Violence can't solve everything, but it can solve you

Gretchen 2022-01-25 08:05:51

David Cronenberg. Are you familiar with this name? unfamiliar? SoandIt should be thunderous. What? Haven't seen it either? Then you can skip the text below. Because the director's latest work is not as good as the two aforementioned films.

Used to make me feel terrified (disgusted) and got the creepy state;It also made me realize the simple truth that a good script + a good director can make popular actors (at least I started paying attention to Jude Law from this movie). But I never thought that the film "A history of Violence", which was well-received by everyone, was just a B-movie to me. The director who once brought me joy gave me a slap in the face this time. He's going to use violence to deal with me.

In fact, the film is not useless, for example, it made me feel oppressed at the beginning. Although I knew that the blondie in the white T-shirt would definitely kill the little girl, when he signaled the other side not to make a sound with one hand and the other hand had already pulled out the gun from behind, I couldn't help but gasp. A sigh of relief. What follows is an old-fashioned plot. The protagonist has an unspeakable secret, which he hides all the way and finally fights when he can't bear it. In the end, even his own brother is shot dead. The happy ending is even more drowsy.

Violence can't solve everything, but it can solve you, my director. I won't wait for your new work in that much expectation.

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A History of Violence quotes

  • [Richie talks to Joey about the business]

    Richie Cusack: What am I gonna do? You bust up a made man's place. You killed some of his guys. You take his eye. Jesus, Joey... you nearly took out his left eye. Barbed wire, wasn't it? That's disgusting. You always were the crazy one.

    Tom Stall: Not anymore.

    Richie Cusack: Yeah, I heard. You're living the American Dream. You really bought into it, didn't you? You've been this other guy, almost as long as you've been yourself. Hey, when you dream, are you still Joey?

    Tom Stall: Joey's been dead a long time.

    Richie Cusack: And yet here you sit... big as life. You know you cost me a lot of time and money. Before you pulled that shit with Fogarty, I was a shoe-in to take over when the boss croaked. A shoe-in. It was made very clear to me, Joey. I had to clean up your mess, or nothing was ever gonna happen for me! You got no idea how much shit I had to pull to get back in with those guys. You cost me! A hell of a lot, Joey. A hell of a lot!

    Tom Stall: Looks like you're doing all right over here.

    Richie Cusack: Yeah, I am, I am. I'm still behind the eight-ball... because of you. There's a certain lack of respect, a certain lack of trust. The boys in Boston are just waitin' for me to go down.

  • [Tom gets a phone call in the middle of the night]

    Tom Stall: Hello?

    Richie Cusack: [voice] Hey, Bro-heem. You're still pretty good with the killing. That's exciting.

    Tom Stall: Richie?

    Richie Cusack: [chuckles; voice] Yeah, it's Richie. What do you say, Joey? Are you going to come see me? Or do I have to come see you?