I remember being impressed when watching Cronenberg’s “Eastern Promises”. [wound detail] The shots of people falling from bullet wounds lingered on them for a few seconds; letting the blood start to leak out. It wasn’t a big thing, or gratuitous, but it really made all the violence seem more real and sickening.
That said, I think it only got its adult certificate because the media are more terrified of a flash of Viggo Mortensen nether regions than gun play and mayhem.
Anyway, I must be going, I’ve got an appointment with my therapist.
