Eastern Promises
Directed by David Cronenberg
Written by Steven Knight
Starring Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassell, Armin Mueller-Stahl
Release Date September 14th, 2007
Kino Lorber is releasing a 4K Ultra HD and Blu Ray Release for David Cronenberg's exceptional, 2007 crime thriller, Eastern Promises starring Viggo Mortenson and Naomi Watts. This new release of Eastern Promiseswas approved and graded by cinematographer Peter Suschitzky and features a new round of bonus features talking about the making ofEastern Promises. The 4K Ultra HD and Blu Ray release of Eastern Promises will be available on March 22nd, 2022. With that, here is a look back at Eastern Promises.
A History of Violence brought director David Cronenberg back into the light after years of toil on the fringe of horror and violence. A History of Violence was a step away from the kind of horror movies that David Cronenberg had long been associated with. However, he kept his violence graphic and shocking. What changed was Cronenberg's focus from merely scaring audiences to using violence to enhance drama. In A History of Violence it was violence visited upon the secrets of a Midwestern farm family, the last bastion of supposed all American values.
Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here.
