2007 · action · crime · drama
Death Sentence
Directed by James Wan1h 45m2007
Nick Hume is a mild-mannered executive with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses something that changes him forever. Transformed by grief, Hume eventually comes to the disturbing conclusion that no length is too great when protecting his family.
Our read: Death Sentence (2007) reads as a heavy, breathless, grounded action · crime · drama entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, breathless, extreme action / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- kinetic
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
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