Another movie I watched recently that I enjoyed was “A History of Violence“, the story of a mild mannered family man in a small Indiana town who stops an armed robbery in a high-profile way.  Part of the attention he gets though is from a group of out-of-town mobsters who think that he is someone they’ve been after for a long time.  I don’t normally like films directed by David Cronenberg (exception: the fly) but this was quite well done both in direction and in the stellar acting performances by Viggo Mortensen and Maria Bello.

This is no action movie by any means, but this fact makes the few violent scenes in the film even more jarring, which is important to the point of the film.  It’s mostly about the interactions within the protagonist’s family as they deal with the crisis around them, and I found it all very interesting.  Definately one to put on your to watch list.