![]() ![]() ![]() That there’s more to him than primitive strength is inevitable in movies like this one, which tries to complicate an archetypal Sensitive Brute with melodrama, expressive cinematography and a sense of grace. He’s the monstrous male, as large as an oak and presumably just as thick, the man whose hulking body and fierce actions define both him and his relationships, inspiring fear and contempt. He’s nicknamed the Arm, because of his bruising strength but also because he has one of those label names that convey something about the character, like the hammering Mike Hammer.ĭouglas is a blunt instrument, a fiction forged with humanist ideals and a degree of poetic fancy. There, an ex-boxer, Douglas Armstrong (Cosmo Jarvis), dispenses regular punishment to those who may or may not deserve it. ![]() “The Shadow of Violence” is set somewhere in rural Ireland, where the green land meanders and the blood runs fast. ![]()
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