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  • this movie is the one of the greatest movie i can't forget

  • this film is fuckin g russian mafia is some real stone cold shit

  • @KonigNick fuck oath

  • The coolest thing in this movie is there is no gun fight. Totally no gun at all.

  • why the fuck haven't i seen this yet.

  • Much better than The Departed. The Best Mafia film since Goodfellas.

  • a teaspoon of suspense, tablespoon of mystery, a pinch of humor, and a cup of great story= Eastern promises

  • can someone tell me bout the end..i dont understand 1 thing...viggo is still a cop or something like tht in this movie rite??but in the end of the movie..the baby got adopt n viggo sat in the restaurant ..i read in wikipedia (in german)tht he replaced semjon ....??!!! is viggo in the movie a real gangster or a cop undercover??

  • @viga1989

    An undercover cop

  • @TheDmelis but i actually wanted to know bout this -->,,...but in the end of the movie..the baby got adopt n viggo sat in the restaurant ..i read in wikipedia (in german)tht he replaced semjon ....??!!! ,,

  • @viga1989 in the end viggo is the boss of the Russian Mafia,yeah he replaced that old folk.

  • @viga1989 An uncercover cop. He has lead the gay guy to be in charge of the mafia but we do not learn whether he managed to trap the mobsters or not, because this is not the point of the movie. The point is -as i see it- the dead-end for the immigrants and the dead-end and "gutter" of criminal life. Actually, the end is incoclusive as regards the mobsters, because it is indicated that they crime is going to exist forever: this quite pessimistic but real too.

  • Finally got around to watching it, fucking awesome!

  • why the fuck am i just finding out about this movie? all those days of searching movie websites looking for something good to watch! all the dumb zombie movies dumb comedies and shit! and this came out during the indie era of my time with NO COUNTRY and THERE WILL BE BLOOD! im watching this now!

  • thumbs up for russian criminals if you dont they will cut them off ;)

  • @bosanaczauvjek do Russians really cut off your hands and face like on season 2 of HBO's The Wire?

  • @roeroe305 never watched that series.. cutting a face and arms would be for mutilation purposes only

  • 2:10 best moment :))

  • hallo my name is russian aragorn, geeva me youre mouney

  • ''Sometimes if things are closed you just open them up.'' Sick quote.

    Imagine some russian gangster saying that to you in a dark alley.

  • And you can't write.

  • i wish they shows what happen to the chechen gang after the father was arested

  • @bratvakgb Viggo Mortenson is NOT Czech or Slovakian! He is an American of DANISH descent

  • How has Viggo Mortensen NOT won an oscar yet?

  • Mafia movies owns..

  • good story,but pretty boring for wathing.

  • He did not receive an Oscar because he goes his own way and does not play

    the Hollywood Games.

  • an easy movie.

  • awsome movie

    

  • @Cyberinc2010 dude when your in the business there in, it doesnt matter how you die, when your dead your not a problem so they solve the problems by just shooting you.

  • Awesome film.

  • I've seen this movie and I'm originally from Russia and seriously: there's NOTHING Russian about how they act in the movie. Seems more "Italian". They probably had a script for another Italian mafia movie and thought "hey, why not letting them be russians this time, they have mafia too, right?" No doubt that they're great actors, but they haven't transformed into anything close to Russians. The script was probably shit. And Russians don't talk English with an accent to each other when they alone

  • @ritmo1011 i cant say anything about how (un-)russian they act. but the last sentence is always a troublesome one, no matter what nation you take. only few movies are made with a seperate kind of "original" audio. quentin tarantino does this for instance in kill bill and inglorious basterds (at least for these movies i know that there is japanese (for kill bill) and french/german (basterds) on the dvd).

  • @PiFuenftel Usually in scenes where they are speaking English to each other it usually is implied that they're supposed to be speaking Russian.

  • CRONENBERG..... YOU ARE A FKING GENIUS!

