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EASTERN PROMISES

Director:

  David Cronenberg
  

Year Released:

  2007

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

3 out of 5

3 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Vincent Cassel
  Sinéad Cusack
  Viggo Mortensen
  Armin Mueller-Stahl
  Naomi Watts
Movie Haiku:Having pushed the commercial edge of sex & violence in A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, Cronenberg takes both further still in this dark tale of Russian mobsters in London. Admiring his past work (& being great fans of all three lead actors), we were game but the overly-contrived elements never ignite this time.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2007