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Eastern Promises (2007)
You don't see them anymore!!!
Somethimes death and birth go together. Another time "David Cronenberg" did it best.this movie will leave you with unforgettable characters, rolesby "Viggo Mortensen" and "Naomi Watts" carried out as good as possible. the movie shows the savage and brutality of a Russian group living in London ,although "Cronenberg" used to some light scenes like cooking, birthday party and some celebrations maybe for decreasing the triller degree of it. choosing of characters is the best, like "Armin Mueller-Stahl" as "Semyon" and "Mina E. Mina" as "Azim" another part about this movie that must be mentioned is about an accent that "Viggo Mortensen" used it as an Russian driver in movie and also the tattoos on his fingers and on hid body that all of them has meaning. some of them are demonstrated here: Three Cupolas (Towers) on back:Threeterms in prison. Virgin Mary with Child on abdomen: I am true tomy friends / My conscience is clear (could also mean "prison is my home"). Raven on shoulder: Death, I am not yours. Starburst on finger: I became a criminal because of poverty and a broken home. Cross on finger: I was in the Crosses (a prison in St. Petersburg). Black-and-white diamond on finger: I deny official authority / I disobeyed rules while in prison. Grim Reaperon abdomen: Death is always waiting for me. Sun and sea with Cyrillic meaning "NORTH" on back of hand: I was in prison in the North Crucifix on chest: Professional Thief / I will not betray you. Skull on shoulder: Stay away from me / Murderer Tattoos around ankles: "Where are you going?" and "What the hell do you care?" written in Russian. The stars on his knees: Mean that he has been made a lieutenant in the "Vory V Zakone" and he will never kneel (literally or figuratively) to any authority again, IE, kneeling on the stars is a grave insult to the new rank. The number of points on each star are also meant to indicate the number of years served in prison.
there is some especial scenes in this movie that you can not find them in other places 1) a beautiful fighting between "Nikolai" and two othermen in a bath 2) a birthday party and a nice music for a 100 years oldwoman called "angle of death" 3) some scenes in a place called "Semyon favorite stable" in which "Nikolai" is going to have some relations with a girl called "Krilenko" to show "Krill" he is no queer . 4) the scene that shows "Ekrem" is going to view a football match and then what will happen for him in the way. 5) what "Nikolai" do in "Azim" barber shop with a corpse. and finally there is a very nice OST with "Howard Shore" that you can hear some of them in the movie. but I prefer to buy or download the full version of it for free listening and reminding movie.