Movie Review: A History of Violence

First, a summary from IMDB:
"Based on the graphic novel by John Wagner and Vince Locke, A History of Violence is the tale of Tom Stall. Tom is a loving family man and well-respected citizen of a small Indiana town.

But when two savage criminals show up at his diner, Tom is forced to take action and thwart the robbery attempt. Suddenly heralded as a hero who took the courage to stand up to crime, people look up to Tom as a man of high moral regard.

But all that media attention has the likes of mobsters showing up at his doorstep, charging that Tom is someone else they've been looking for. Is it a case of mistaken identity or does Tom have a history that no one knows about? Either way, someone's about to find out if there's a history of violence."

This movie is definitely up there with "2001: A Space Odyssey" although it is much better only because of the graphic death scenes. In other words, it is shit.

Yes, shit. You heard me. Watch it and argue otherwise! The only good acting is by William Hurt who only has like 10 lines in the entire movie! The acting is horrible, as is the half-baked plot. The movie is only 96 minutes long, which tells you a lot about how well the movie is thought out.

When it ends, you feel like you have been watching an episode of a cheesy drama series on FOX and need to wait for next week to see what happens.

I want my 97 minutes of wasted life back! If I had known it was this bad, I would have spent my time playing Pushover (yes the 1992 game with the ant).

Overall Rating: D (brownie points for the graphic imagery)