tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241126270978318478.post8089484260680936725..comments2024-01-28T03:28:16.991-05:00Comments on Cinepinion: Eastern PromisesCinepinionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06751125115213060127noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241126270978318478.post-81624335900429044572007-10-19T14:56:00.000-05:002007-10-19T14:56:00.000-05:00Yeah there's just something lacking about this mov...Yeah there's just something lacking about this movie. It's well made (has a real sheen), is well acted, but it's cold..."detached" is definitely the right word. ("Flat" is good, too!)<BR/><BR/>It's just a mediocre script, plain and simple.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241126270978318478.post-10694199623424769702007-10-18T08:56:00.000-05:002007-10-18T08:56:00.000-05:00Damn right about the flat script dude. Still, Russ...Damn right about the flat script dude. <BR/><BR/>Still, Russian mobsters in London is a whole new territory for mafia films. The fight scene rocks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241126270978318478.post-86831824453803544812007-10-16T08:51:00.000-05:002007-10-16T08:51:00.000-05:00I was a little disappointed by this film, I have t...I was a little disappointed by this film, I have to say. It was solid and well made, and the acting was top notch (especially Cassell), but it's a little detached. The "twist" is almost embarrasingly predictable, I kept telling myself that there was no way Cronenberg would take that route, and then he did! But it is a nice companion piece to History if Violence, and it does help to prove that Clayton L. Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04012222337304383179noreply@blogger.com