Viggo Mortensen is a man-killing machine

At one point in David Cronenberg's latest flick, Eastern Promises, a somewhat naked Viggo Mortensen suddenly finds himself the target of a hit, armed with only a waist towel against two knife-wielding aggressors. What ensues is surely among the most 'ultra' fight scenes ever put to film — ultra-graphic, ultra-violent, and ultra-brutal.

Bathhouse sparring isn't the only reason to go see the masterful Eastern Promises, but it's a big one.

(And, for the squeamish, a bit of a warning.)