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Feb 17, 2024
Good movie, if you understand the vory
Oct 15, 2022readyrisa rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Very violent and the story didn't make much sense. However, it was entertaining and did watch it all through.
Jul 16, 2021greatflicks rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
We liked the movie, not sure we understood every aspect but enough to enjoy. Would recommend this movie to most but not one to watch with the whole family on a Sunday evening.
Apr 10, 2021Byond rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
I find myself resistant to this. It is admirably crafted, including the music, but I did not find anything worth getting behind. I'm vastly outnumbered by admirers, but wiki offered one naysayer: 'Bruce Westbrook of the Houston Chronicle…
Feb 16, 2021laphampeak rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Viggo Mortensen expertly plays a driver for the Russian mob and Naomi Watts plays a nurse, Anna, who becomes involved when a young mother dies giving birth to a baby whose identity is tied to crime in the family. Actors are well cast and…
Jan 08, 2021maipenrai rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Viggo Mortensen is excellent in this film. I always find it a pleasure when a film has an unexpected twist to the story line. Warning about violence, but I recommend the film. Kristi & Abby Tabby
Oct 09, 2020BraveNOTPerfect rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Very talented Viggo shines again! Amazing performance, original screen play and nice execution....It has one of the most brutal and raw fighting scenes ever.
noisyflowers
Feb 01, 2016noisyflowers rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Brutal but tremendously compelling.
Mar 03, 2015yumsushi rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Probably Viggo Mortensen's best performance. The movie does have a very significant loose thread, but otherwise an engaging movie
Feb 04, 2015AQUILEA777 rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
Heartwarming tale of mindless gangsters butchering one another, and the redemptive ministrations of the insipid Naomi Watts.
Jan 22, 2015Nursebob rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
A dark and dismal glimpse into the inner world of the Russian mafia seen through the eyes of one of its soldiers is juxtaposed with the story of a young nurse trying to find the family of a newborn foundling. Generally good performances…
Froster
Nov 29, 2014Froster rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Yet another disappointment from one of the most overrated filmmakers in modern memory, David Cronenberg. A critic's darling, despite his lovingly filmed, gelatinous gore, and his inability to distinguish drama from melodrama. This one, at…
Apr 25, 2014
Deliberate pace, bloody and well cast melodrama by a very capable director.
Green_Bird_203
Dec 11, 2013Green_Bird_203 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A first rate crime thriller. Excellent performances by all cast led by Viggo Mortensen. There’s an interesting originality in the story. Outstanding screenplay. Frankly speaking, by looking at the pictures on the back of DVD case box, I…
epotter8811
Jun 13, 2013epotter8811 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
For my money, this is one of Cronenberg's best movies and another excellent collaboration with leading man Viggo Mortensen. Violent at times (what Cronenberg movie isn't?) but more suspenseful than anything, Eastern Promises is a twisty…
Jan 12, 2013LiamLeroux rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Eastern Promises has the second best screen fight I have ever seen. (The best is the roof top fight in the Korean film: Once Upon a Time in High School) The food scenes are flawlessly photographed. Dope!
Aug 13, 2012reviewer rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This graphically violent but artistically refined organized-crime film is the vehicle for Viggo Mortensen best, most engaging performance ever. Its other numerous attractions include an inspired rendering of the naked human body as an…
May 29, 2012Monolith rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Mortensen and Cassel, two of Cronenberg's recurring actors, deliver excellent performances. Everyone really, (although Watts' character isn't a very dynamic one). And I concur with other commenters, the ending was mildly disappointing.…
Aug 27, 2011docjnsuss rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Anna is a midwife at a London hospital who starts an intense drama when she tries to find out information about a newborn baby's dead mother. Anna contacts a Russian restaurant, that also happens to serve as a cover for a mob family's…
Jul 19, 2011tj_is_cool rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Very violent mobster movie.
aaronjacklin
Sep 11, 2010aaronjacklin rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Enjoyable if you go in with the right expectations. Don't expect Hollywood pace, plot, or climax. Expect graphic violence. Having said that, the end is satisfying and the violence is not gratuitous. The entire cast puts in a wonderful…
Oct 21, 2009ManchesterFan rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
very violent at times, I don't think I could watch it again, but I loved the story, and what the film maker tried to convey. Well acted!