A History of Violence

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Directed by

David Cronenberg

Starring (View all)

Viggo Mortensen
Tom Stall

Maria Bello
Edie Stall

Ed Harris
Carl Fogarty

William Hurt
Richie Cusack

Ashton Holmes
Jack Stall

Peter MacNeill
Sheriff Sam Carney

Stephen McHattie
Leland

Greg Bryk
Billy

Written by (View all)

John Wagner
(graphic novel) and

Vince Locke
(graphic novel)

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A very good movie

11 years, 9 months ago at Mar 12 22:19

johanlefourbe

6 votes

I already saw this movie but since it was a while back, I thought I might as well check it out again. First of all, this movie marked the 1st collaboration between David Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen. Apparently, they really enjoyed working together, the audience certainly did appreciate the end-results, and they recently made their 4th movie together, 'Crimes of the Future', which I should be ab... read more

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12 years ago at Dec 1 11:56

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A History Of Violence is like Mount Olympus. Instead of Gods gathering to argue, we have bad-asses pointing guns at each other. In this case we have Ed Harris (Fogarty) in the first half and William Hurt (Richie) in the ending with Viggo Mortensen (Joey/Tom) acting as the bridge. The latter is the younger brother of Richie and the enemy of Fogarty in this helluva movie about a once killer, Joey, w... read more

Necessary Violence

17 years ago at Nov 23 21:15

jasoncarulli

2 votes

I really appreciated Viggo Mortensen's 180 role reversal when violence released the dark side of his past. But as his relationship with Maria Bello changed I didn't expect nor accept the forgiveness of his new family.

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A mild mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence which sets off repercussions that will shake his family to their very core.

Release date: 30 September 2005

Tags: Drama (47), Thriller (36), Crime (32), 2005 (27), Action (26), Revenge (19), 2000s (18), Violence (15), Mafia (13), Usa (11), Gangster (11), Blood (10), Deceit (8), Small Town (7), Shot To Death (6), (6), Murder (5), Gay Slur (5)

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“David Cronenberg fascinates me, and his directing style and films are quite unique. Unique in how they really get under one's skin, explore complex and difficult themes not explored an awful lot by other directors without any sugar-coating or excessiveness and how many of them disturb and makes one feel uncomfortable. Films of his have shown some dark wit and have found myself connecting emotionally to others, primary examples being my favourites of his 'The Fly' and 'Dead Ringers'. His films are much more than horror.

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