So I just watched “Eastern Promises” for a second time. I still very much enjoyed the David Cronenberg, Russian mafia thriller, but found myself shocked that it ended when it did. It seems to cry out for a follow-up!

Doesn’t everyone want to know what happens to Viggo Mortensen’s character, Nikolai? He gets where he’s needed, to bring down the Vory V Zakone crime cartel, and the film ends!! The last shot is Viggo sitting in the restaurant, smoking contemplatively, thinking about what he has sacrificed to be at this point.

Will David Cronenberg revisit this character? A film taking us further inside the story could be excellent. I’d like to see it.