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Eastern Promises
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  Eastern Promises (2007)

description written by member Zara:

The new thriller from director David Cronenberg reteams him with his "A History of Violence" leading man Viggo Mortensen. The film follows the mysterious and ruthless Nikolai (Mr. Mortensen), who is tied to one of London's most notorious organized crime families. His carefully maintained existence is jarred when he crosses paths with Anna (Academy Award nominee Naomi Watts), an innocent midwife trying to right a wrong, who accidentally uncovers potential evidence against the family. Now Nikolai must put into motion a harrowing chain of murder, deceit, and retribution.

MPAA Rating: R
Starring: Viggo Mortensen
Naomi Watts
Vincent Cassel
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Sinéad Cusack
Donald Sumpter
Morne Botes
Tamer Hassan
Peter Rnic
Michael Sarne
Jerzy Skolimowski
Badi Uzzaman
Richard Waller
Gergo Danka
Mina E. Mina
Tereza Srbova
Josef Altin
Olegar Fedoro
Andrzej Borkowski
Cristina Catalina
Alice Henley
Boris Isarov
Raza Jaffrey
Yuri Klimov
Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse
Elisa Lasowski
Liam McKenna
Igor Outkine David Papava
Rebecca Reid
Brice Stratford
Olegar Fedoro
Faton Gerbeshi
Radoslaw Kaim
Ksenia Lavrentieva
Aleksandar Mikic
Mia Soteriou
Directed By: David Cronenberg
Written By: Steven Knight
Running Time: 96 minutes

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Eastern Promises Movie Review by Chris (9/17/2008)

The main ingredients to a well made and successful David Cronenberg are violence and sex, two things which are featured graphically in each of his films. In his previous film, 'A History of Violence', David casted 'Lord of the Rings' star Viggo Mortenson to play as a mysterious man with a killer alter ego. In 'Eastern...

(complete Eastern Promises review by Chris)


Eastern Promises Movie Review by Skye (6/19/2008)

The story of a the Russian mob in London and how it falls into the lap of an idealistic nurse is the premise of Eastern Promises. Anna (Naomi Watts) gets mixed up with the mob when a patient who is pregnant dies in her care and she delivers the baby.

Anna then starts to try and find the woman's next of kin and that is...

(complete Eastern Promises review by Skye)


Eastern Promises Movie Review by B Movie Ben (5/8/2008)

As Viggo Mortensen takes his character from A History of Violence to the next step, you can see the effort he put into the role by doing research before the film. Going to a remote village in Russia to learn the mannerisms and studying books to learn the meaning behind the tats really paid off as his character is so...

(complete Eastern Promises review by B Movie Ben)


Eastern Promises Movie Review by Zara (3/9/2008)

Cronenberg, you're kinda like the poor man's Scorsese. People will get that joke coming from me only if they understand that I think Cronenberg, much like Scorsese, is given far too much automatic credit without always delivering the goods.

But that's as far as I'll go in comparisons since the C man has been known to turn...

(complete Eastern Promises review by Zara)


Eastern Promises Movie Review by Zombie Boy (2/12/2008)

Finally, a film to make me enjoy Cronenberg again. You see, I was weaned on the t*t of his 70's and 80's era horror films, and ever since CRASH, I have felt left out in the cold by him. Even his well received HISTORY OF VIOLENCE caused nary a stir in me.

EASTERN PROMISES, however, is quite simply a gorgeous movie. It...

(complete Eastern Promises review by Zombie Boy)

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