Agree with you totally buddy. Joaquin Phoenix is flawless. In the role of Joe in this film, for me personally, he becomes the perfect angel of death. The shaggy killer with a hammer on his shoulder walks slowly and absolves all lost sheep, leaving behind piles of corpses. Phoenix transcends all possible limits of acting, producing such a natural and inexorable pain that his image begins to acquire a frightening plausibility. Definitely the best role of one of the most talented actors of our time.
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