Those who appeared before the courts this week charged with vicious attacks on the North Shore set out on their mission after watching the violent 2007 movie American Gangster.
The movie opens with the main actors pouring gas on a man and setting him on fire.
Is it time to revisit censorship of movies? Have we become too complacent about the possible effects of violence on screen?
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