A lot has been written about the possible reasons why some people appear to enjoy violent movies. First of all, though, it needs to be said that not everyone enjoys them. Not surprisingly perhaps, it is men with aggressive tendencies and those who are low in empathy that have been found to like watching violence on screen more than those with more mellow personalities.

Violent movies, often classified simply as "action" films, are a constant evening fixture on certain TV channels and are widely available on many streaming services, as well as in movie theaters, and what used to be regarded as shocking violence has now become standard. We may get a warning at the beginning of a film about its violent content, but these warnings are quite meaningless: A recent movie I watched on the Holocaust........

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