  • I am so glad that there is going to be a sequel. and i am fairly confident it wont be shitty since its cronenberg.

  • 2 good russian crime films brat(brother)and brat2(brother2)

  • David Cronenberg should direct more movies,we have dumb michael bay movies every year but not a Cronenberg movie every year

  • why is it i never hear anything about this movie?

  • i love naomi's voice

  • sometimes, when things are closed... you just open them up.. haha nice

  • @1Rosewink

    Haha yes. :p

  • @1Rosewink

    Oh yeaaah!!! Im a tard. :/

  • Wait on second though....no it isnt. Ours here is pretty corrupt.

  • @1Rosewink

    Unfortunately things don't always work out like that in Russia. Their justice system is very different than the one in America....if that is where you are from. Great movie! And yes Viggo really was amazing. I read somewhere that he actually hung out with the real russian mafia before making this....he said he almost could see how people fall into that kind of life of crime. He is awesome.

  • @1Rosewink Actually Viggo was an undercover agent, which in my opinion should've been left out. Its only mentioned in one scene and then forgotten, I would've liked it more if he was an actual criminal, but with higher moral sense.

  • @silent91 but he is a criminal, he works for the FSB, doesn't he? Those guys are hardly heroes, but I guess in the context of fighting drugs & human trafficking, they're the good guys...

  • I liked this movie, but it wasn't as good as I thought it would be.

  • just watched it its very good..

  • фильм супер-))

  • This is one of the most badass movies i've ever seen. Hands down.

  • GREAT MOVIE,VIGGO FUCKED A HOT UKRANIAN SLUT IN THIS MOVIE

  • my great uncle was a "vor v zakone" (thief in law) :)

  • Great Movie 5/5

  • a great film but a few inaccuracies. real vory would never own a restaurant or any legitamate business. also they would never acknowledge their children. russian mob is not family business. plus sex offenders and turks are despised and would be dismembered.

  • @swastikausa thats interesting to know , i didnt know that about the restaraunts, or the sex offenders, from what in know , they did extensive research, surprised about those ovelooks on their part

  • of course there are plenty of russian gangsters who dont give a damn about the thieves code. posers basically.

  • I'm looking for a clip of the scene where those assasin cut the throat of the guy on his way to a football match. I love that scene.

  • @Gold5tandard watch?v=E7b1m_4g9b4

  • soo many good actors in that movie viggomortensen...armin müller stahl...

  • Itäs so cool that Viggo is from Denmark. I named my dog after him :)

  • i cant wait for part 2. viggo and vincent are back.

  • @cieloknight is there gonna be a seond one???? did you read this????

  • @msnikish of course dude, google that shit. i was surprised, same as you. a very underrated film in my opinion. cant wait, oh yeah. :-)

  • Eastern Promises is one of the best movies ever

  • I love, love, love this film. :D

  • trailer makes this film look really dark... far from it, the worst film i have seen in a long time, almost as bad as A History of Violence, the ending was absolutely ridiculously predictive, started off dark as fuck, was really enjoying it, then it suddenly changes and you just know how it's going to end.... and not in a good way, and don't get me started on the sauna scene, jesus fucking christ that couldn't have been any more over the top. good acting though, except the blonde chick, epic fail

  • @hobobastard gee, i hadnt heard of anyone disliking this movie so much, sorry you didnt enjoy , History of Violence wasnt bad, some things threw me off when i was watching it, i dont know what it was about it, but all in all it was a little over rated to me, it got rave reviews and the Village Voice went ape shit over it too , but are you a Cronenberg fan????try his other movies, like Crash

  • @hobobastard hey did you see any of the Pusher films??? i like part 3 the best , but i think you might like those if you havnt seen them, or L'Haine is a french film with a young Vincent Cassel that was good and he was in a film called Sheitan where he played some Satan like character , that was very interesting , hopefully you will dig these if yuo havnt seen them or hate them already

  • i wish to marry viggo mortensen one day. :)

  • @katjakatx so does my girl, we saw him walking here in ny once, she also like Vincent Cassel too

  • @katjakatx And get raped on a stairwell? :P

  • @katjakatx we all do ;)

  • @katjakatx He's too old for me, I want him to bless my marriage. c:

  • i watched the movie so many times i lost count.It's not my type of movie(gangster and all that) but i simply adored it!!It's one of my favorites!And i also adored Viggo Mortensen's perofmance.He definately should take an Oscar for that.

