Film2007100 min

Eastern Promises

Name: Eastern Promises
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 2007
Duration: 100 min
Cast: Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Sinéad Cusack

Taste attributes: crimemysterythrillerdetectivemafia/gangsterdramafresh & originalunsavouryheavylineargrittyenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipdeep rivalryfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardyself destruction/implosionsolving the riddle/not as it seems

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Boxlist takeExpect a weighty, unsavoury crime thriller, gritty rather than glossy. Best if you like edge over warmth.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: very dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: gritty · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

7.4/10

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Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it

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Synopsis

A Russian teenager, living in London, dies during childbirth but leaves clues to a midwife in her journal, that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.

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Taste Attributes

complex relationshipdeep rivalryfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardyself destruction/implosionsolving the riddle/not as it seems