Review of A Most Violent Year (2014) by Russell C — 31 Jan 2015
A Most Violent.... Deer!! A misleading title and trailer makes it redolent of "There Will be Blood" plus the snails-pace and the brief, but few, dry-fire action scenes aren't very engaging: It could have used a large coffee with a shot of Martin Scorsese.
Yet, even though it loudly reels you in with stereotypical gangster-movie style promotions; it quietly tries to break down those stereotypes, stirs up a simmering pot of paradigm-shifts and then assertively asks for your respect, which it does.
In deed, he was a "Goodfella", but certainly not in the traditional Italian American mobster's lexicon.
This review of A Most Violent Year (2014) was written by Russell C on 31 Jan 2015.
A Most Violent Year has generally received positive reviews.
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