Game of Thrones helmer Neil Marshall is set to direct EuropaCorp’s upcoming revenge drama The Sentence. Pitched as Taken meets The Purge, the futuristic thriller centers on a world where a victim is granted 24 hours to take revenge against someone who murders a loved one. The Tracking Board exclusively broke the news of the project in July.
Set in a future where a victim is granted 24 hours to take revenge against someone who murders their loved one, follows a father who, after killing a criminal while protecting his son during a home invasion, must take up arms against a horde of the victim’s deadly cohorts after they declare war.
The high-concept revenge pic, which is being pitched as Taken meets The Purge, is set in a future where an eye for an eye is law and a victim is granted 24 hours to take revenge against someone who murders their loved one.
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