Eastern Promises (2007)
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| Release Date: | September 14, 2007 (Limited) September 21, 2007 |
| On DVD: | December 23, 2007 |
| Genre: | Suspense, Drama, Crime |
| Director: | David Cronenberg |
| Writer: | Steve Knight |
| Cast: | Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Sinead Cusack, Donald Sumpter, Jerzy Skolimowski |
| Studio: | Focus Features |
| Official site: | filminfocus.com/easternpromises |
| Running Time: | 100 minutes |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R for strong brutal and bloody violence, some graphic sexuality, language and nudity. |
The new thriller reteaming acclaimed director David Cronenberg with his A History of Violence leading man Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises is written by Steve Knight (Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of Dirty Pretty Things). As in the earlier film, director and star together explore the psyche, physicality, and fortunes of a man whose true nature may never be wholly revealed. The mysterious and charismatic Russian-born Nikolai Luzhin (Mr. Mortensen) is a driver for one of...
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Eastern Promises does have a lot to promise. Featuring top notch talent such as Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts, director David Cronenberg hot off his last award-winning [and Mortensen-starring] masterpiece A History of Violence and an unsettling plot about a woman who has accidentally become entwined with the Russian mafia, expectations for the film were high. And Eastern Promises lives up to them... for the most part.
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Anonymous says:
January 1, 2008The movie just jumps in and your not sure whats going on , you know it must be mafia. The killings are brutal and Vitto is so nice to watch he is powerful yet unsure. Then it takes a twist that you don't expect Good acting an enjoyable vicious movie.
Anonymous says:
October 6, 2007Nice review, Erik.
Christopher
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