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"Violence is one of the greatest things you can do in cinema, Edison invented the camera to do violence, all right?". Despite having massive Hollywood movies such as The Dark Knight Rises becoming profitable, people are being desensitized with violence. To justify this critical investigation on how violence is represented in movies is there have been many cases in the recent years that signified the influence of movies for violence. We can also witness the use of violence in historical films such as Natural Born Killers to have caused violent cases amongst society. Also violent cases have occurred from the influence of other platforms such as video games in which I looked at GTA Vice City as another text.I found that during the course of my research killers have been represented as media celebrities in the news which could be as to why many people commit these crimes. However this cannot be the sole reason as to why people commit violent crimes, it could be certain aspect with movies. This is why I have decided to carry out an critical investigation on my primary and secondary texts.

 Although 2012’s great blockbuster film t g k r has increased its revenue dramatically it also undoubtedly glamourizes violence, within our society.  Despite having massive Hollywood movies such as The Dark Knight Rises becoming profitable, people are being desensitized with violence. Quentin Tarantino has mocked violence in the film industry "Violence is one of the greatest things you can do in cinema; Edison invented the camera to do violence, all right?”. This accentuates how producers are limiting their ideas to violence.To justify this critical investigation on how violence is represented in movies is that there have been many cases in the recent years that signified the influence of violence from movies. We can also witness the use of violence in historical films such as Natural Born Killers to have caused violent cases amongst society. Also violent cases have occurred from the influence of other platforms such as video games in which I looked at GTA Vice City as part of my further research. I found that during the course of my research, killers have been represented as media celebrities in the news which could be as to why many people commit these crimes. However this cannot be the sole reason as to why people commit violent crimes, it could be certain aspect with movies. This is why I have decided to carry out a critical investigation on my primary and secondary texts.