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Actors: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, William Hurt
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about A History of Violence |
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This movie was directed by David Cronenberg.
Viggo Mortensen is a small businessman in a small town who lives with his wife. His wife, Maria Bello, and Viggo also have two children.
Their lives were normal until one day when Viggo helps to stop the robbers from a store robbery. Later, Viggo was announced as a town hero and became really famous. When some town mobsters hear about Viggo's accomplishment, they don't really like and they are really mad. That's when Viggo starts to hide from the town mobsters.
--Vadim Akhanov, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of A History of Violence |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- hunted by killer/stalker
Criminal enemy is...
- Mafia conflict
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- business executive
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) long wavy
Body type
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Setting
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Kind of violence:
- guns
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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