I just watched Eastern Promises and it was amazing. Viggo was awesome as always,(playing the calm, cool ice-in-his-veins type comes naturally to him, it seems) as was the rest of the cast. I'm a fan of Vincent Cassel, so I was particularly keen to check him out in a Cronenberg film and he did not disappoint- great job as a sort of drunken, useless mobster's son.
As usual, the violence was extremely graphic, since Cronenberg tends to just film it straight up- no fancy camera angles, no slow-mo's, no special film stock... Just violence as it happens. It's very realistic, obviously and I actually had to turn away a number of times, which is something in itself b/c I have a pretty strong stomach!
Anyway, if you can hndle the violence,(and if you liked "A History of Violence") I'd recommend this one.
As usual, the violence was extremely graphic, since Cronenberg tends to just film it straight up- no fancy camera angles, no slow-mo's, no special film stock... Just violence as it happens. It's very realistic, obviously and I actually had to turn away a number of times, which is something in itself b/c I have a pretty strong stomach!
Anyway, if you can hndle the violence,(and if you liked "A History of Violence") I'd recommend this one.