Man this movie was boring from start to finish. Acting seemed decent but crap this thing was slow.

This certain cure for insomnia plays as an adaptation of scenes scraped off the cutting room floors of Godfather and Goodfellas, plus one or two from The Wolf of Wall Street. The monotony is occasionally broken up by the film's only saving grace - the chemistry between Isaac and Chastain, who shine in their scenes together. Unfortunately, they are too few and far between, and this insipid drama shows just how little it has to say about any of the themes it touches on but makes no effort to try and explore. The lack of pace, action and plot development in the screenplay make A Most Violent Year, a most exhaustingly boring film.

In a time where nearly every movie released is a special effects action fest with cardboard characters and cheesy dialogue, it truly is a breath of fresh air when a movie comes along that portrays life as it really is. This film takes a story that could easily have turned into the cliché gangster flick and turns it inside out, with a more grounded and relatable approach. The story is fascinating, the dialogue rich, and the acting is spectacular. Oscar Isaac hits it out of the park in this film and the supporting cast is just as good. The pacing and camera work fits perfectly with the story being told. I have nothing bad to say about this film, other than the fact I want more of it.

Just going by the title A Most Violent Year and the fact that it is a mob related movie you would think there's going to be a lot of violence in it. But there is actually not that much of violent scenes. Just enough to make the movie interesting. The story is more about a guy (played by Oscar Isaac) trying to make it in the oil distributing business without doing too much of illegal stuff. It becomes clear that it is not that easy with his truckers being robbed by the concurrence. The story is very easy and pleasing to watch with good actors and nice filming. It's an entertaining crime drama and it was better then I thought it would be. For once it deserves his high ratings on here.