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Eastern Promises Reviews

2007

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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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  - 65
  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 ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 19 Nov 2007 at 14:25
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- - 0
  - 0
  Gangster film fails to deliver a quality product.
  
  I didn't hate this movie. Some people may enjoy watching this. It is one of those films where you can turn your brain off or have on in the background. That... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 13 Feb 2012 at 10:54
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  - 0
  Rather Disappointing
  
  Quite disappointed by this film. High expectations when seeing actors and Director but found several sceens to be pointlessly drawn out, and acting stale. I was... read more »
  
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- 1089331
- - a customer
  - 06 Feb 2012 at 10:10
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  - 2
  Not a classic but worth a watch.
  
  Does what it says on the box.
  
  A bit graphic at times, but if you are looking for a violent film to cheer you up. This is the perfect choice.
  
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- - FilthyDog
  - 3 reviews
  - 29 Dec 2011 at 22:42
- - 1
  - 1
  Not for the squeamish tree huggers out there.
  
  Taken with a pinch of salt, I found this to be a good film if not a little too violent in part - but hey, it is Cronenberg after all so you come to expect this.... read more »
  
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- - Yodaonacid
  - 23 reviews
  - Stockport
  - 01 Dec 2011 at 18:57
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  - 9
  Ad potential
  
  This film started off really gud n ad the potenial 2 b a good film but it soon went down hill.
  
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- 1060981
- - a customer
  - 10 Nov 2011 at 13:06
- - 0
  - 0
  Gripping action packed
  
  Gripping,action packed and a one of the best films that I have seen recently.My girlfriend and I both enjoyed this and would recommend this film to anyone that ... read more »
  
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- 1053874
- - a customer
  - 21 Oct 2011 at 23:04
- - 0
  - 0
  Disturbing and touching
  
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  I was unprepared for the graphic murder scene within the first 10 minutes but this did not put me off the film. I found it believable and disturbing, despite ... read more »
  
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- 1052594
- - a customer
  - 18 Oct 2011 at 13:24
- - 1
  - 0
  graphic violence in small amounts, good story in large amounts
  
  a good british thriller from a great director with some great acting from mortensen and watts in particular. whilst the violence is graphic it is a very small ... read more »
  
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- - mingles
  - 6 reviews
  - 15 Oct 2011 at 03:23
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  - 3
  unnecessary blood guts & gore
  
  There was so much blood guts and unnecessary gore in the first few minutes, we ejected the disc.
  
  very disappointed
  
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- - angelmalak
  - 34 reviews
  - Aylesbury
  - 08 Oct 2011 at 13:30
- - 1
  - 0
  quite good
  
  a good film set in the uk. characters interesting. some violence. acting good. plot reasonable with the odd twist.
  
  worth watching.
  
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- - ouiser
  - 30 reviews
  - stourpaine
  - 30 Aug 2011 at 10:38
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- - 309
  - 65
  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 ... read more »
  
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- 496357
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  - London
  - 19 Nov 2007 at 14:25
- - 91
  - 13
  Who are you people?
  
  At the time of writing this has a 75% rating!?!? It is utterly, utterly terrible. Please, do not waste your time with this predictable yarn of a film.
  
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- - KingLoftiVII
  - 20 reviews
  - london
  - 19 Dec 2007 at 03:05
- - 82
  - 2
  Eastern Promises
  
  There are few directors working whose films you can look at and almost immediately say “so and so directed this”. David Cronenberg is one of the few. ... read more »
  
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- - SAI81
  - 360 reviews
  - Tonbridge
  - 06 Nov 2007 at 11:37
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  - 3
  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... read more »
  
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- - Kinders Kinley
  - Oxford
  - 08 Nov 2007 at 11:38
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  The Russian Godfather
  
  In Cronenburg's first film made outside his native Canada, this story of the Russian mafia in London is on a par with The Godfather. Viggo Mortensen is ... read more »
  
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- - Cheryl
  - London, England
  - 25 Oct 2007 at 22:56
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  cronenbergs feature focusing on the slave sex trade in london is gruesome
  
  cronenberg has gone from strength to strength from the dark body horror science fiction epics of the fly, videodrome and scanners to the internal psychological ... read more »
  
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- - andyhammond999
  - 67 reviews
  - london
  - 26 Oct 2007 at 19:03
- - 13
  - 1
  Rubbish
  
  I gave this film 10minutes and then ejected it!
  
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- - JillRob9
  - 6 reviews
  - Perth
  - 31 Jul 2008 at 14:50
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  Ignore polar reviews!
  
  Just watched this and enjoyed it a lot. Decent drama, let down by at times comical Russian accents. The rest of the reviews are somewhat depressing.
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- - Breeno
  - 10 reviews
  - Cambridge
  - 17 Mar 2008 at 22:23
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  Promises,but doesn't deliver
  
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  Having watched 'Spider' and 'History of Violence'-Cronenberbg's two most recent films,
  
  I have to say I came to this one with some... read more »
  
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  - citizenk
  - 60 reviews
  - London
  - 05 Dec 2007 at 10:27
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  - 0
  Eastern Promises
  
  A very disturbing incite into the hard,ruthless nature of russian mafia infiltration into urban western europe.
  
  Edgy,treacherous very engaging.......... read more »
  
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- - Burnsey7
  - 3 reviews
  - Gloucester
  - 29 Feb 2008 at 01:47

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  David Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen follow up 2005's A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE with another joint effort in EASTERN PROMISES. The film takes place in rainswept London, with Mortensen effortlessly inhabiting the role of a chauffeur (named Nikolai) for the Russian Mafia. The stoic Nikolai works for ...

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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 ...