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Based on the best selling novel by Death Wish creator Brian Garfield, Death Sentence will be available to rent on DVD from Entertainment In Video as from 7th January 2008. It will be released on retail to buy on DVD and Blu-ray on 21st January. Death Sentence features a powerhouse performance from Kevin Bacon whose appearances in films such as Tremors, Hollow Man, The River Wild and Mystic River have earned him a reputation as one of Hollywood’s most talented and respected actors. The cast also includes Garrett Hedlund (Troy, Eragon) Kelly Preston (Jerry Maguire, Twins, Sky High), Aisha Tyler (Friends, Ghost Whisperer) and John Goodman (Roseanne, Monsters Inc, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Evan Almighty). Nick Hume (Kevin Bacon) lives a stable and comfortable life with his beautiful wife, Helen (Kelly Preston), and his two teenage sons, Brendan (Stuart Lafferty) and Lucas (Jordan Garrett). And then one night, Nick’s perfect life comes to a screeching halt. Driving Brendan home from a hockey game, Nick stops at a petrol station. There they get caught up in a robbery which leaves Nick’s beloved son lying dead in a pool of blood. The perpetrator, Joe Darly (Matthew O’Leary), is arrested, but despite assurances from the lead investigator, Detective Wallis (Aisha Tyler), the system ultimately fails the Humes and Joe is put back on the street. Driven by grief and rage, Nick decides to take matters into his own hands by seeking out his son’s killer. The question is just how far is he prepared to go in his quest for revenge?? |
In
one heartbeat, in one terrifying blink of the eye, the unthinkable happens
and a family is altered forever… From James Wan, director of Saw,
comes Death Sentence, a gritty and powerful thriller about one
father’s quest for justice.
