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A History of Violence
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217 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Oct 23, 2026 · last updated Oct 24, 2026 · How this works
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Eastern Promises is a 2007 thriller crime mystery film, directed by David Cronenberg, starring Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts and Vincent Cassel.
- 175 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy
- posts span Jul 12, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026
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60 of 217 · most liked firstWe discovered that Bethany has never seen a David Cronenberg movie and are remedying this. As of now her ranking has been (in descending order): The Fly Eastern Promises A History Of Violence what will we watch next who can say
positive · AI labelView post →poster for an Eastern Promises screening of Tsui Hark's Shanghai Blues, a movie I *love*
neutral · AI labelView post →My fave Xmas movie list in no particular order: Eyes Wide Shut Eastern Promises Children of Men Batman Returns Three Days of the Condor Kiss Kiss Bang Bang The Ice Harvest Bad Santa Scrooged Claymation Christmas Fave Xmas adjacent: L.A. Confidential Off the list for reasons: Lethal Weapon
positive · AI labelView post →Tired: My favorite Christmas movie is Die Hard Wired: My favorite Christmas movie is Eastern Promises
positive · AI labelView post →Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg celebrates birthday, 3/15/1943. Absolute genius! Bangers: 70s Shivers, Rabid, BROOD 81 Scanners 83 Videodrome & Dead Zone 86 Fly 88 Dead Ringers 91 Naked Lunch 96 Crash 99 eXistenZ 05 History of Violence 07 Eastern Promises 22 Crimes of the Future #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →The last 4 movies I watched... Red Rooms Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Green Room Primetime Also watched: Eastern Promises #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #filmsky #moviesky boxd.it/Iqj
neutral · AI labelView post →Reposting my only tweet I would’ve missed: ‘The Fury’ is my favorite Cronenberg film directed by DePalma. ‘Cape Fear’ is my favorite DePalma film directed by Scorsese. ‘Eastern Promises’ is my favorite Scorsese film directed by Cronenberg.
positive · AI labelView post →More from my 100 Color Palettes from film project 🌈 🎥 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) Pulp Fiction (1996) Jennifer’s Body (2009) Eastern Promises (2007)
neutral · AI labelView post →Apropos of this good post, I rewatched Eastern Promises, a movie I remember being horrendously violent, a while back, and the injuries in the big fight scene are almost entirely depicted with shots of the actors’ faces showing they’re in pain. So much is just connective tissue between performances
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching #filmsky Eastern Promises |2007 David Cronenberg |chronological |18.23 www.imdb.com/title/tt0765443 ·a teenager who dies during childbirth leaves clues in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family·
neutral · AI labelView post →Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg celebrates birthday, 3/15/43. Absolute genius! Bangers: 70s Shivers, Rabid, Brood 81 Scanners 83 Videodrome & Dead Zone 86 Fly 88 Dead Ringers 91 Naked Lunch 96 Crash 99 eXistenZ 05 History of Violence 07 Eastern Promises 22 Crimes of the Future #filmsky 📽🎥🎬🎞
neutral · AI labelView post →As a native Russian speaker, I actually prefer when productions avoid settling for some low effort, alarmingly ignorant Yakov Smirnov impression when the movie doesn't have the time or budget for language coaches, or actors who can commit to it. Eastern Promises is unwatchable for me!
negative · AI labelView post →Movie Factz: To prepare for the naked knife fight in Eastern Promises, Viggo Mortensen did many everyday tasks naked, including cooking 5-course dinners, riding his bike, and stabbing customers at PetSmart.
neutral · AI labelView post →Picking a random film from my collection to show off for no real reason! Day #216 "Eastern Promises" (David Cronenberg/2007) One of the goated naked bathhouse fights. Also, a fucking hell of a film. Cronenberg knocks another one out of the park. Great cast, great story, check it out!
