While far less violent than the title suggests, the movie does do well in depicting realistically dangerous scenarios from various standpoints in operating a fuel business during 1981 in New York City. Jessica Chastain is great and Oscar Isaac amazing at portraying his character, a businessman struggling to stay clean and legit while facing increasingly bad circumstances. It's slow moving overall but the characters elicited more interest and concern from me than I anticipated, which made their dilemmas feel personal. Some great moments of suspense and dialogue both helped keep me glued to this story.