The premise of a young up and coming man with ambition making it in the fuel industry with his beautiful wife and two (2) children after just moving into their dream home and in a tony neighborhood is turned upside down rather quickly in the cut throat business he has chosen.

I always enjoy the retro scenery of the past decades (the 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's and even the 80's) and A Most Violent Year did a good job in maintaining the scenery of that 80's era, especially with the vehicles. What I didn't enjoy though was the storyline and the over played ethnic roles of the players in the fuel industry.

The story was slow and yet predicable, lacking any level of suspense and/or characters that you could either love or hate. No memorable performances to speak of either.

I give this film a paltry 4 out of 10 rating.