A History of Violence
by David Cronenberg
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Actor: Ashton Holmes, Ed Harris, Maria Bello, Viggo Mortensen, William HurtDirector: David Cronenberg
Producer: Cale Boyter
Producer: Chris Bender
Producer: J.C. Spink
Producer: Jake Weiner
Writer: John Wagner
Writer: Josh Olson
Writer: Vince Locke
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); French (Unknown)
Format: NTSC
Running Time: 96 minutes
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: ALL
Movie Reviews of A History of Violence
Movie Review: The violence as vehicle of redemption!
Summary: 5 Stars
The redemption sometimes implies to clean up the mess of a dark past. An abnegate father of family will receive the unexpected visit of some guys of the underworld who identify with another name.
The story is clearly exposed in three movements; in the first we will witnesses the existential parallelism between his violent response to the first sudden incursion in his grocery and the way his own son reacts against the violence of a teenager who really disturbs him twice before the hidden rage; the second movement is the unmasking fact about his real identity before his wife and his son and finally the conclusion, the final solution.
The progressive psychological deconstruction and psychological reconstruction obeys to a necessity of self redemption. Original treatment of David Cronenberg, whose stylistic approaches respect the dark corners of the human behavior, makes of him the closest filmmaker to David Lynch. A solid script supported by excellent performances, although I must admit William Hurt (this unexplainably underestimated actor) stole the show in the last fifteen minutes of the story.
Totally recommended
Summary of A History of Violence
On the surface, David Cronenberg may seem an unlikely candidate to direct A History of Violence, but dig deeper and you'll see that he's the right man for the job. As an intellectual seeker of meaning and an avowed believer in Darwinian survival of the fittest, Cronenberg knows that the story of mild-mannered small-town diner proprietor Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) is in fact a multilayered examination of inbred human behavior, beginning when Tom's skillful killing of two would-be robbers draws unwanted attention to his idyllic family life in rural Indiana. He's got a loving wife (Maria Bello) and young daughter (Heidi Hayes) who are about to learn things about Tom they hadn't suspected, and a teenage son (Ashton Holmes) who has inherited his father's most prominent survival trait, manifesting itself in ways he never expected. By the time Tom has come into contact with a scarred villain (Ed Harris) and connections that lead him to a half-crazy kingpin (William Hurt, in a spectacular cameo), Cronenberg has plumbed the dark depths of human nature so skillfully that A History of Violence stands well above the graphic novel that inspired it (indeed, Cronenberg was unaware of the source material behind Josh Olson's chilling adaptation). With hard-hitting violence that's as sudden as it is graphically authentic, this is A History of Violence that's worthy of serious study and widespread acclaim. --Jeff ShannonSimilar DVD Movies
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