  • Very good movie. Viggo Mortensen is such a great actor. Really recommend everyone to watch it.

  • *Warning Spoiler Don't Read If Have Not Seen Film*

    I Have a question Was Krill a closet Homosexual because the felt the film hinted he had an insecurity about being gay. example fathers dicust towards 'queers' and him forcing Nikolai to rape a prostitute to prove he 'was no queer'

  • @DiagoFrancis101 Yeah, I think he was. It depends on how you interpret it. He obviously had a thing for Nikolai.

  • Eastern Promises are broken in the west. this movie was INTENSE!

  • just bought this movie to dvd :)

  • I hear so much think's about this movie...I can't wait see him! :X

  • It annoys me when people say this is bad, the story is hard for some. But is very good, the ending was too.

  • movie very bad i tough that will be some reality in movie but this movie just like all Hollywood buls****.

  • viggo is danish

  • @migselv16896

    norwegian.

  • They should call this movie MALE FRONTAL because thats all thats in it.

  • I just watched this movie, and there's just one thing I don't get: why on Earth didn't he get an Oscar for this?

    this was the performance of his life. Complete transformation.

    If this is not an Oscar-worthy performance, than I don't know what is.

  • @magicprophecy

    cause they don't like to give Oscar to Russian Mafia involved movie lolz

  • @magicprophecy this film was to violent for the oscars he was never going to win,Its sad cause he deserved it ,

  • @magicprophecy

    because the academy hates david cronenberg...shame. he was amazing in this movie.

  • @magicprophecy Yeah he(Viggo Mortensen) talks about how he studied Russian mafia tattoos and that they were SO realistic that he walked into a Russian restaurant for filming and the entire place fell silent in fear of JUST the tattoos, in my book thats committed acting! and he for sure deserved an Oscar no doubt!

  • @magicprophecy I misunderstood what you said when I first read your comment. I whole heartedly agree. Vigo Mortensen kills this movie... What a badasssss!

  • @magicprophecy he had a small penis that's why.

  • @magicprophecy I agree, he so deserved to win, but then again the oscars mean nothing in terms of showing appreciation of good actors, they gave an award to sandra bullock for Christ's sake!!!

  • @magicprophecy because he was competing against Daniel Day Lewis in "there will be blood" that year

  • @magicprophecy Amen to that!! if you add The Road, Good, A History of Violence to this, it's a outright disgrace to the whole Oscar that he didn't got one already.

  • @magicprophecy : Vincent Cassel should've gotten a nod too.

    Completely unusual performance and yet he still steals every scene he's in. A fucking beast this one.

  • @magicprophecy Because he was up against Daniel Day Lewis in there will be blood. Bloody shame...

    

  • @magicprophecy IMO, he was 'up there' with the nominees in its year. But he had tough competition with Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood, which according to many many critics, movie goers, and ordinary audiences was dubbed one of the decade's best performances. :)

  • @magicprophecy There was another complete and utter character transformation that year who was also very deserving: Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood.

  • @magicprophecy It was a close tie. He was in competition with Daniel-Day Louis.

  • @sourxtimes Exactly dude. It was the Clash of the titans.

  • @magicprophecy well Daniel day Lewis's performance in there will be blood is to blame

  • @magicprophecy Not that I don't think this was an outstanding performance but he was up against Daniel Day-Lewis's There Will Be Blood performance. I think Viggo gives him a run for his money though, Viggo definitely deserves runner-up for that year.

