Eastern Promises(2007)- User Reviews

The accuracy behind "Eastern Promises" is simply astonishing. When Nikolai (Viggo Mortensen) indicates that his father works for the government, he's really saying in Russian is, "hunched his back for the uncle!" Even movie poster …more»

you know how in horror movies you can't believe the bimbo heroine is actually going into the room with the killer/zombie/evil thing yet you forgive it becuase a. shes a bimbo and b. its a horror movie...Same thing in this movie with Naomi Watts...As …more»

I love good movies. They are harder and harder to find. Raging Bull, The Taxi Driver, Goodfella's, All The Presidents Men, Drugstore Cowboys, My Left Foot, Midnite Cowboy. Great films.............I longingly go to movies today hoping I'll be mesmerized …more»

Eastern Promises tackles a lesser seen form of organized crime, Soviet mafia. After a young girl passes out in the middle of a store going into labor, she dies at pregnancy leaving only her baby and her diary to her nurse, Anna. Anna, a half Russian, …more»

There are many thrillers about the mafia. Most of them have the Italian mafia in the US as main setting. What makes this movie interesting is a different focus (Russian mafia) in a different setting (London). For the rest it remains a regular crime story, …more»

all the performances are top notch. especially viggo mortensen. solid directing by cronenberg and script. Not especially violent, but what there is moves the story along.. a few suprisesmore»

First of all why does every movie made by Cronenberg (Canadian) have to have Viggo Mortensen in a barbaric sex scene with a female? Is Cronenberg kinky or what? Canadian directors tend to go to extremes to prove they are more "European" like …more»

As a Russian, first of all, I am offended. Now I don't mind when they make jokes about Russians, I can laugh at myself once in a while... what pissed me off in this movie is a pathetic attempt to make the movie realistic and failing miserably. Again, …more»

Boring, actionless, poorly acted, vulgar, pointless garbage that relies solely of shock value to justify its existence -- and if a movie has to rely on that it can't have anything else going for it.
I can only conclude from the favorable reviews …more»

One baby and a diary by the mother detailing her rape at the hands of Russians gangsters when she was 14, makes a mid-wife take on the Russian mob. Give me a break!!! This is the worse movie I have seen in quite sometime!!!more»