Anna (Naomi Watts) stumbles across the dead body of a 14 year old Ukranian prostitute; as her conscience pecks at her to find out exactly who is responsible, she takes it upon herself to crack the case—and sooner or later, in typical Cronenbergian fashion, characters—including Nikolai, played by he fantastic Viggo Mortensen—deadly secrets, and insidious doings are uncovered. Throughout the film, hints of his masterpiece A History of Violence are mimicked, particularly in tone and tension; as usual, there's this whole creepy and perfectly realized mood that more than efficiently perpetuates the fine acting with the causticly stark narrative. Gradually escalating it progresses (climaxing with naked Viggo fight scene, which is pure mastery; it unfolds in almost real time, and you can even feel the death just as in the last sequence in Violence), Eastern Promises is, furthermore, proof that Cronenberg is one hell of a director; it is an enthralling and hellish film, as well as an unforgettable one.
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