Eastern Promises (2007) 7/10

Starring : Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl
Director : David Cronenberg
Running Time : 98 mins

A midwife named Anna (Watts) finds a diary on the body of a young girl who dies under her care during child birth. She asks a man named Semyon (Mueller-Stahl) to help her translate the diary, only to later discover that he is the head of a crime family who were involved in the young girl’s pregnancy and eventual death.

This film bears the unmistakeable marks of a Cronenburg movie, with it’s over the top violence playing an important role. Sadly this wasn’t quite up to his usual standards, and became a little confusing about half way through. Still, this has some very nice performances from Mortensen who plays the tough mafia-style body guard to the hilt.

You’ll like this if you liked : The Departed