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Title: Interesting Cronenbeg Mob Tale
Review: A diner owner's Philly ganster past catches up with him following publicity over his heroic action during a robbery. Now Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) must make things right with his wife (Maria Bello) and son while looking over his shoulder to protect his family from mob wackers. Ed Harris and William Hurt are at their best projecting mobster sadism. Mortensen and Bello work perfectly together, especially in the steamy "gangster sex" scene on the stairs. A History of Violence has good fast-paced gun action and never becomes bogged down in unnecessary detail.This film is very good even though it lacks big production grit and things unfold too conveniently, as good continually tromps over evil; but this is not a problem since you'll always be rooting for Viggo as he fights off more than a fair share of mob low-life creatures. The BD had very good picture quality.
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