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David Cronenberg's A History Of Violence heads east in this period set Chinese martial arts flick about a family man (Donnie Yen) whose dark past comes to light after he reluctantly foils a hold-up.

His act of stupid heroism piques the unwelcome interest of Xu Bai-jiu (Takeshi Kaneshiro), a speccy Sherlock with an amusing grasp of acupuncture and neuroscience.

Neil Smith is a freelance film critic and writer who contributes regularly to Heat, SFX and Screen International. He's a long-time member of the London Film Critics’ Circle and was a contributing editor at Total Film for many years.