Sunday, May 22, 2016
Go go Viggo
Another film with Vigo Mortensen, my hero.
In this one he plays a guy in the American midwest. Perfect accent. American from the toes.
He has a past and it comes to visit him and his family who have no idea.
He has to clean house. And he does.
He goes back to Philadelphia to settle old scores.
This is a thriller with twists as all good thrillers twist. Original surprising. Lots of stuff we do not see coming.
I have seen it a few times and still was at the edge of my seat as his family deals with the "history".
His son is being bullied in school and eventually uses what skills his Dad obviously taught him.
Was that necessary? Is the violence that solves the back east problem necessary?
Is it OK if bad guys get hurt and good guys triumph? How badly hurt is hurt.
That said, a bravura performance for John Hurt who is out of type in his role as the mobster brother that Viggo has to go "see".
I love this movie. A 5 out of Netflix5.
Labels: best films, films, violence
