Eastern Promises - David Cronenberg (2007)

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Eastern Promises is a 2007 Canadian drama/thriller feature film directed by David Cronenberg. The screenplay was by Dirty Pretty Things writer Steven Knight. The film tells of a British midwife's interactions with the Russian mafia in London and stars Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts. Principal photography began November 2006, in locations in and around London. The film has been noted for its unexpected plot twist and for its violence and realistic depiction of the Russian criminal underworld, including its use of tattoos.

The film premiered September 8, 2007 at the Toronto International Film Festival and went on general release in North America on September 21, 2007. The film was released in the United Kingdom on October 26, 2007. As of January 31, 2008, the film has grossed $51,202,291 worldwide and has received a positive critical reception, appearing on several U.S. critics' "top ten films" lists for 2007. Eastern Promises has won several awards, including the Audience Prize for best film at the Toronto International Film Festival and the Best Actor award for Mortensen at the 2007 British Independent Film Awards. The film received twelve Genie Award nominations, three Golden Globe Award nominations, and Mortensen was nominated for Best Actor at the 80th Academy Awards, losing to Daniel Day Lewis.

Great movie, great acting. The Russian mob actually speaks Russian from time to time.

Really one to watch!

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Arggg I Cronenberg but I was quite desapointed by History of violence, didn't like it that much
So I dont know if I should watch this one
Cronenberg is best when he does weirder things

I watched it yesterday
It is much better than History of violence, but that's easy cause I really didn't like his previous movie
One of the fight scene in Eastern Promises deserves to be in the topic of the best fight scenes ever
For the rest, I thought is was a bit predictable

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The true strong point of this movie is the violence which is displayed Cronenberg's style, true to himself That was very good. The acting is also very good (love Vincent Cassel ), although the caracters are a bit cliche. Some things also didn't really make too much sense to me:

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Also the all language thing was not very believable: Are they Russian or english??? It would have been much more realistic to do the all thing almost fully in Russian cause that confused me
And also didn't really like the end, a bit unfinished and flat...
Overall, I must say, I'm not sure I'm really entousiast about the new direction Cronenberg is taking. It is too conventional, I'm missing the dark, weird and strange aspects of his other movies

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So overall, I give it