positive · AI labelView post →Eastern Promises (2007) is a gripping and gritty crime thriller directed by David Cronenberg. With tense storytelling, a haunting atmosphere, and brutal realism, it delivers a compelling exploration of human trafficking, loyalty, identity, and survival. #movies #filmsky #moviesky #Cinema #Film
neutral · AI labelView post →Everyone's like "the new Bond film is gonna be written by the writer of PEAKY BLINDERS and EASTERN PROMISES" and nobody's going for the*really* interesting tease, "by the writer of LOCKE and SERENITY"
neutral · AI labelView post →Introducing @kmenright.bsky.social to what, to me, is a perfect movie and probably explains a lot: Eastern Promises I shouldn't have watched it at 15 but Viggo Mortensen was the first man I ever found attractive and wanted to see whatever he was in
positive · AI labelView post →Some process shots of a Staley-knife to the toe that I designed/sculpted etc for a film I was otherwise uninvolved with; I think it was Eastern Promises 2. I made this for mufx artist Sangeet Prabhakar.
neutral · AI labelView post →He's so good, though. Now, do Eastern Promises. There's a scene in that film that is so crazy. As a grown man, I can say that it was so ... brave. You'll know it when you see it. I'm straight, but damn!
positive · AI labelView post →Which beloved Christmas movie are we all watching tonight, Eastern Promises or Children of Men?
neutral · AI labelView post →the final count of Rio's movie poster stash is 102, including -American Gangster -Aqua Teen Hunger Force -Casino Royale -Eastern Promises -Hairspray -The Island -I Know Who Killed Me -Little Miss Sunshine -Munich -Remember Me -Silent Hill -Star Wars Episode III -Every Twilight except the first one
neutral · AI labelView post →Share a movie or TV character with tattoos. (Viggo Mortensen Eastern Promises)
neutral · AI labelView post →Like both Cronenberg and Mortensen? down for watching a movie that's very different from what you'd expect from the two of them, but is still dark and twisted af? "Eastern Promises" (2007) will take you places you did not expect to go, and likely don't feel comfortable going- but it's 100% worth it
positive · AI labelView post →This movie made me gay My ★★★½ review of Eastern Promises on Letterboxd boxd.it/8fEjb7
positive · AI labelView post →Last movie of the year! Eastern Promises on Letterboxd boxd.it/275q #FilmSky 📽️
neutral · AI labelView post →Pick a movie, keep one actor, rest are Muppets: Eastern Promises, keep Viggo
neutral · AI labelView post →We’re about six hours away from Eastern Promises. If you’re looking for a good movie to watch on Sunday night, look no further. Join your friends with #hatm at 5PM PST.
neutral · AI labelView post →- The Northman - Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon - Unforgiven (anything with/by Clint Eastwood) - Memento - V for Vendetta - Oldboy - Just about any goddamn Tarantino film - Road to Perdition - Leon: The Professional - Gangs of New York - Sweeney Todd - The Princess Bride - Eastern Promises
neutral · AI labelView post →Eastern Promises was a good but brutal movie
positive · AI labelView post →Eastern Promises - 2007 Dir - David Cronenberg I have to say, London looks amazing in this film, there is something about the colours, the set design, the film grain. Superb.
positive · AI labelView post →lmao, real. including the part where i remember what it was like working movie theater box office when Eastern Promises was released
neutral · AI labelView post →EASTERN PROMISES is a Christmas movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Eastern Promises has tatted-up Viggo fighting dudes with knives NAKED in a bathhouse. What more do people want from a movie????
positive · AI labelView post →Planning to watch “Eastern Promises” tonight. Like “Die Hard,” it’s a Christmas movie. Sort of.
neutral · AI labelView post →Wait. CRONENBERG directed Eastern Promises?? Do I need to watch this movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Via @cinemastrikesback.bsky.social : The Greatest Naked Fights in Cinema History. Aw you know “Eastern Promises” is there, filmsky letterboxd.com/cinema_strik...
neutral · AI labelView post →Last night I watched Eastern Promises, which I had somehow never seen & here is my summary: 1) no one has ever been more naked than Viggo Mortenson was in that bathhouse fight scene 2) damn, Naomi Watts has been in a Lynch movie AND a Cronenberg movie, she’s got the juice
positive · AI labelView post →Eastern Promises. Good movie but not a good first date movie. We were supposed to see Hot Fuzz but it had left the theater a day earlier. Still ended up being a good date and I saw Hot Fuzz with him once it came out on DVD a few months later.
