History of Violence
So we rented this movie last night and I was expecting something quite different than what it was. I don’t know why I was expecting almost a docudrama type of thing, perhaps because the first time I heard anything at all about this movie was when I watched the Academy Awards.
I found the movie to be a big disappointment. I’ve come to the conclusion that other than Lord of the Rings (was it?), Viggo Mortensen sucks. Even then, perhaps I only liked him in Lord of the Rings (not my type of movie) because he was a quiet, serious, good looking guy where nobody else in the movie had that role.
This movie has a happy family living in _____ (rural, small town) and everything is pretty damned happy except for the teenage son who gets bullied at school all the time and tries to get out of beatings by using humour.
We have a couple of rowdies travelling around the country, killing people while robbing them, who happen into this small town and attempt to rob the diner that Viggo propriets ← never used that word before in my life.
In the robbery attempt, Viggo turns hero, and saves all from these lowlife crooks. Boy, for a small-town, guy next door type, he certainly knows how to shoot.
Anyway, all the notoriety from his hero antics bring some mob types into town to look for “Joey”. They think our hero is Joey – some other mob guy who ripped apart whatshisface’s eye. Of course they are mistaken.
So you must be able to guess the story from here. Oh, Viggo really is the ex mob guy, Joey? And now his wife is none too happy to have found that out. And his scaredy-cat, effeminate son all of a sudden is gonna beat the crap out of the school bully because he’s had enough of that. Unhappy wife will fuck Viggo on the stairs after a big argument about it, but after that… hey, don’t touch me or talk to me!
Joey must get things resolved and takes off to do so, resolving meaning that he must kill his bigger, more important mobster brother, naturally.
Everything gets resolved. Serve dad some dinner when he walks in the door to show your acceptance of him back into the fold. Yawn. Awww, you’re an ex mobster hitman who just killed a whole bunch more people including your brother, but you’re ok with us honey/dad.
This thing was like a hokey soap opera. Rent it – see for yourself. I warned you.
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is the new 30. I want the world to close their mouths when they’re eating or chewing gum. If they don’t, I want to elbow them in the face.
that’s funny, I wanted to see that movie just for stryder but haven’t yet. I dont’ think I will get it. I did however suspect that he had amnesia and he really was joey. hehe.