It was advertised sometime middle to end of last year.  

A guy lived in a small town and worked at a local diner.  Some hoods came in and held the place up.  The guy reacted and took out the first guy with a pot of coffee then took out the rest.  It attracted attention and the government who supposidly trained him found him because of the incident.  I dont know if the guy was in hiding or if he had memory loss but he was essentially a high level assisin or something like that.

Anyone know the movie?  I want to rent it tonight but I cant find it on IMDB cause I cant remember the actors or the name of the movie.

"A History of Violence"

Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris were the stars.

Actually, it was the mob who came after him accusing him of being a hitman from philadelphiaafter the media showed up.


the government training thing is "conspiracy theory", where Mel Gibson is brainwashed and uncovers some hidden ring of assassin training

Great flick.... you won't be dissapointed.

Quoted: "A History of Violence" Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris were the stars.

that's the one

it was a graphic novel first, iirc