Another solid Cronenberg movie, superb direction, cinematography, dark, brutal, disturbing.. But what does this movie want to emphasize?The tragedy of the Russian girl, and the violence and abuse towards the likes of her?
An agent's journey to the deepest parts of a Russian mob, as he encounters such cruelties?
A midwife's attempts on justice?
When the movie ended I got a little confused.
There was this scene when Naomi Watts was waiting in front of the mob's house to push her luck and I just wanted the boss's son to slap her in the face. Those kinda scenes have a reverse effect on me. Or may be watching this movie makes one violent..
I found it unnecessary to be shown a softer side of Mortensen's character as we don't quite see him struggle with this merciless world around him in which he's trying to penetrate. (Okay there are scenes like when he doesn't want to have sex with the prostitutes, -which is the first scene where it's obvious he's not gay but he might be involved in an operation, the second scene would be when the son bitches about the police taking the girl the driver's been with; or helps the midwife) Him being the spy isn't really a crucial element in the storyline.
On the other hand, in scenes such as the family gathering, I like that at some point you're close to (almost forced to) feeling sympathy for these law breakers.
The movie doesn't really affect you in such a way that keeps you wondering in the end although it's full of violence and 'bad' things. It could have been more powerful.
A book would be thorough.
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