Just a tiger head, fooled

Madyson 2022-01-25 08:05:51

There are many films about the killer's career, retirement and re-emergence. This film is one of them. If I have to position this film, I can only say that there is a lack of exaggerated words in my mind.
If this film was born 10 years earlier, if this film could not afford such a majestic name, and if this film could have one or two rivals comparable to the protagonist, perhaps it would be worth watching.
The beginning is a bit like Gu Long's novel: two cold-blooded perverted serial killers make their debut. Just when you are guessing the next plot, they have become corpses on the ground in an instant, and the protagonist officially appears. It's a pity that the tiger head that was made with great difficulty flashed by, and everything that followed fell into a cliché.
The director seems to be trying hard to portray the huge impact on the family caused by the exposure of the protagonist's true identity, but he has more than enough power, which is a pity.

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Extended Reading
  • Gregorio 2022-03-24 09:01:29

    How did Cronenberg become like this?

  • Jarvis 2022-04-22 07:01:05

    That year, Cronenberg met my king, and since then. . . . (Some words are omitted below). Fair enough, this one is.

A History of Violence quotes

  • [Mr. Fogarty and his men have a conversation with Tom in the diner]

    Tom Stall: We really are quite busy here today as you can see. So if you gentlemen aren't going to be eating, I really should offer your seats to paying customers.

    Carl Fogarty: Hmm. Well...

    Carl Fogarty: [Mr. Fogarty pulls out a $100 bill and lays it on the table] Now we're paying customers.

    Tom Stall: [Tom picks up the bill] I can't take this.

    Carl Fogarty: It shouldn't be a problem for you.

    Tom Stall: What's that supposed to mean?

    Charlie Roarke: Mr. Fogarty's just making conversation here.

    Tom Stall: Well, whatever you want to call it, this conversation is over.

    Charlie Roarke: I think he wants us to leave, Mr. Fogarty.

    Frank Mulligan: Do you know what he does when he don't like people, Mr. Fogarty.

    Carl Fogarty: Yeah. I'm scared. We should leave before he goes all 'Dirty Harry' on us.

  • [Sam tells Tom and Edie who Mr. Fogarty and his men are]

    Sheriff Sam Carney: Charles Roarke, Philadelphia. Indicted on three counts of murder. Frank Mulligan, out of New York, indicted on one count of murder. Questioned in relation to dozens of acts of violence that you don't want to hear about. Both men work for Carl Fogarty. That's the fella with the eye. He spent 15 years in prison on several counts of assault. He's suspected in half a dozen murders, and more disappearances. Tom, these guys are organized crime from the East Coast. Now, they're the real thing. They're bad men. I have to ask you a question...

    Edie Stall: Jesus. Jesus, honey.

    Sheriff Sam Carney: I have to ask you a question. Are you in some kind of witness protection plan?