At one point, though I'm not sure exactly when, Kevin Bacon was an A-List bankable star. Not sure when that star lost it's shine, but he hasn't carried a movie as a star in a long ass time. By checking IMDB it looks like the last hit he had as a star was "He Said, She Said" from 1991. Yes, it's been that long. He's been in other hits in supporting roles and that's where he now belongs. He was excellent in "A Few Good Men" which is one of my favorites. He nailed that part. Now he needs to play his bit parts and fade away. Why do I say that? Because he robbed me of 90 minutes tonight. I was paging through the movie channels before doing something more constructive and I landed on a movie from 2007 called "Death Sentence". Bacon stars and flops.....BIG-time. I picked it up 25 minutes in and after watching 5 minutes I couldn't stop watching.......because it was that bad. Oh my God does this movie suck. I mean, of all the movies that suck, this one is one of the suckiest. I watched "I Know Who Killed Me" or something with Lindsey Lohan recently and I thought a movie couldn't get much worse than that. Well, check this one out. The other weird thing going on is that Kevin is turning into Chris Cooper right before our eyes! Cooper is one of the best character actors you can hire right now. He's tremendous in any role you put him in. Go check out his credits. I've been a fan of his since 1999's "American Beauty". John Malkovich could have starred in this turd and it would have been a turd. Bacon's acting skills are now the equivalent of a 3rd grader playing a cloud in a school play. It's sad. I'll never be able to watch "Diner" again.
