| Eastern Promises 
				(2007), 
				Director: David Cronenberg, rated R for language, 
				nudity, violence 
						Every 
						sin leaves a mark. 
				
		  Starring: 
Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Vincent Cassel, Sinéad Cusack, 
Jerzy Skolimowski, Donald Sumpter, Josepf Altin 
DML Rating: 
★★★★★★★★★☆ 
- near perfect 
"Forget any of this happened. Stay 
away from people like me." - 
Nikolai Luzhin 
				Why watch this? This 
				is a rock solid, A+ Russian gangster film - a tense crime 
				thriller. 
				Plot Summary: Anna, 
				a London midwife, discovers a diary belonging to a pregnant 
				teenage girl who dies in childbirth. Her efforts to translate 
				the Russian-language diary and find the baby's family embroil 
				her with a powerful Russian crime family that is involved in 
				human trafficking. Anna finds herself increasingly drawn into a 
				dangerous world of secrets, violence, and shifting loyalties as 
				she tries to protect the baby and uncover the truth. Dad's Preview: 
				This new masterpiece from David Cronenberg is smart, intense, 
				and really solidifies the director as one of the best in his 
				profession. It's a story about the ultra-dangerous underworld of 
				the Russian mafia, and how unwise it is for regular people to 
				encounter or cross them. Watts, as usual, is perfect, but Mortensen, as 
				"the driver" called Nikolai, who delivers maybe the best performance 
				of his career to date. He's chilling. 
				The fight scene in the bath house shower is unforgettable. 
						 Focus 
						Features, BBC Films, Astral Media, Corus Ent., Telefilm 
						Canada,
 Kudos Pictures, Serendipity Point Films, Scion Films; 
						Pathé Distribution
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