Great movie but hell of an abrupt ending. Viggo is incredible as the russian mobster. We are talking academy award nomination. Great acting, great story and an absolutely brutal knife fight in the showers. There are really only three scenes of violence in this but they are absolutely unflinching. Probably the best movie I have seen all year.
I completly agree with you Paul, this movie was amazing, I saw it last night. Viggo once again shows that he is one of the best actors out there. Even though there are only a few violent scenes in the movie, they are so brutal, and the tension throughout the film is so high, that you can feel the implied violence bubbling just below the surface, always threatening to bust out.
What I loved about the ending, and Viggo's character in general...
I loved A History of Violence, and this is a great follow up. I really hope that Viggo and Cronenberg work together again.
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I loved A History of Violence, and this is a great follow up. I really hope that Viggo and Cronenberg work together again.
Me too! Awesome movie, best I've seen so far this year. I especially enjoyed the casting - obviously Viggo is great, but so is Vincent Cassel and the plethora of Russian bit players (I especially liked the beefy Chechen thug. Where do they find those guys?). Great directing, excellent acting, taut pacing with no wasted space = two big thumbs up.
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Agreed: not only was this one of my favorite movies of the year (it's probably second only to The Host), it's one of the best Cronenberg movies I've seen in a long time. And that's saying something, since I'm a big fan of his stuff and he's certainly been putting out some great movies lately.
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Agreed: not only was this one of my favorite movies of the year (it's probably second only to The Host), it's one of the best Cronenberg movies I've seen in a long time. And that's saying something, since I'm a big fan of his stuff and he's certainly been putting out some great movies lately.
I hope you watched it in Hangul with English subtitles; it's like a whole different movie!
...Wrong thread. I think you were looking for this one ;P
Heh! That was my respectful silence of disagreement with everyone on the thread. I want to let out the fury of my displeasure with the movie (I hated it with the heat of a nova), but I refuse to be that guy today.
Good flick! ;-)
Vincent Cassel was tres tres awesome at least...that guy has talent to burn.