A history of violence

Rating: 10/10 (13 September 2016)

First i have to say, i went into this film blind. And i don't mean i'm blind, i mean i didn't know anything about this film before watching it. No trailers, no images, no summaries, no reviews, no nothing. Apart from the title of the movie. And to say the leas, i was quite surprised.
I knew it was about slavery, but what exactly, could have been anyone's guess. I never expected such an amazing story. A free man born in New York, gets kidnapped and sold into slavery. And so, he is stuck a slave for 12 years up until the day he finds a way to go back home. A good thing to note about this is that this is a real story. This actually happened to this man, he even wrote a book about it five years before the civil war.
Here's a quote from him about the book: " What it may be in other States, I do not profess to know; what it is in the region of Red River, is truly and faithfully delineated in these pages. This is no fiction, no exaggeration." -Solomon Northup
This movie was amazing. The actors, the writing, the atmosphere and the story, a story doesn't get any better than a real story.
Of course its not completely correct, and rightfully so, they must save up on time.
Surprisingly, for a movie with a short runtime of 1 hour and 34 minutes, it felt extremely long (in a good way).
A perfect movie in every aspect. A must watch film.