Eastern Promises
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- Synopsis
- 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)....
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- Starring
- Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl
- Director(s)
- David Cronenberg
- Distributor(s)
- Focus Features
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 100 min.
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The actors and the characters merge and form a reality above and apart from the story, and the result is a film that takes us beyond crime and London and the Russian mafia and into the mystifying realms of human nature.Read the full review
Cronenberg and screenwriter Steve Knight masterfully orchestrate an atmosphere of danger and dread for a descent into an underworld inhabited by the Russian mafia in London.Read the full review
The rigor of Mr. Cronenberg’s direction sometimes seems at odds with the humanism of Mr. Knight’s script, but more often the director’s ruthless formal command rescues the story from its maudlin impulses. Mr. Knight aims earnestly for your heartstrings, but Mr. Cronenberg insists on getting under your skin. The result is a movie whose images and implications are likely to stay in your head for a long time.Read the full review
