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Eastern Promises Details

2007 Certificate 18
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The film follows the mysterious and ruthless Nikolai (Viggo Mortensen), who is tied to one of London's most notorious organized crime families. His carefully maintained existence is jarred when he crosses paths with Anna (Naomi Watts), an innocent midwife trying to right a wrong, who accidentally uncovers potential evidence .. Read more

Starring Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl
Director David Cronenberg
Genres Drama, Thriller

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Eastern Promises

The film follows the mysterious and ruthless Nikolai (Viggo Mortensen), who is tied to one of London's most notorious organized crime families. His carefully maintained existence is jarred when he crosses paths with Anna (Naomi Watts), an innocent midwife trying to right a wrong, who accidentally uncovers potential evidence against the family. Now Nikolai must put into motion a harrowing chain of murder, deceit, and retribution.

Starring Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Josef Altin, Mina E. Mina, Aleksandar Mikic
Director David Cronenberg
Studio PATHE DISTRIBUTION
Run time DVD: 1 hr 40 mins
Blu-ray: 1 hr 37 mins
Certificate Certificate 18
Genres Drama, Thriller
Language DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
Released DVD: 25 Feb 2008
Blu-ray: 25 Feb 2008
Production year: 2007
Format DVD

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  • 3 stars out of

    Just as the shivering ghost of Coppolas Godfather hovers over the gruesome opening barbershop murder in... read more on Time Out

    • Wally Hammond, 
    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 250 out of 268 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 0 stars

    Racial Stereotypes

    Poorly directed and unprofessional film which lacks basic background knowledge about Eastern Europe. The cast is inappropriate and unconvincing and the plot is shallow and predictable. All characters are grotesque stereotypes whose sole purpose seems to be to convince viewers from the western world that everybody in Eastern Europe is either a gangster, a pimp, a racist, a homophobe or a prostitute. In an age in which racial stereotypes are frowned upon in all developed societies I find this unacceptable.

    The film's secret weapon of attracting audiences is violence and nudity...The fact that British viewers reacted to it so positively is disappointing and worrying.

    As a film student, I have seen numerous contemporary features from all over the world, yet this one is undoubtedly one of the worst.

      • A customer from London
      • Posted 19 Nov 2007 14:25

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  • 60 out of 63 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    Dreadful

    Viggo Mortensen makes a valiant attempt to salvage an otherwise dreadful film. Unfortunately, even his layered character (the only character with any depth, and even that is diminished during an uncompelling twist) can't save Eastern Promises from the truly abysmal script, stereotypical caricatures, performances that are all either camp or plain lazy and an absurd and generally quite uninteresting plot. To top it off, there are occasional moments of gore that are both absurd and totally uncharacteristic of the rest of the film. Miss this.

      • Kinders Kinley from Oxford
      • Posted 08 Nov 2007 11:38

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