As a father he is touching and as a stone-cold killing machine he is even more convincing." Author Brian Garfield, who wrote the novel the film is loosely based on, said of the film: "While I could have done with a bit less blood-and-thunder, I think it's a stunningly good movie. In the details of its story it's quite different from the novel, but it's a movie, not a novel. In its cinematic way it connects with its audience and it makes the same point the book makes, and those are the things that count." He also liked that, like his novels, but unlike the Death Wish film series, it does not advocate vigilantism. Garfield further explained in an interview: "I think that, except for its ludicrous violence toward the end, the Death Sentence movie does depict its character's decline and the stupidity of vengeful vigilantism," adding, "As a story it made the point I wanted it to make." References External links 2007 films 2007 action thriller films 2007 crime thriller films 2007 crime drama films 2000s gang films 2007 thriller drama films 20th Century Fox films 2000s psychological drama films Hyde Park Entertainment films 2007 action drama films American crime drama films American action thriller films American gang films American thriller drama films Films scored by Charlie Clouser Films about murderers Films about dysfunctional families Films based on American novels Films based on crime novels Films directed by James Wan American neo-noir films American vigilante films American psychological drama films American films about revenge Films based on works by Brian Garfield Death Wish (film series) 2000s vigilante films Films shot in Los Angeles Films shot in South Carolina Films set in South Carolina 2000s English-language films 2000s American films