History of Violence |
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Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) is a small town diner owner, an exemplary family man, father to a sweetie cutie pie little girl, and an angry teenage boy who is well trained to resolve conflicts with the school bullies in non-violence ways. One day, two killers walk into Tom's diner, their intentions made (deliberately) crystal clear by the opening scene of the Movie. At first Tom acts like a common nerd, begging them to take the money and leave, but when they pick on his waitress he becomes Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, or rather, a well oiled killing machine, and disposes of the two killers. He turns into an instant town hero and the darling of the media. The troubles begin when three mobsters show up in the diner, claiming that Tom is actually Joey, a former murderer and mobster. At first he denies everything, but they insist so much that when they try to kidnap his son, he becomes Mr. Hyde again and kills them, and who saves his life but his pacifist son. His wife realizes he's been lying to her all along (which does not prevent her from having hot sex with him on the house stairwell). The final answer to the question of Tom's true identity comes when he gets a phone call from his brother (William Hurt in a surprising role), a top mobster in his own right. "Mr. Hyde" lashes out again and kills his brother's men and then his brother (to his credit, this time it was self defense - they did tried to kill him...) |