Or maybe a violent, feature-length version of one of those once-hot cable television makeover shows.
In the case of My Brilliant Friend, the world in which the girls grow up has some obviously violent features and others that are covertly violent.
That April 6 bout in China, the country that once banned boxing because it was too Western and too violent, featured a decorated Olympian from China in his professional debut, boosted gambling revenue at and drew high rollers to the Venetian Macau hotel and casino, and came with a favorable tax rate.
Additional claims included product liability for making "defective" products (the defects alleged were violent features and lack of warnings) and violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act for distributing this material to minors.
Both are relentlessly violent, both feature impenetrable plots, crowds of plug-uglies yelling at each other, and hard-nut icon Bunta Sugawara, a leathery, fag-chomping Kirk Douglas type.
Their journey leads them into Indian country (with few Indians) and increasingly tense and violent encounters featuring corpses, severed fingers and a bad, bad man (Barry Pepper, spewing fear and spittle).
Anthee Carassava (NYT) ITALY: PEDOPHILIA ARRESTS Eight people were arrested on charges of selling child pornography on the Internet, while the police said they are investigating 1,700 people suspected of buying sexually graphic and violent videos featuring children.
The Southern Poverty Law Center said in a statement that Wade Michael Page was a member of two racist skinhead bands – End Apathy and Definite Hate, the latter a band whose album Violent Victory featured a drawing of a disembodied white arm punching a black man in the face.
But glitz, glamour and action are never far away at Cannes and today the film everyone is talking about is Mad Max: Fury Road, a loud, violent caper featuring several heavyweight Hollywood actors.
The violent overture featured three decisive results in the first three games.
