David Cronenberg as never before

lecerclerouge from 11850 | Posted on 4/24/08

The existentialism of russian mafia in America and its inner ways of thought and behavior are the core of the film. Viggo Mortensen is great as the driver-confident of a low profile mobster played great by Vincent Cassel . You don`t realize until the end that all the loyalty and braveness of Mortensen`s charachter is not coming from a servant but from a well physycally and mentally trained ambitious man who`s looking for his place inside the mafia. Visually is beautiful dark and cold England, there`s great details like Mortensen`s fight in a bathroom naked. The tattoo issue is very interesting; the dvd comes with a comment of Cronenberg about their use in russian mafia and what they mean. Hopefully from now on this great director will grow as an artist, he already did. This kind of film is what keeps alive North American cinema, if it was determined only by blockbuster crap it would have died a long time ago

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