A Most Violent Year

2014 | 2h 5min | 6.6

What price does success demand in a corrupt city?

A Most Violent Year
6.6

Overview

In 1981 New York, a heating oil distributor built his company from nothing, but the city's epidemic of street violence and institutional corruption won't let him keep what he's earned. As robberies plague his business and danger encircles his family, he faces an impossible choice: compromise his principles or lose everything. The question isn't whether his world will change, but who he'll become when it does.

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  • Director J.C. Chandor
  • Year2014
  • Runtime2h 5min
  • StatusReleased
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A Most Violent Year

2014 | 2h 5min
Crime | Drama | Thriller
★ 6.6
MOVIEVIA.COM
PACING
6.4
Slow Fast
COMPLEXITY
6.7
Casual Mind-Bending
ATMOSPHERE
8.8
Light Dark
VISUALS
5.2
Raw / Indie Epic / CGI
AMERICAN DREAM • BANK LOAN • BUSINESS ETHICS

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