ok people and i be not clueless . i love good movie and most of my top ten match the top ten of the majority of professional ( i. e. they do not pay for their ticket or their popcorn ) critic but we part company in a major way when it come to this movie . i can not think of one positive thing to say about this mess of a movie . strike that and ed harris be excellent a always and provide the only thrill in this flaccid thriller . everything about this movie be extraordinary and and when i say that i be break that word into two part a in extra ordinary . the camera work be pedestrian and the dialog be stilted and unconvincing and the acting and wooden at every turn . if there be ever a sterling example of gratuitous sex and violence this be it . a i say in the beginning and i be not clueless . i realize the film be call a history of violence so i be not surprised that there be violence to be have . what surprise me be that even the violence be pull off without imagination . by now every six year old know about explode squib and fake spray blood and brain matter . so just be gross isn not good enough anymore and you have to be gross with flair . obviously david cronenberg isn not comfortable with his flair either because he exhibit none of it in this cinematic train wreck . and far a the sex scene go and they could have be leave with the dust bunny on the editing room floor and the film would have be none the bad for it . and thatgra·tu·i·tous adj . unnecessary or unwarranted while unjustified . be the dictionary definition of those sceneswait til this come out on dvd and then dont rent it .