A History of Violence

I saw this one a while ago with Liz, if you're one of the regular readers I'm sure you've noticed I haven't been keeping up on here. I would like to start off by saying I really enjoyed this movie, but it's definitely not for everyone. Like the title states, there's some violent things in here. It also isn't your normal type of action-shoot-em-up kind of violence. There are a couple scenes where people get shot and it actually looks like a real gunshot wound. There are some semi-prolonged close ups/shots of some of this stuff and I'm sure it has to bother some people. There are also a couple sex scenes that are a bit more than the norm. Granted these take place between a married couple, but it's just intense. I think that's a good word overall to describe this movie - intense. Viggo Mortensen does great in this film. A lot of people weren't very aware of this actor until his debut in the much awaited and acclaimed Lord of the Rings trilogy. I think the first movie I remember seeing him in was either Crimson Tide or G.I. Jane. It was cool to see him in a role that wasn't LOTR or military based. The basic plot of this movie is a small town diner owner gets held up by a couple of gunmen and saves the day. Out of nowhere he pretty much wipes the floor with a couple of professionals. This of course creates a lot of press and media hub-bub which then attracts the attention of some people associated with organized crime from back east. I'm not to go into the whole plot here, but things get interesting. One thing that kind of caught me offgaurd here was how the movie ended. It was abrubpt and kind of out of nowhere. However, it was appropriate and ended where it should have; I just wasn't expecting it. Maybe this will be a new trend as I saw the same thing happen in Broken Flowers.