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A History of Violence (2005)
A thriller from director David Cronenberg, "A History of Violence" stars Viggo Mortensen as a pillar of a small town community who runs a diner and lives a happy and quiet life with his wife and two children. But their lives are forever changed when Mortensen thwarts an attempted robbery and is lauded as a hero by the media, attracting the attention of some mobsters who believe he is someone else. (read more)
| Release Date: | September 23rd, 2005 |
| Running Time: | 96 minutes |
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$31,504,633 (US)
$58,486,946 (World) |
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A History of Violence Movie Review by Zara  (1/30/2007) |
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I want you to keep something in mind as you read this. I enjoy violence. I like it served hot or cold, with a side dish of vengeance or grilled to a random perfection. I have no problem with blood, guts, gore, shooting, beatings or any other pleasant reminder that someone is in pain.
However, I was the one in pain during...
(complete A History of Violence review by Zara)
| A History of Violence Movie Review by Matthew (9/26/2005) |
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Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) lives with his wife Edie (Maria Bello) and their two children, Jack (Ashton Holmes) and Sarah (Heidi Hayes) in a small town in Indiana. Tom runs a diner, everyone in town knows him, he and Edie have the occasional date night and they live a very quiet life. One day, two killers on a spree, enter...
(complete A History of Violence review by Matthew)
| A History of Violence Movie Review by BillyBob (8/9/2009) |
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Meet Tom and Edie Stall - After (at least) 16 years of marriage, and their sex-life is still just so fresh and exciting. Yeah. Having violent, rape-like sex on the hard, wooden stairs inside of their 'Dream Home' is, of course, the best sex of all.
Ho-Hum.
I found that A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (AHOV) played out just like a...
(complete A History of Violence review by BillyBob)
| A History of Violence Movie Review by Chris (9/11/2008) |
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In Millowbrook, Indiana, the mild Tom Stall owns a bar and has a calm life with his beloved wife Edie, his teen-aged son Jack, and his little daughter Sarah. His life turns upside-down when her kills two cold-blooded killers in his bar to protect his waitress, becoming a local hero and being shown in the front page of the...
(complete A History of Violence review by Chris)
| A History of Violence Movie Review by Thom (3/20/2008) |
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There are times when you hear a song that so expresses what you are feeling at this moment (or perhaps felt at one time) that you feel connected to the world more so than you normally do. Movies can sometime do the same thing, or perhaps a character or situation. And sometimes a movie makes a point that you often try to...
(complete A History of Violence review by Thom)
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