Eastern Promises was plodding, obvious, corny, and I made it through about 5 minutes less of it than I did A History of Violence before giving up, which was surprising because I thought nothing on Earth could be more obnoxious than that child's acting, and Cronenberg's directing.
It isn't about "I like action, and don't like slow burners". They are just rubbish, bad-direction and acting masquerading as style, artificial, predictable, corny and very, very crap.
If you are going to say this film is rubbish, see this film because it is 'better', or 'smarter' or some other crap, at least make sure it is a decent film. Not some crap from some oh-so-cool. name-drop director that wishes he had an ounce of David Lynch's ability, and who should have quit with Videodrome, or the Fly, ie in the 80's.
At least suggest a film that has ANY similarity to the film in question, that would be a great start.
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