Eastern Promises
This movies was seriously unexpected. I’m not a huge fan of Viggo Mortensen, to me he was clearly established in the Lord of the Rings series, but when I saw him in Hidalgo I wasn’t sold on him just yet. I’ve watched his latest movie called Eastern Promises which is about the Russian mafia/mob. It’s graphic, a tad bit violent and has a shocking fight scene in public baths. I had no idea of what to expect when it comes to story line because I never saw any trailer for it.
Here is the gist of the movie: A teenage mother dies giving birth to her baby, the nurse finds her journal and in it, is the information about who is the father, and how she was actually being abused (read raped) by the man. Please remember that she was under age, and that man is a leader for the Russian mafia, so he doesn’t want to be found out, and that poor nurse is in way over her head when it comes to dealing with those guys. Hopefully for her, Viggo Mortensen plays a driver that his compassionate of her that has his own agenda to fulfill.
There as some amazing fight scenes (read one) and you get some insight on how the crime circles operate, betrayal, power, love and compassion all in one great movie.