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Title: Violent, Moving, Powerful
Review: As the title might suggest, the central concern of this movie is violence, individual and that of criminal organizations. The two questions the movie raises -- can we ever escape violence? And, can a person whose life has been stained by violence ever escape its effects? -- are not answered, or at least in any simple way. But, we are forced to ask ourselves what does violence, bloodshed resolve? Some things perhaps, but the traditional Hollywood pattern of shoot the bad guys and everything is then okay the movie is too intelligent and sensitive to accept. We also see in a beautiful job of acting by the entire cast (William Hurt as a crime boss is stunning, for one) how individuals get caught in nets they think they can free themselves of, but which always have layers upon layers. This is another one of those must-see movies, for writing, acting, directing, and production values.
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