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I saw Death Sentence yesterday...it's one of the best movies I've seen in a long while. The thing that was great about the movie is the story, it's totally relatable...what happened in the movie could actually happen to someone in real life, it made it much more inspiring to keep watching as Kevin Bacon is sort of put in a situation where he has no choice to defend his family and he slowly morphs into a killer to get even with the gang that killed his son.

I really liked the movie and I'd definetly recommend it...if your of age of course, 18A here in Canada goes double for the States...lots of swearing and violence but if your of ago go check it out

Here's the trailer if you haven't heard of it...Link

[Edited by Jackal, 9/12/2007 4:45:33 PM]

I hear it had horrible acting.

Well your dead wrong...the acting was pretty damn solid.

The only thing that you could critizise is Kelly Preston (Bacon's wife) she was a little bland in her acting

Well what i was talking about is Bacon.
The only good acting from him i have seen is Tremors the rest of his movies
But i havent seen it yet.
So ill see for myself.

What the hell are you talking about? Kevin Bacon is a good actor, ever seen Stir of Echoes or Mystic River...I rest my case And if your underage you shouldn't see this...

[Edited by Jackal, 9/12/2007 5:42:06 PM]

Calm down man just my opinion ok.

I'm calm, simply defending Bacon as an actor. All his movies haven't been great but he's still a damn good actor...

Warning, spoilers ahead

Just got back from 'Hitman'. Wow, you talk about mixed feelings. As a diehard fan of the games I didn't really know how I was going to react to the movie and seeing 47 on the big screen...and they really get things going after the first scene, it seemed like the story was moving way too fast but with the direction the movie was taking I guess it worked.

A few things I wish they could of incorperated more into the movie was more complicated hits and disguizes for 47. Afterall 47 is the master of deception but they only had him disguized in a couple of short scenes, plus the hits were fairly basic...not much creativity compared to the games.

And finally there's Timothy Olyphant, the man who played one of the best characters ever created in the video game world, Agent 47. My reaction to Olyphant (just like the movie) was mixed at first, especially with his voice, he really sounds nothing like 47...but in the end I felt he nailed the emotionless character very well. Could a better actor of been found?...maybe, but overall I felt Olyphant paid the classic videogame character great respect with his performance...so the Hitman critics who disliked Olyphant from the beginning are purely wrong and should give Olyphant his props for pulling off the character.

Veterans of the Hitman games will notice a lot of 47's fellow cloned brothers throughout the movie, much like in Codename 47 and somewhat in Silent Assassin. In the end they could easily do another one, or hell even a series but it's really going to depend on the reception of the movie at the box office...so if you're a fan of the Hitman games or a dedicated gamer interested in seeing this, go see Hitman this weekend to support the movie and help with it's success.

All in all a great translation of Agent 47 the video game character to Agent 47 the movie character, not perfect...but still very good. So go see Hitman