Review of Eastern Promises (2007) by Cronenbergfan — 23 Sep 2007
I only give this three out of my respect for the director. It was horrible. I hated this as well as History of Violence. The plot line was weak and the movie boring. This movie is no commentary on violence.
For starters there is not much action/violence in it. Secondly the action scene the movie does have (the knife fight) is violent and exciting. I have a hard time believing it was meant to be anything more.
Cronenberg loves to display violence and gore. He is not attempting to do anything more than entertain through violence. If you don't believe me go rewatch The Fly and Scanners and Rabid. The only problem with EA is he doe not create reinforce his plot or characters.
..its a true shame. This movie is an emperor with no clothes...nothing more.
This review of Eastern Promises (2007) was written by Cronenbergfan on 23 Sep 2007.
Eastern Promises has generally received very positive reviews.
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