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01/26/06
The End of Violence (1997)
28 %
Reviews Counted: 32 Fresh: 9 Rotten:23 Average Rating: 4.8/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 15 mins
Synopsis: A Hollywood producer of violent action movies reflects on his ambitious, materialistic life after succumbing to the vagaries of street violence. His attack is captured on a new city-wide surveillance system, whose creator, while reviewing the details of the assault, comes to suspect the... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Bill Pullman, Andie MacDowell, Gabriel Byrne, Loren Dean, Traci Lind
Director: Wim Wenders
Screenwriter: Nicholas Klein
Story: Wim Wenders, Nicholas Klein
Producer: Nicholas Klein, Deepak Nayar, Wim Wenders
Screenwriter: Nicholas Klein
Story: Wim Wenders, Nicholas Klein
Producer: Nicholas Klein, Deepak Nayar, Wim Wenders
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07/22/08
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Boring, incoherent and insultingly didactic. It's like Wenders has never been to America, never observed Americans and never even seen an American movie.
09/28/05
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03/10/03
Wenders' observations and subtextual commentary about violence in American society are well-served by the nuances of Nicholas Klein's script.
06/05/02
A trama principal se perde em um emaranhado de cenas que, rigorosamente, nada acrescentam ao filme.
05/31/02
A sophisticated and pensive film about a subject that fills contemporary movies and fuels our fantasies.
03/01/02
Las respuestas quedan flotando en el espectador, esperando ser rescatadas y entendidas.
09/03/01
Unique atmosphere, solid performances and profound discussions about the nature of our violent, technology-obsessed society don't add up to enough by the end of the movie.
01/01/00
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A muddled, sentimental Euro-American hash, redeemed here and there from its fatal purposelessness by a few moments that remind us we're in the presence of a genuine cinematic visionary.
01/01/00
We're left feeling disappointed that an opportunity to make a fine film was lost.
01/01/00
Consider the paradox: By the end of The End Of Violence, a preposterous film that rails against man's inhumanity toward man, you want to do violence. To the filmmaker.
01/01/00
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