed and a punk Joe slits Brendan’s throat with a machete. Nick rushes Brendan to the hospital, where he dies in pool of blood. The vengeful father vows to track down Joe, but Joe manages to flee.
Nick realizes that Joe would get a maximum of three years in jail, for his heinous crime. He forces the police to drop the case, so that he could take revenge all by himself. Nick, one night goes to Joe’s house and stabs him to death. Enraged by the murder of his brother, Billy, Joe’s older brother attacks on Nick. Nick escapes while killing one of Billy’s gang members. Police, aware of all the events, keep protecting Nick.
Suddenly, the gang, led by Billy, enter into Nick’s place, killing the police officers, watching over Nick’s house. The gang shoot Nick, his wife Helen, and his other son Luke. Nick survives, along with Luke, who is in coma, fighting for life. Nick later, collect .357 Magnum revolver, a Colt .45 pistol, and a double barrel shotgun and kills some of the gang members. The next scene shows Nick, coming out of the building, implying that he has gunned down Billy.
Finally, we see Nick, a mournful father reminiscing their golden days. He looks back to the TV, which covers Luke, Helen, Nick and Brendan singing on the couch.