Genre: Thriller, Comic Book, Theatrical Release
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, William Hurt, Ed Harris, Stephen McHattie
Cronenberg's masterful, intelligent and gripping meta-thriller leaves us pondering about our enduringly perverse desire for alternative realities, in which surrogate violent alter egos run righteously and preposterously amok.
Though this is certainly Cronenberg’s most ‘mainstream’ movie in years, the fact that it’s so immediately enjoyable as a terrific thriller does not diminish its less obvious virtues.
Top Critic Cronenberg's direction is astonishingly good, particularly during two contrasting sex scenes that demonstrate the irreversible power shift in the relationship between Tom and Edie.
Cronenberg’s best for a long time, broad and entertaining enough for those unacquainted with the director’s work, but layered with the themes of infection and mutation that have defined his work.
Top Critic This may look like a mainstream gig for Cronenberg, but it's his most challenging -- and enjoyable -- work in years.
Top Critic Elegant, simple, profoundly intelligent filmmaking that gauges the story impeccably.
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The tension builds in a slow boil, then ignites furiously when we're not quite ready for it.
Shows its stuff as both suspenseful, eloquent storytelling, while giving rise to larger cultural questions connected to the entrenched institutionalization of aggression as a major means of problem solving in this country.
A History of Violence develops with the singleness of purpose, and the rigor, of a mathematical demonstration, one that begins with a commonly accepted truth and ends with brains spattered across the floor.
A remarkably convincing examination of heroism, hero worship, and the seductive allure of villainy.
A tantalisingly explosive film about inner conflicts and secrets... a sublime psychological thriller in a western setting.
A strange David Cronenberg movie, and not in the usual audaciously morbid way. A brooding, contemplative picture that's tough, tight and masterfully controlled.
Lo más reciente del canadiense David Cronenberg es un sólido thriller, casi de factura clásica, sobre las ramificaciones de la violencia.
I have no doubt that the humor is intentional, but it serves to undercut the whole thematic conflict.
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