by Walter Chaw As executed by our pre-eminent insect anthropologist, David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises is more fairytale than thriller, one that finds new muse Viggo Mortensen as Nikolai, the rising star of an émigré
Russian mob family taken root in the heart of London within the red velvet - lined walls of a restaurant innocuously - / romantically - named «Trans - Siberian.»
Franka Potente (Run Lola Run, The Bourne Identity) will recur as Zlata Ostrovsky, the newly reformed, former black sheep daughter of a powerful
Russian mob family who does business in Florida.
Not exact matches
With the
Russian mob threatening his
family, Ray finds himself on a road trip with Mickey to Primm, in hopes of recovering money stolen from a local casino owner.