26.5.06
A History of Violence
A History of Violence – 2005
Just like Road to Perdition and Sin City this story is taken from a graphic novel, and just like those two films it's pretty damn good and exceedingly violent. The good-looking (possibly the Danish in him) Viggo 'Aragorn' Mortensen plays the protagonist with cold steel. The guy is bloody excellent. The only other film I have seen him in, apart from that little trilogy he took part in, is A Perfect Murder and he was certainly not bad in that. Ed Harris plays Fogarty. Harris is always good in a supporting role. It's about a quiet small town man, Tom Stall, who runs a diner. One evening some pretty nasty criminals show up and cause some serious disturbance and so Tom shoots those fuckers dead with their own guns. Hence massive media interest, much to the Stall family's discomfort. Then history and violence come knocking in the form of Fogarty who is sure he knows Tom, after recognising him from the news stories. An interesting film and highly recommended. 8/10
