I can't speak to how the film compares to the Wagner/Locke
graphic novel. I think as a thriller, VIOLENCE is somewhat
flat and uninvolving. As a David Cronenberg movie, though, it
has genuine staying power. The ideas that interest him -- the
human disposition toward violence, the obligations of family
biological and otherwise -- register strongly. I just wish
he'd found a way to marry them to the main storyline.
And for what it's worth, I loved the William Hurt scene, even
though it seemed like the actor had wandered in from a Coen
Brothers movie.
Vince
www.vincekeenan.com Pop culture, high and low, past and
present. One day at a time.
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