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  Average Rating for A History of Violence - 3 out of 5

  
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• A History of Violence

  Phil Ervine 10 April 2006

  

  Admittedly it does take a while to get used to Viggo not having long hair and wielding a large sword, but it is a really great display from him in particular in A History of Violence. It is a movie with a lot of twists and turns and after 30 minutes of watching I would be genuinely surprised if you knew where the plot was headed. Throw some highly graphical violence, and some strange sex scenes in and that pretty much sums this movie up! It is an entertaining movie, and is worth a watch if you like a good story with large helpings of action.

• A History of Violence

  Leon Finch 08 March 2006

  

  Nice to see Viggo Mortensen without a big sword and clinging halflings! He proves just as handy with big guns & a bit of chop-socky though...
  Incredibly understated with intermittent spurts of extreme violence, it's good to see a Cronenberg film without bits of stuff falling off or being inserted too people (not that there's owt wrong with that like..).
  Apart from William Hurt's comically hammy performance (shame on you Oscar nominators!) - everything in this film is to be recommended and makes a good companion piece to the Tweenies Big Day Out (joke)

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. A mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, which sets off repercussions that will shake his family to its very core.

Thriller from director David Cronenberg starring Viggo Mortensen as Tom Stall, a pillar of a small town community who runs a diner and lives a happy and quiet life with his wife, Edie (Maria Bello) and two children. But their lives are forever changed when Tom thwarts an attempted robbery and is lauded as a hero by the media, attracting the attention of some mobsters (William Hurt and Ed Harris) who believe he is someone else.