A History of Violence

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Preview Plot: Tom Stall is living a happy and quiet life with his lawyer wife and their two children in the small town of Millbrook, Indiana, but one night their idyllic existence is shattered when Tom foils a vici...( read more read more... )

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  • sloose1
    sloose1
    4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    May 15, 2008
    I would've never thought Viggo could pull off a role such as this and his character in Eastern Promises.

    When you think the movie is finishing up, it moves right into the high gear and we really get to see what Viggo's character left behind.
  • julianschokman1
    julianschokman1
    4.5 Stars
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    May 15, 2008
    This and its' follow up, the outstanding Eastern Promises are cinema at it's best, and perfect companion pieces for one another.
  • themaster408
    themaster408
    3.5 Stars
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    May 15, 2008
    Watch the first hour, then the movie has a final scene, however, someone decided to make the movie 30 mins longer and it turned to crap. Turn it off after about an hour and 5ish minutes, you can tell it's the "real" ending.
  • darkforestfilms
    darkforestfilms
    4.5 Stars
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    May 13, 2008
    Brutal yet sincere. Viggo Mortensen is brilliant, the dichotomy between who his character wants to be and who he has to be is portrayed with the utmost attention to detail and really helps to pull you in. Now I have to see Eastern Promises.
  • harrycaul
    harrycaul
    3.5 Stars
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    May 12, 2008
    A mild-mannered family man and café owner (Viggo Mortensen) thwarts a robbery, becomes a reluctant media celebrity and attracts the attention of a vengeful mobster, who 'mistakes' him for the vicious hoodlum who maimed him in a former life. For roughly two thirds of its running time this plays out like a cross between a 'wrong man' thriller, like "North by Northwest", and a pacifist-takes-a-stand movie, such as "Straw Dogs". Cronenberg then turns the film on its head by revealing that (if I can keep the "North by Northwest" metaphor rolling) Mortensen is indeed George Kaplan, but he sure as hell isn't one of the good guys! So far so good, but in staying true to Cronenberg's body horror roots, the film treats Mortensen's latent propensity toward violence as the subjugated (for now) half of a split personality, which seems a bit silly, to me. Ed Harris steals the movie as the mobster with a long memory but, ludicrously, it was an over-the-top and barely onscreen William Hurt who got the Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination! Minor Cronenberg, worryingly close to mainstream but entertaining enough. Watch it for Ed Harris and three startlingly brutal fight scenes.

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  • GoodPossum
    GoodPossum
    Official sites for
    A History of Violence (2005)

    http://www.historyofviolence.com/

    http://www.historyofviolence-lefilm.com/
    posted 175 days ago
  • miklitov
    miklitov
    do not loose your time watching this
    posted 187 days ago
  • Yakwhacker
    Yakwhacker
    What can I say? Cronenberg is amazing.
    posted 399 days ago
  • ingrate24680
    ingrate24680
    the only good thing about this movie is the con artists who manipulated you into enjoying it.
    posted 496 days ago
  • columbiatch
    columbiatch
    What are you people talking about? This movie is excellent. The ending is perfect.
    posted 560 days ago
  • jbpelican
    jbpelican
    Most films of similar genre are the same story told differently. History Of Violence is really good, delivering its brutal action sequences in brutal detail without warning. Viggo Mortenson is great at portraying a character that is changing from one man to another, putting his family through multiple traumatic experiences. Although the ending was a bit inconclusive.
    I would definately reccomend you see this at least once. If you dont like it fine. I dont really care. What am i your babysitter?

    Justins Best Bit: A punk mongrel school bully getting utterly pummeled into the ground.
    posted 636 days ago
  • butanekiller
    butanekiller
    I thought this movie was craptacular. It was really long, drawn out and boring. Some of the plot was kind of stupid too.
    posted 681 days ago
  • Diadem
    Diadem
    I thought this movie was awesome. Tho the ending was kinda disapointing to me, but I loved this movie.
    posted 706 days ago
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