  • anyone know more movies like this ???

  • damn, shit got real political up in this bitch. anyway, i wanna see this movie simply because it has the russian mafia and that hand gesture viggo did to his throat was EPICLY BADASS.

  • Great, great movie.

    It impressed me.

    And I DID like the ending.

  • the cool thing about viggo acting russian is he actually speaks russian almost without accent. great fucking film

  • Troubles47,

    You're a little bitch. You're mother is a whore. I will shove my fist up your fucking ass and you will love it bitch! I bet your father taught you how to suck cock and to shallow the load. You little punk ass faggot little cocking suck bitch!

  • Troubles47,

    You're fucking smoking crack mother fucker? Give them the one thing they deserve is fear? lol

    I will give you fear you punk ass mother fucker.

  • Most of those gangsters have finished university with high degree, they are smart intelegent and very organized.

  • I love this movie, gives a kind of realistic picture of Russian mobsters. For me it's a bit home feeling, I'm half way Russian. Beside the fantastic story the director collected handsome guys, I could accept both, Николай and Сойка (sorrowfully killed at the beginning) as my husband. :)) It's a 10/10 movie.

  • what is that hand gesture at 2:12? Looks menacing

  • Oh, that's the warning for a Russian Necktie. Which is when you slit someone's throat, and then , while the guy is still alive but dying, you rip their tongue down their throat and through the hole, it's actually a terrible but fascinating thing to see. But you don't want to be the victim during that.

  • The Italians have the godfather, the Irish have boondock saints.......and the Russians have eastern promises. everyone got theirs.

  • excellent film i loved it

  • can someone explain whats going on at 0:41 ?

  • this movie isnt related to 'A history of violence' is it?

  • Power of Russian mobs are that no one know what they are doing, and they make a fucking nasty revenges. like cutting legs

  • Russian Mob and Italian Mob are fucking Bad-ass

  • funny. he becomes a vor in this movie, years ago he played a cop undercover in yakuza. he is always infiltrating organizations isn't he.

  • What is that thing Viggo uses on 0:53? Looks like a kind of rosary...

  • Hey in first minutes of movie when Azim gave Ekram the razor what did he said???,,Take the fuckong....''what???

  • @mladenmalesevic he says "ustra" which means razor in turkish, urdu and a few other languages.

  • Go on, M° Cronenberg! In Italy we love you!!

  • Thank God these people have left Russia

    But what for they are needed in the UK?

    Money money...

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  • this movie is awesome ...tho I could have gone for some underwear during the steam room fight scene hahaha

  • omg he showed his penis ...we are all going to die & go to hell. lol hahah

  • hahaha so u agree??????

  • i was being sarcastic. i dont have a problem with him being naked..its not like hes the only one in the world with a penis. hahhhahaha

  • i know you were being sarcastic...and yes he is the only one with a penis

  • @Misssummersong Wait what?! He isn't..?

    Uh-oh..

  • @oldfool666 oh shit i knew i should keep it a secret!

  • is this movie worth 2 buy?

  • YES

  • fake but entertaining, the only thing thats wrong with the film is the number of outdated tatoos that they use

  • I read that a russian mfia tatoo book was found by V.M and showed him to D.C. the tattoos used were so real that outside the set, some people thought he was a real russian mobster.

    True ?

    How do you know it's outdated ? :D

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  • cause i grew up around these people so id know, for example they dont use the cross tatoos anymore

  • sure you did..........

  • sure you did now go to sleep

  • @castrolis stop trying to get my attention

  • Love this film. Didn't want it to end.

  • @ChnOfAlgernonAuclair this movie is from 2007 you fagget.

  • Cronenberg delivers twice when it comes to gore and violence... you can watch this film at

    EasyMediaClick (dot) com

  • Overall a good film but that naked fight scene was absolutely ridiculous.

