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A Most Violent Year is a thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city’s history, and centered on a the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.
The film stars Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davies), Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty), David Oyelowo, Albert Brooks and written and directed by J.C. Chandor (All Is Lost), so it looks like it’s worth a watch.
A Most Violent Year is released in both the US and UK on December 31st.
Check out the video below and click on the poster for the fill-size image:
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