Eastern Promises

About Eastern Promises

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

Eastern Promises is a 2007 crime mystery film directed by David Cronenberg. Its themes are orphan, brutality, motorcycle, and human trafficking.

Viggo Mortensen appears as Nikolai Luzhin, Naomi Watts as Anna Ivanovna Khitrova, Vincent Cassel as Kirill, and Armin Mueller-Stahl as Semyon. It runs 100 minutes and was released in September 2007.

The screenplay is by Steven Knight. It was produced by Corus Entertainment, Focus Features, and Kudos. American members can watch it on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads.

The Killer, John Wick, and Black Mass make useful companions to Eastern Promises, all filed under empathy and hitman. TMDB voters put it at 7.3 out of 10 across 3,870 votes and it carries a R rating.