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A History of Violence (2 views)
A History of Violence is an adaptation of the graphic novel of the same name. Now the only two well made graphic novel films I've seen so far are Sin City and 300 - both a showcase for great CGI and graphic violence. The violence in this movie though is the main theme and it's about as cheesy as the actors in it.
This was the first Cronenberg film I had seen at the time and I actually did like it when I first watched it , but my recent second viewing has me laughing at my film taste when I was younger.
The movie revolves around Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) and his family. Tom Stall appears to have a perfectly routine life , running his restaurant. Until one day his restaurant is robbed by two men who threaten Tom until he disarms and kills them both. Stall becomes a heroic icon in his small town which unfortunately draws attention to him from a bad time in his mysterious past.
Now there is an original idea for a story underneath the horrible dialogue and character development. There were so many points of the movie I just wanted to turn it off , because I didn't care at all about it's one sided characters. Somehow I got to the end of the film and this only made me more mad. I felt like something just stole two hours of my life and I won't be getting it back.
I still can't give this movie a 0 out of 5 though , because it's base story is such a good idea - it's just executed horribly in all departments.
Sadly I found out after watching Videodrome recently (which I really enjoyed) that this is was directed by him.
A History of Violence is an adaptation of the graphic novel of the same name. Now the only two well made graphic novel films I've seen so far are Sin City and 300 - both a showcase for great CGI and graphic violence. The violence in this movie though is the main theme and it's about as cheesy as the actors in it.
This was the first Cronenberg film I had seen at the time and I actually did like it when I first watched it , but my recent second viewing has me laughing at my film taste when I was younger.
The movie revolves around Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) and his family. Tom Stall appears to have a perfectly routine life , running his restaurant. Until one day his restaurant is robbed by two men who threaten Tom until he disarms and kills them both. Stall becomes a heroic icon in his small town which unfortunately draws attention to him from a bad time in his mysterious past.
Now there is an original idea for a story underneath the horrible dialogue and character development. There were so many points of the movie I just wanted to turn it off , because I didn't care at all about it's one sided characters. Somehow I got to the end of the film and this only made me more mad. I felt like something just stole two hours of my life and I won't be getting it back.
I still can't give this movie a 0 out of 5 though , because it's base story is such a good idea - it's just executed horribly in all departments.
Sadly I found out after watching Videodrome recently (which I really enjoyed) that this is was directed by him.