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Eastern Promises [Blu-ray]
Eastern Promises [Blu-ray]
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4.0 (193 reviews)
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5What an intense movie!
51%"Forget any of this happened. Stay away from people like me."
5Great movie.....
5The illustrated Man
43 stars out of 4
5proceed with caution
5Normal Life....?
4fully-drawn, nuanced performances by Mortensen and Watts
3A little confusing, but ok
41%Feelings
4Brutal and engrossing, and you'll learn how to use snippers to clip off a corpse's frozen fingers
10%Ridiculously implausible script
41%Great mob story set in London
51%A perfect gangster movie
5Every Picture Tells A Story...
51%Harsh, Sad, Enthralling, Beautifully Acted, Well-Written, Smartly Directed, Well-Paced...A WINNER!
4WHITE RUSSIAN
5A spectacular thriller from David Cronenberg
4Interesting movie, bad Russian language
41%Eastern Promises - Blu-ray Info
4Dark drama that requires your attention
4Mobster with a heart?
51%Makes The Godfather seem like a nursery story
41%Blood In the Borscht
30%Eastern Promises
51%Eastern Promises: Mafia mystique unmasked
4Cronenberg as Thriller Director, Part II
4With the Cronenberg touch
51%Eastern Promises Delivers!!!
3Eastern Promises
51%"Eastern Promises" promises to be excellent and it is!
5Oscar Worthy
20%GREAT CAST & PERFORMANCES, BUT SERIOUSLY FLAWED!
5Filling a Void
30%hard to follow
4Superbly acted meditation on honour and loyalty
4Brilliantly acted but the plot is flawed
4Great Screenplay and Performance by Viggo
3dark movie, darker viggo
41%Buried under the soil of Russia
51%Viggo Mortensen disappears into y et another fantastic role as a Russian gangster
41%Great movie, but someone forgot to write an ending.
5Compelling and Provocative
41%"There is nothing to tell. Slaves give birth to slaves."
50%Great acting, another great film by Cronenberg
41%"Sometimes birth and death go together"-Eastern Promises
4really good
30%Russian Mafia in the US
20%ARE YOU PEOPLE KIDDING?????
51%One of the greatest projects of 2007!
31%Not what I expected.
31%2.5 Stars. Could have been...
21%AAAA!!!! That ending!!!!
5Chilling Post-Soviet Tale
40%good movie
51%Excellent Movie Hiden In A Sea Of Retarded Movies
5Eastern Promises
51%Gripping
30%From Russia Without Love
40%Excellent movie! Great bonus material!
4Part 2 of David Cronenberg's excellent collaboration with Viggo Mortensen
51%Promised and delivered
30%Eastern Promises
41%Not great but interesting
50%I love Vig
4Cronenberg gone soft??
51%A Must-Own
4DAVID CRONENBERG, OPUS 17
21%A farce
5Solid movie
40%VIGGO ELECTRIFIES IN RUSSIAN MAFIA THRILLER
5Viggio does it again!
41%In The Vory Underworld, Tattoos Are Your Resume
3Familiar Story in an Unfamiliar Package
5Eastern Promisies
5Beasts of the East
5Prmises to Keep You on the Edge of Your Seat
3Good acting but little story
4great movie, revealing the myth of the russian mafia & its presence
5Russian mafiso movie hits the spot
5Great movie. Starting to have doubts about the format though.
31%"I am driver. I go left, I go right, I go straight ahead - that's it."
4Top-notch & original gangster flick
5Excellent on Every Level
20%Eastern Promises
51%Gory; but Great!
4Journey From the East
21%Jason Statham movie
3Eastern Promises
3Superior Acting
4Great Movie
31%Good movie, but Unbox video quality... ugh.
5STUNNING: Heartbreaking and Thoughtful
21%I Don't Speak Russian
41%Viggo is, again, a good "bad guy".
51%Excellent, taut and brutal
41%Not quite what I expected...
40%Different from what I expected
41%Russian Mafia
21%Less Than Mediocre Gangster Film
4Totally worth watching.
20%slow & boring
4PROMISES DELIVERED
51%Superb Work
4Cronenberg at his best
4A Promise Largely Fulfilled
31%Less Here Than Meets the Eye
41%Every sin leaves a mark.
3Disappointing Cronenberg entry...
30%Russian mafia
51%These Promises Deliver
51%One of 2007's Best Films
4Falls a little short of brilliance but manages to remain intriguing...
5INTELLIGENT FILMAKING AT IT'S BEST..
10%FOCUS: Absurda discriminación a la población hispana// Incredible FOCUS discrimination
51%A Slice Of Life
5Breathtaking.
4Super
51%One of 2007's best
51%Viggo shines in exotic tribal rituals
5Scarily realistic, extremely well acted
3Pretty good
4The Entire Cast Makes This Film A Success ...Not Just Viggo
5EASTERN PROMISES fulfilled
31%Every Sin Leaves A Mark...
4Eastern Sleeper
4Outstanding
5Cronenberg tackles duality again
4The year's most talked about scene...
5Another Cronenberg/Mortensen Masterpiece
41%Promises, Promises
50%THE NEW WORLD?
51%When they offer you The Stars
10%Ending is a real DUD
41%Russian roulette
5you have to like the genre to enjoy this-otherwise, leave it alone & stop complaining
41%Great Movie on HD-DVD. However... Subtitle Problems Exist!
20%"Eastern Promises" Doesn't Quite Deliver!!
51%"Chill Factor"
51%Visually Exceptional!!!
50%HD Review.
31%Broken Promises
41%Believe the Hype Comrade!
41%Many Motives for Murder. And Perhaps for Salvation Too.
51%The Driver
20%Not as suspenseful and thrilling as "A History of Violence"
5The Best Film I've Seen in 2007
51%Amazing movie! Could be best of 2007
5Mortensen delivers on his "Promises"!
40%Little Odessa in London
51%Blood and balalaikas
21%What is the appeal?
51%'Eastern Promises' Delivers!
51%Viggo and Cronenberg superb as usual
40%A gaping hole
5One of the best films of the year
40%Eastern Promises Movie Review
5No Country for Eastern Promises
40%One of this years best.
31%Very disppointed--
41%Brutal and realistic crime drama
51%A history of violence indeed...
31%Brilliant film......skiiiimpy DVD
31%If It Was Directed By Anyone Else, It Wouldn't Be Very Good
41%The Trans-Siberian Affair
51%Oscar hopeful
10%A waste of time, were it not for Viggo
5Stunning!
51%No ordinary thriller!
51%Could EASILY win best picture
51%Viva Viggo and Cronenberg
51%Moves with a ripsaw force but engages with a deeper sensibility
51%"Eastern Promises" is brilliant!
51%Excellent expose of the Russian mafia
41%Into the Underground
51%Promises
51%Mortensen captivating
51%One of the best of 2007
41%Not What I Wanted
21%Fascinating But Cold
31%Eastern Promises
51%Strong film--character study features contrast between compassion and dispassion
41%EASTERN PROMISES DELIVERS!
51%Intriguing, well-acted, ADULT-themed movie!!
20%Full Frontal
51%Written in Blood
51%Viggo and Cronenberg again
41%Grabs You By The Throat And Doesn't Let Go
51%A Little Bit Of Everything, A Lot of Great Acting
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