Greetings from Lithuania.

"A Most Violent Year" (2014) is intriguing, involving, brilliantly acted, superbly written and directed movie. It's one of the best movies of 2014 actually. How this picture wasn't recognized by the Academy is beyond me.

This is a story of a wealthy and ambitious businessmen struggles to extend his business while in a mean time trying to save it in the first place and all of this taking place in year 1981, which was one of most violent years in New York city's history. That the violence is present we can almost feel here in every scene, and although there are some brutal scenes, this movie is not about violence at all - it's about staying on the right path while achieving your goals.

"A Most Violent Year" is superbly acted by everyone and of course first of all by both leads. Oscar Isaac reminded me here a young Al Pacino in "The Godfather II", really, he is that good in this picture.

Overall, everything works in this movie so well, that you will be glued to your screens from begging till the end. The story is very realistic, all events are plausible - add here a superb and steady cinematography and you have a great movie.