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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 | $10 million[1] |
Box office | $17 million[2] |
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.
Death Sentence was released by 20th Century Fox on August 31, 2007, and was released on DVD on January 8, 2008. It earned over $16 million and received negative reviews from critics.