violence is it need in film

I feel violence can be useful in film when its used correctly, it works well to heighten a situation or create a large impact in a scene, because action really do speak larger than words. i do feel though if the boundaries can be pushed to the point were violence becomes pointless and almost totally gratuitous, violence for the sake of violence which i think is pointless, sometimes seeing less is more.

I feel horror movies need violence and gore but it has to be in the right context to accentuate the scene and really enhance the shock. one of my favourite scenes that use this kind of impact is in Predator, the creature rips out the spinal column of the character Billy just before the final show down its a quick scene with great impact it really shows the creatures strength and brutality and really sets up the next scene the show down. it really makes you think the hero character is in big trouble, how could he beat such a strong character that seems to have very few weaknesses. Predator is one of those quite gory films which uses gore effectively to shock but not totally overwhelm the audiences, skinning, trophy taking, cutting these are all things we all associate with hunters but it flips totally on its head when its a creature doing it to us.