  • @RantingTrent Yes a bit disturbing, but that's how they get down. They have meetings in saunas, to see the tattoos. Tattoos would tell you a lot about that individual, what prison he served, everything, that's of course if his a Vor. Another thing, its just a naked body you know that fool is not strapped. Tradition.

  • only if there were more movies like this.. does anyone know of any other good russian mob flicks?--even if theyre in russian with eng subtitles

  • @Killr77 "Bumer" is a good russian mob flick

  • Brigada is like The Sopranos

  • @Killr77 "BRIGADA" Check it out, its like Sopranos but with the Russian Mob, very good movie. You may also like "BUMMER", and "BUMMER 2" Look them up on here and see the segments.

  • @Killr77 They might even have once with subtitles so you can understand, I know for sure that both "BUMMER" movies are on here and have subtitles enjoy.

  • @vasyasol i wonder which mafia is the worst? russian, italian or triad? or the other that are out there.

  • For one thing you forgot the yakuaza (japenese) and the IRA (irish). The second they all have some nasty things that make them stand out like the triad's death by a thousand cuts. I would say the russian mobs as for awhile I don't know if it is true now they literally ran almost all of russia and I mean controlling it's premier and the police.

  • they control over 40% of russias economy, so that should give you a little insight lmao

  • you never grew up among these people your form America douchebag

  • @18ayonuss italian, they put icepicks in peoples balls and their heads in vices.

  • look it up , everyone says the russians are worse , do some reasearch

  • and btw you watch too much casino lol

  • @PaulAlbacheese that was from casino.lol.

  • @vasyasol a gangster is a gangster bitch

  • @vasyasol I agree. Well said.

  • @vasyasol another great gangster movie is goodfellas

  • @StuckeyMurdog was good not excellent goodfather was the best buddy real actors al pacino

  • True, and they are the top gangsters of the world, and for good reason. They are ANIMALS. They do inhuman things. They don't care about anyone or anything, especially their own consciouses. Don't give them respect, give them the one true thing they do deserve, fear.

  • @vasyasol you sure about that? you know whats real because of what your movie screen tells you?...or have you experienced any of the things you judge so quickly?

  • @xpoondiggy i am from Ukraine and i know what i am talking about

  • @vasyasol so that means...youve never actually experienced or SEEN what youre talking about? yeah...that was my point...youve never been to the USA...youre assuming because of what you've seen on your TV screen, lol

  • @xpoondiggy i am sure the black crips and bloods shit have no were near as much power as eastern european mafias u know nothin people who live in eastern europe every day dont nead to get involved with the mafia or whateva because they hear about what they have done every day. Believe me those dumb black guys shottin 16 year old girls gang shit is nothin compared to eastern european mafias

  • @massacrelord i love how everything youre saying is what you learned from TV

  • @xpoondiggy wtf r u talking about I was born in the poorest country in europe I have watched two people shot infront of my eyes i have seen my dad gone to prison i have seen his brother got his legs broken by two guys I have seen when my mum used to leave for 5 months at a time for work I have seen my grandpas sister tortued by her husband and son so fuck u iknow and have experienced a lo more than u ever will u fuckin western crap who doesnt know shit about rl life

  • @massacrelord dont try to come down on western civilization. why dont you solve your muslim problems before you speak eh chris?

  • @SeanTagen our muslim problem HAHAHAH we have no muslims u stupid shit its the west who have a muslim problem omfg you r stupid if u think we r the ones with a muslim problem hahaha

  • @xpoondiggy you rly believe the life u guys lead is hard have u ever been to a third world gheto ? no your american ones will cry if they came here. some rl stories i know which for u will be made into films i know about a women who her husband put her face on the oven for not cookin the potatos correctly I know about a man down my road who killed his son for being crippled u have nothin tellin me i take from films yes to you they might sound like films but thats cause u havnt experienced shit