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Title: Overrated "Violence" Misses the Mark
Review: Imagine if Fritz Lang or Alfred Hitchcock had a crack at "A History of Violence." The legendary filmmakers certainly would have jettisoned screenwriter Josh Olsen's sloppy adaptation of the popular graphic novel. David Cronenberg, on the other hand, goes full speed ahead - embracing the needless subplots and gradual implausibilities. There are effective performances by Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris and William Hurt, but it's all for naught. Wildly overrated upon release, this disappointing crime-thriller was deservedly panned by some of the more-perceptive critics.
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