Eastern Promises vs The Crimson Rivers

Eastern Promises has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 6.9/10 for The Crimson Rivers). Eastern Promises is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 1h 46m. The Crimson Rivers is the older of the two (2000 against 2007). Both are crime, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood. Both feature Vincent Cassel.

Eastern Promises posterEastern Promises2007 VS The Crimson Rivers posterThe Crimson Rivers2000
Eastern PromisesThe Crimson Rivers
Audience score★ 7.4/10★ 6.9/10
Year20072000
Length1h 41m1h 46m
GenresCrime, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Mystery, Thriller
CountryCanada–
DirectorDavid CronenbergMathieu Kassovitz
Main castTatiana Maslany, Vincent Cassel, Viggo Mortensen, Jerzy Skolimowski, Donald SumpterVincent Cassel, Didier Flamand, Jean Reno, Nadia Farès, Dominique Sanda

Synopsis

Eastern Promises

A Russian teenager living in London dies during childbirth but leaves clues in her diary that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.

The Crimson Rivers

Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave by skinheads, are brought together by the clues from their respective cases. Soon after they start working together, more murders are committed, and the pair begin to discover just what dark secrets are behind the killings.

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