“Death Sentence,” review by Maitland McDonagh

September 7, 2007 Maitland McDonagh

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Loosely based on the novel Brian Garfield described as “penance” for the bloodthirsty amorality of Michael Winner’s movie version of his Death Wish, this reductive revenge thriller preaches at the same time it panders to base payback fantasies. Read more,

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Maitland McDonagh

Formerly TVGuide.com's senior movies editor/reviewer, Maitland McDonagh now has her own site, Miss FlickChick.com, and freelances for Film Comment, Time Out NY and other publications. She has written four books -- Broken Mirrors Broken Minds: The Dark Dreams of Dario Argento, Filmmaking on the Fringe, The 50 Most Erotic Films of All Time and Movie Lust -- and contributed to many others, including Film Out of Bounds, Fantasy Females, The Last Great American Picture Show and Exile Cinema. Read McDonagh's recent artilces below. For her Women On Film archive, type "Maitland McDonagh" into the Search Box (upper right corner of screen).