Zinnemann's film noir is a rather cynical dig at post-war triumphalism, which questions ideas of heroism.
05/24/03 08:06 AM
Act of Violence (1948)
88 %
Reviews Counted: 8 Fresh: 7 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 6.7/10
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh, Phyllis Thaxter, Mary Astor
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Reviews
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Top Critic
It is strong meat for the heavy drama addicts, tellingly produced and played to develop tight excitement.
11/01/07 05:20 PM
Top Critic Top Critic One of MGM's best film noirs and one of Zinnemann's early films to deal with what would become a recurrent issue in his owrk: Men tormented by moral conscience, here in the context of a WWII revenge medlodrama
10/26/06 01:33 PM
Zinnemann shows a knack for suspense and moral ambiguity that he unfortunately abandoned in his later Oscar-mongering prestige pictures.
07/04/06 12:08 PM
Technically Act of Violence touches all the bases in its circuit chase. But it is as though it were doing it on the strength of a long, foul ball.
03/25/06 03:28 AM
Top Critic A complex, fascinating noir that exposes the grim truths behind the shiny, fragile façade of post-war America.
03/31/03 05:06 PM
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