A History Of Violence

Drama, Thriller, Crime, Action

Viggo Mortensen	Tom Stall
Maria Bello	Edie Stall
Ed Harris	Carl Fogarty
William Hurt	Richie Cusack
Ashton Holmes	Jack Stall
Peter MacNeill	Sheriff Sam Carney
Stephen McHattie	Leland Jones
Greg Bryk	William Orser
Sumela Kay	Judy Danvers
Kyle Schmid	Bobby Jordan

Director	David Cronenberg
Producer	Chris Bender; David Cronenberg; Kent Alterman; J.C. Spink
Writer	John Wagner; Vince Locke; Josh Olson

“A History Of Violence” is a 2005 movie about a restaurant owner, named Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen), who kills two robbers in self-defense. He becomes a national hero, but a group of mobsters accuse Tom of disfiguring their leader, Carl Fogarty, several years earlier. Tom denies it, but the mobsters kidnap his son Jack and exchange him for Tom himself. After a shoot-out with the mobsters, Tom admits to being the person who harmed Carl. His family is upset that he lied to them for so many years. Tom’s brother, a mob boss, contacts him and tells him to visit. Tom fears that his brother wants to kill him but visits him anyway to save his family.