positive · AI labelView post →5 Favs/5Tags Movie: Eastern Promises (or OG Star Wars 😂) Show: The Wire Food: Banh Mi Band/Artist: Jay-Z Book: The Nickle Boys OR The Unspoken Alliance @spicynurse38.bsky.social @arihoops84.bsky.social @aweinrib.bsky.social @cjcoreschi.bsky.social @tophtalk.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →And our #FridayThrillerClub leading lady this week is Naomi Watts #EasternPromises #NaomiWatts #FilmNoir
neutral · AI labelView post →This week’s #FridayThrillerClub leading men are Viggo Mortensen, Armin Mueller-Stahl and Vincent Cassel #EasternPromises #ViggoMortensen #ArminMuellerStahl #VincentCassel #FilmNoir
neutral · AI labelView post →My favourite Cronenberg film. Great book too. Tbh I'm not a big fan of his And if you "insult" Carpenter you go on my 💩 list 😜 I do like Eastern Promises, History of Violence and The Fly.
positive · AI labelView post →Enjoyed Cronenberg’s THE SHROUDS more than anything else he’s made since EASTERN PROMISES. For a filmmaker whose work is normally emotionally cold, this is his most affecting film next to THE FLY. Haunting reflection on death and grief with a beautiful score by Howard Shore. On Criterion Channel.
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching a movie where Viggo Mortensen plays a chauffeur with a weird accent…no, not that one 📽️: EASTERN PROMISES (2007)
neutral · AI labelView post →i think tomorrow i'll watch another heartwarming cozy Christmas movie - Eastern Promises
positive · AI labelView post →Don’t forget, Eastern Promises is totally a Christmas movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Eastern Promises is a Christmas movie
neutral · AI labelView post →‘Slow Horses’ Star Jack Lowden Is Being Considered To Play the Next James Bond in Denis Villeneuve’s Upcoming Film; Steven Knight (‘Peaky Blinders’, ‘Taboo’, ‘Eastern Promises’) Set To Write.
neutral · AI labelView post →Definitive Top 5 Christmas Movie Rankings 1. Trading Places 2. Eastern Promises 3. Die Hard 4. Gremlins 5. In Bruges
positive · AI labelView post →Although... in fairness, The "Christmas" in question is Russian Orthodox Christmas which occurs 10-15 days after Anglo/Western Christmas. Therefore, Eastern Promises is a New Year's movie. Or even an MLK Day movie. Talk/Ted/Thanks
neutral · AI labelView post →What movie isn't erotic but you wish it were? I'll start: Eastern Promises.
neutral · AI labelView post →This is, however, Viggo Mortensen's picture from start to finish. He and Cronenberg have now collaborated four times (including Eastern Promises, largely regarded as their greatest achievement together), and this film began that partnership.
neutral · AI labelView post →Their characters I mean. Their performances are both great, if utterly infuriating -- for different reasons #FridayThrillerClub 🚬 #EasternPromises From: @SesameSquirrel https://mastodon.social/@SesameSquirrel/112697072577298472
neutral · AI labelView post →Cronenberg's best film is Crash (1996, his 14th feature film), but A History of Violence (2005) and Eastern Promises (2007) also rank very highly.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tough, quiet crime drama. Viggo’s great. My ★★★★ review of Eastern Promises on Letterboxd boxd.it/d1NphH #filmsky
positive · AI labelView post →Eastern Promises is what some folks would call slow but I think it's more deliberate, and there is nothing I love more than a movie that's confident in its pacing
positive · AI labelView post →Every David Cronenberg Movie, Ranked: www.metacritic.com/pictures/eve... #3 - Eastern Promises [83] - Fun (actually, sad) fact: it was the last film to play at the NuWilshire Theater in LA (after 76 years of cinema on the big screen).
neutral · AI labelView post →NOBODY thought to hide the baby??? 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ THIS MOVIE!!! #FridayThrillerClub 🚬 #EasternPromises
neutral · AI labelView post →Cigarette snuff out on tongue! Awesome! #FridayThrillerClub 🚬 #EasternPromises #FilmNoir
neutral · AI labelView post →Here for “Eastern Promises” #FridayThrillerClub #EasternPromises #FilmNoir
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