The old story about the criminal trying to go straight and start a new life but is dragged back into crime by his old gang is given a fresh update from director David Cronenberg and the screenwriter Josh Olson. Cronenberg was usually known for what were called "body horror films, " such as The Fly, The Brood and Rabid to name a few.
Considering the amount of violence in this film, Cronenberg doesn't really glamorize it. When people get hit by bullets, the end result looks pretty darn gruesome.
Cronenberg also put together an interesting cast starting with Viggo Mortenson and Maria Bello as the supposedly ordinary middle class couple. Ed Harris and William Hurt are the very scary bad guys and everyone is working at a high level of performance.
The film makes some interesting points about the ability of human beings to inflict violence on each other and Cronenberg doesn't shy away from making the point that the Viggo Mortenson character actually kind of enjoys killing people.
The film runs 96 minutes.
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