What It Is: A new thriller about a Russian crime syndicate in London.Why I Watched It: Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, David Cronenberg, and Steven Knight (writer of Dirty Pretty Things) were all reasons to check it out.
What I Thought: Something's got me a little hung up. I'll try to figure it out...
The acting was amazing and the violence was Cronenberg intense. Yet, something about the story left me feeling like I was missing something.
Dirty Pretty Things was incredible and A History of Violence was fucking awesome. Eastern Promises should've rocked, but it just... didn't. It was good, but just not great. The movie felt unfinished. I'm not talking production, I mean the plot felt unfinished.
When Eastern Promises begins, it's all about Naomi Watts. Viggo's character is little more than a cameo for the first half of the film. As the movie progresses however, we spend less time with Watts and learn more and more about Mortensen. It seemed like the movie ended just when Viggo's character was hitting his defining moment. The Watts storyline was wrapped up, but the Mortenson story was just getting good! I felt robbed!
Eastern Promises was all right, but I think another 20 minutes of Viggo stuff at the end would have really made the film shine.
Highlights: Great performances from all involved and an uncommon dose of male nudity during a bloody and visceral knife fight at a public bath.
Who Should See It: You won't hate the film, but I think Dirty Pretty Things and A History of Violence are much better movies.
How Soon: Whenever.
2 comments:
I LOVED A History of Violence... possibly the hottest, most realistic sex scenes in a mainstream movie I've ever seen. Good stuff. ;)
Are you referring to the one featuring domestic violence or roleplay? I'm not sure that the movie's sex scenes are as "realistic" as you think.
I'm not sure what kind of sex you've been having, but I try to avoid bloodying my partners.
The cheerleader scene was pretty hot though! ;-)
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