A History of Violence

Watch the crime thriller A History of Violence (2005) online at iFILM. David Cronenberg directs a hard-edged drama about how a single burst of violence tears apart the quiet life of an ordinary American family.

Tom Stall runs a small diner in a sleepy Indiana town. When two drifters try to rob the place, he kills them on the spot and finds himself hailed as a local hero. Television runs with the story, and soon strangers arrive in town who keep calling him Joey and bringing up Philadelphia. So who is he, really?

Viggo Mortensen carries the film on a low, simmering tension, with Maria Bello, Ed Harris, and William Hurt beside him. Adapted from a graphic novel, it asks whether a man can ever outrun his own past. Stream A History of Violence online at iFILM.