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Other Kenjari and I went to see Eastern Promises on Saturday and found it to be an extremely satisfying movie. It's fairly violent and has some rather strikingly bloody scenes, but, like in Cronenberg's previous movie A History of Violence, I found the violence to be tightly controlled and not overly glamorized. Viggo Mortensen is very good as a quiet, mysterious Russian mobster. There's one plot twist that I wish had gotten more attention, but overall, I liked the way Eastern Promises deftly kept some questions unanswered.