"Este homem só queria deixar seu passado para trás, mas não conseguiu."
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Tom Stall leva uma vida tranquila e feliz na pequena cidade de Millbrook, no estado de Indiana, onde mora com sua esposa Edie e seus dois filhos. Um dia esta rotina de calmaria é interrompida quando Tom consegue impedir um assalto em seu restaurante. Percebendo o perigo, Tom se antecipa e consegue salvar seus clientes e amigos e, em legítima defesa, mata dois criminosos. Considerado um herói, Tom tem sua vida inteiramente transformada a partir de então. A mídia passa a segui-lo, o que o obriga a falar com ela regularmente e faz com que ele deseje que sua vida retorne à calmaria anterior. Surge então em sua vida Carl Fogarty, um misterioso homem que acredita que Tom lhe fez mal no passado.
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Ver tudo no TMDBProbably Cronenberg's most mundane work, but that's not even remotely a knock against _A History of Violence_. I hear tell that fans of the comic don't much like this big screen re-telling, but I've never read it, so I'm gonna go ahead and really enjoy it anyway. _Final rating:★★★½ - I really liked it. Would strongly recommend you give it your time._
We start with images of two rather brutal hoodlums who have robbed and massacred the staff at a roadside motel and then sort of follow them into a town where "Tom" (Viggo Mortensen) runs the diner. They stop by one afternoon, intent on causing a bit of mayhem, only to discover that their host is a bit more capable of defending himself than they'd anticipated. Quickly "Tom" is lauded as an hero, an…
**_When a peaceable family man is backed against a wall_** Shot in the late summer/early fall of 2004, this was described by director Cronenberg as “a meditation on the human body and its relationship to violence.” It comes in the tradition of “Straw Dogs,” addressing the same issues as “Billy Jack”; namely, absolute pacifism vs limited pacifism. The former never resorts to violence, even in th…
80/100 After protecting his customers by killing a couple of serial killers, the owner of a small town café is proclaimed a hero. This attracts a gangster who swears the man is a former associate and killer. Moving along at a slow and steady pace, the film does an excellent job of keeping you questioning whether he is a former assassin or simply the wrong guy. The relationships are honest, pers…