Unease in the Air and the Revenge on the Screen
di David M. Halbfinger The New York Times
EVERYBODY thinks they're right in a war," Aisha Tyler's police detective warns Kevin Bacon's insurance man turned vigilante in "Death Sentence," a blood-spattering, stylized new revenge thriller from 20th Century Fox. "But everybody dies in the end."
It's a line full of meaning for Mr. Bacon's character, who witnessed his son's brutal murder and now is intent on wiping out the urban gang that did it.
But its allusion to warfare may also be a clue - subtle as a shotgun blast to the face - as to why revenge movies are making a comeback this season, as politics bleeds over into another film genre. [...]
di David M. Halbfinger, articolo completo (8811 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 26 Agosto 2007
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