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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 screenwr...( read more 
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MCT:May 15, 2008
Never seen a movie on russian mobs. The Godfather memoirs back on the neck! One of the best movies of 2007.
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MCT:May 15, 2008Fantastic movie...I LOVED Viggo Mortensen and the story was very interesting. Kinda slow but totally worth it in the end.
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MCT:May 15, 2008
Having seen History of Violence, I had high expectations for this movie.
It met everyone of them.
Viggo Mortensen pulled off a very shady character (watch for the twist) to perfection.
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MCT:May 14, 2008Cronenberg seems to be making London his new filmmaking home. And while the scripts written for him can't quite match his own, he is still at his advanced age showing the young Brits a thing or two.
Cronenberg has always been very interested in the demi monde, and Eastern Promises is about the collision between the 'normal' world of Naomi Watt's middle class English nurse and the sub-world inhabited by Viggo Mortensen's ruthless eastern european gangster, with its bodily idiosyncrases relished by Cronenberg.
Ultimately Eastern Promises is a failure as it falls somewhere between social drama and film noir thriller, and never quite succeeds as either. I think this is mainly due to the script, by the screenwriter of 'Dirty Pretty Things'. Still, it is an interesting failure, which makes it a worthy thing, and the acting, from the likes of Mortensen, a sleazy but human Cassel, Watts, Mueller-Stahl and the old Pole Skolimowski (a truly great dodgy uncle!) is a feast! -
MCT:May 13, 2008
very gritty. very real. great story.
excellent acting from VM. great work from Cronenberg. awesome stuff.
see it!!
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lauraste2003posted 66 days ago -
I can sympathize with your take on Eastern Promises. That film, along with History of Violence are grossly overrated and far from Cronenberg's best work (Dead Ringers comes to mind).
posted 98 days ago -
Well at first I wasn't sure what to think...but the longer you watch it becomes clear. This is pure story telling, not sugarcoated for Hollywood but an honest look at the russian mafia. I totally recommend this, this was great.
posted 143 days ago -
Waiting for this to come out on dvd!!! Should be AWESOME...Viggo...one of my favorite actors!!!
posted 160 days ago -
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OMG!!!!!! I HAVE TO SEE THIS MOVIE!!!!!
Viggo Mortensen is my favorite actor and i am sure that he will act brilliantly in this movie!!!! I only hope he gets nominaterd for the academy award, mabe this time he will win it, like he deserves!!!! LOVE YOU VIGGO!!!!!!! xox xox xoxposted 242 days ago
