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Act of Violence
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A former prisoner of war, Frank Enley is hailed as a hero in his California town. However, Frank has a shameful secret that comes back to haunt him when fellow survivor Joe Parkson emerges, intent on making Frank pay for his past deeds.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers drawn to psychologically pressured film noir about respectable lives unraveling under the weight of buried guilt.
- Tone
- bleak, tense, melancholic
- Payoff
- catharsis, reflection
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- intense
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- guilt, war trauma, moral cowardice, revenge, hidden truth
- Setting
- postwar America, affluent suburban neighborhoods and shadowy urban underworld
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