Following on from Friday’s poster, we now have the first trailer for the upcoming crime drama A Most Violent Year, which sees J.C. Chandor (Margin Call, All Is Lost) directing a cast that includes Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis), Jessica Chastain (Interstellar), David Oyelowo (The Butler), Albert Brooks (Finding Nemo) and Alessandro Nivola (American Hustle)…
A MOST VIOLENT YEAR is a searing crime drama set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically the most dangerous year in the city’s history. From acclaimed writer/director J.C. Chandor, and starring Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain, this gripping story plays out within a maze of rampant political and industry corruption plaguing the streets of a city in decay.
J.C. Chandor’s third feature examines one immigrant’s determined climb up a morally crooked ladder, where simmering rivalries and unprovoked attacks threaten his business, family, and – above all – his own unwavering belief in the righteousness of his path. With A MOST VIOLENT YEAR, Chandor journeys in a bold new direction, toward the place where best intentions yield to raw instinct, and where we are most vulnerable to compromise what we know to be right.
Update: And here’s a second, longer, trailer…
A Most Violent Year opens in New York and Los Angeles on December 31st before expaning across the States in January 2015. It is set for release in the UK on January 23rd.
Originally published November 3, 2014. Updated April 13, 2018.
