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A Most Violent Year
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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 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.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who appreciate restrained, morally complex stories about business, power, and survival where mounting pressure matters more than overt action.
- Tone
- tense, bleak, cerebral
- Payoff
- catharsis, vindication
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- ambition, immigrant striving, corruption, moral compromise, family
- Setting
- early 1980s, wintry urban business districts and industrial outskirts
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