[MrBarlow]

A History Of Violence. 2005.

Tom Stall and his wife Edie run a small town diner, when he stops a armed robbery, he becomes the hero of the town until people start asking about his background.

Films that appear with David Cronenberg usually have violence, gore, in this he takes a step back but not too back from what we are use to with his films. There is a lot of character strength from Viggo Mortensen who plays Tom, a mild mannered who becomes a celebrity and Maria Bello as his wife who keeps him happy even with some role playing. Ashton Holmes plays their son who is being bullied and turns on them. Ed Harris plays the black suit man who think's Tom is someone else and William Hurt as the sinister Ritchie.

Only downside i think with this film is the third act of it, once everything is out in the open and the confrontation it seemed a bit rushed and became an ending only Hitchcock would feel admiration for and seemed left open as in a sequel would turn up, other than that still a great movie to watch.